How to Use lieutenant governor in a Sentence

lieutenant governor

noun

• The lieutenant governor of Texas had an answer, and a solution.
  — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 27 May 2022
• But this time Robinson, who is currently the state’s lieutenant governor, wasn’t there.
  — Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
• He's been an unbelievable lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson.
  — NBC News, 22 Sep. 2024
• His entrance to politics came soon after, in 2020 becoming the state’s first Black lieutenant governor.
  — Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
• Trump also endorsed candidates in the state lieutenant governor and attorney general races, as well as a handful of congressional primaries.
  — Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 24 May 2022
• That might make sense for the folks in the lieutenant governor’s office or the secretary of state.
  — Dan McGowan, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
• On Friday, the lieutenant governor again went on the attack.
  — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2023
• The first-term lieutenant governor said there is a racial component to all of this that must not be ignored.
  — Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 6 July 2022
• As lieutenant governor, Patrick is the president of the Senate.
  — Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2023
• If the governor had only two years left to serve, the lieutenant governor would finish the term.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022
• Here's what to know about the lieutenant governor candidate.
  — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 19 July 2023
• The lieutenant governor presided over the trial in a quasi-judicial role.
  — Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 20 June 2023
• Aruna Miller will be the state’s first Asian American lieutenant governor.
  — Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2023
• From the start, Mr. Fetterman, the state’s lieutenant governor, has had to contend with the shrinking numbers.
  — Aaron Zitner, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
• The group also appeared in the gallery in the state Senate, where their lawyer, former lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax, used to preside.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
• Robinson, the lieutenant governor, said, according to a video of the speech surfaced by the New Republic.
  — Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
• In 2020, Duncan, then lieutenant governor of Georgia, openly pushed back against Trump’s false claims that the election was rigged.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
• When was the last time a lieutenant governor served as acting governor?
  — Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 22 July 2024
• The last Democrat to win lieutenant governor was Walter Dalton in 2008.
  — Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Aug. 2024
• The bus then headed to Las Vegas, where crypto advocates heard from the state treasurer and chief of staff for the lieutenant governor.
  — Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2024
• One of the lieutenant governor’s duties is overseeing the state’s pardons board.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
• Atkins is fundraising for her next post through a campaign account for lieutenant governor.
  — Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• Rutledge was elected in November and sworn in as the state's first female lieutenant governor last month.
  — Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online, 12 Feb. 2023
• The Texas lieutenant governor presides over the Senate when the legislature is in session.
  — Brandon Gillespie, Fox News, 4 May 2023
• The lieutenant governor, Dan Patrick, who is acting as a judge in the impeachment trial, ruled that Mr. Paxton could not be forced to testify.
  — Edgar Sandoval, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023
• Barnes paid no income tax and was on the state’s Medicaid program while running for lieutenant governor in 2018.
  — Scott Bauer, ajc, 29 July 2022
• At the fair, the more urgent race was the Republican primary for lieutenant governor.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• The lieutenant governor serves as the state senate's president and would step in as governor if needed.
  — Alexandria Sands, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
• He was voted best debater by the statewide group and later served as lieutenant governor on an annual trip to mock legislate on the floor of the State Capitol.
  — Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2022
• Shapiro's would-be successor, Austin Davis — the state's first Black lieutenant governor and youngest person to hold that office — is largely untested.
  — Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024