How to Use lieutenant governor in a Sentence

lieutenant governor

noun

• The lieutenant governor of Texas wants to change the name of a cut of a steak.
  — Peter Burke, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2025
• 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
• McGeachin has been the state's lieutenant governor since 2018 and is the first woman in the position.
  — Tori B. Powell, CBS News, 28 May 2021
• For weeks, no Democrat got in the race for lieutenant governor.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Nov. 2021
• At least one Democrat is in the race for lieutenant governor.
  — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 10 June 2021
• On Friday, the lieutenant governor again went on the attack.
  — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2023
• Ivey was a Girls State lieutenant governor back in her high school days in Wilcox County.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 13 June 2021
• It’s not just security for the lieutenant governor that is adding to the costs.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Feb. 2021
• 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
• And Dan Patrick, the lieutenant governor, mocked the Democrats by tweeting a photo that showed them preparing to travel with a case of beer on one of the seats.
  — New York Times, 12 July 2021
• The rules of the two chambers leave enforcement up to the presiding officers, the lieutenant governor in the Senate and the speaker in the House.
  — Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2021
• The lieutenant governor could play a pivotal role in casting tiebreaking votes in the state Senate, which this year is not on the ballot.
  — Julia Manchester, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2025
• Virginia will elect a woman of color as lieutenant governor for the first time.
  — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 2 Nov. 2021
• Here's what to know about the lieutenant governor candidate.
  — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 19 July 2023
• The lieutenant governor could play a pivotal role in casting tie breaking votes in the state Senate, which is not on the ballot this year.
  — Julia Manchester, The Hill, 7 Apr. 2025
• Sears becomes the first woman to serve as lieutenant governor and the first woman of color to hold statewide office.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2021
• The lieutenant governor of Texas had an answer, and a solution.
  — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 27 May 2022
• 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 lieutenant governor has been leading the panel since early last year.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 Dec. 2020
• Brown was O’Malley’s lieutenant governor for eight years.
  — Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022
• King is the fourth Democrat to publicly naming who will join him on a ticket for lieutenant governor.
  — Bryn Stole, baltimoresun.com, 5 Jan. 2022
• However, the post is next in line to the governor's seat and is widely viewed as a sort of lieutenant governor for Arizona.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2021
• 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
• Kurka had not yet filed with either agency, and it is not yet known who will run as his lieutenant governor.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Nov. 2021
• Sheri Pemberton, a spokesperson for the commission, said Sable has not yet responded to the lieutenant governor’s letter.
  — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
• Foregoing his run for lieutenant governor, Bradford is redirecting his efforts to garner support for the lead role at the Department of Insurance in the November 2026 election.
  — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2025