Arizona's Lieutenant Governor?

[Arizona Iced Tea]

Currently, Arizona is only one of five states without a LT Governor as the SoS is next in command. However, this November Prop 131 seeks to change that. If passed the LT Governor will be selected by the Governor nominee and they will share a ticket in November. They will not be elected seperately. If the proposition passes the office would not be created until 2026.

Similar attempts have happened before, 1994's Prop 100 was rejected by 65% of voters. 2010's Prop 111 seeked to replace the SoS position with LT Gov and that was rejected by 59% of voters.

However, I think it has a better chance of passing this time, no arguments against have been filled to the SoS office for the ballot measure.

[Sir Mohamed]

Good to know. Thanks for posting this.

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

So this would be the PA model?

[Arizona Iced Tea]

So this would be the PA model?

No, PA the LT governor wins their primary and is then put on a ticket with the governor nominee. Here there would be no primary for the LT governor, it's just whoever the governor nominee chooses. This would be like the Michigan or Florida model.

[Penn_Quaker_Girl]

So in some states, we could conceivably have a governor and Lt. governor from two different parties?

[Pollster]

Does this LG get any power?

[MargieCat]

So in some states, we could conceivably have a governor and Lt. governor from two different parties?

Yes. That is the case in North Carolina.

[Skill and Chance]

So in some states, we could conceivably have a governor and Lt. governor from two different parties?

Yes. That is the case in North Carolina.

Yes, practically the entire South elects them separately or uses a legislative leader:

https://nlga.us/research/methods-of-election/

Also many states that have a joint GE still separate the primaries rather than allowing the nominee for governor to pick. 

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

So in some states, we could conceivably have a governor and Lt. governor from two different parties?

Yes. That is the case in North Carolina.

Also the case in California. Jerry Brown’s second term in the late 70s and early 80s had him feuding with his Republican Lt Gov, Mike Curb. Schwarzenegger also had a Dem Lt Gov for most of his time iirc.

Granted, in CA, the Lt Gov does even less than in southern states. Not sure why we have one (heck, Kounalakis wouldn’t have ascended if the recall against Gavin had been successful).

[JMT]

So this would be the PA model?

No, PA the LT governor wins their primary and is then put on a ticket with the governor nominee. Here there would be no primary for the LT governor, it's just whoever the governor nominee chooses. This would be like the Michigan or Florida model.

Yeah, I personally think every state should have a Lieutenant Governor that models what happens on the federal level with President/VP (I.e., Michigan/Florida model). Allow the gubernatorial nominee to select their own Lt. Gov, and have them be elected as a ticket. This way, there is a known gubernatorial successor that will have a good relationship with the Governor.

Alternatively, a model like Kentucky’s also works: each gubernatorial candidate selects their Lt Gov running mate and they run as a ticket in the primary, and get elected as a ticket in November. This way also allows for the Governor to nominate their own running mate; the only difference is they specify their running mate prior to the primary.

[cinyc]

There are some states like Alaska that have an elected Lt. Governor but no Secretary of State. In Alaska, the LG does a lot of what SoSes do in other states, including run elections. IIRC, before RCV, Alaska had a shotgun primary for LG. Now, the Gov and LG run on a ticket, like under the AZ proposal.