Lt. Governor Races

[Mr. Paleoconservative]

While all of us have been paying great attention to the Gubernatorial, House, and Senate races, we have not had much time to discuss the not so glamorous races for Lt. Governor across the country.

Being from a state with no Lt. Governor (we have an elected Secretary of State who is first in the line of succession), I have always enjoyed studying the roles and campaigns of Lt. Gubernatorial candidates across the country.

Two races I have noticed to be particularly fascinating are in California (with  McClintock) and in Alabama (with George Wallace, Jr.).

I think McClintock has a 50/50 chance of victory, and do not have much information on the Wallace race, but he has been elected statewide on two separate occasions, and has a mix of populism in conservatism that the voters in Alabama just seem to eat up.

So, does your state, or any state for that matter, have a race for Lt. Governor that is of any interest?  Is the state the race is in a ticket or individual campaign?  Who are the players?  What are the stances?  What are the odds?

[Mr. Paleoconservative]

We did that last year.  We vote on pretty much everything, even though our Lt. Governor does nothing.

Does he preside over the State Senate?  I'm assuming that he is next in line at least?

[Mr. Paleoconservative]

We did that last year.  We vote on pretty much everything, even though our Lt. Governor does nothing.

Does he preside over the State Senate?  I'm assuming that he is next in line at least?

Yes, but it is a pretty useless job for $683,000 a year.

Is that salary for real???  Oregon's Governor makes below $90,000 (In Washington, if I am not mistaken, a Legislator makes more than that), and understanding the duties of the WA Lt. Governor, that pay kind of boggles the mind.