How to Use lieutenant governor in a Sentence

lieutenant governor

noun

• 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
• As lieutenant governor, Patrick is the president of the Senate.
  — Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• At the fair, the more urgent race was the Republican primary for lieutenant governor.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
• Beginning in early 2022, the lieutenant governor has received all-out support for the idea from Abbott.
  — Aarón Torres, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2023
• The issues spawned numerous lawsuits, a call from the lieutenant governor for the county to redo the election and multiple bills proposed at the Capitol.
  — Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2023
• During the 2021 session, Patrick and Abbott were at odds over the lieutenant governor’s attempt to undo the emergency pricing central to the Vistra suit.
  — Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
• Shortly before a noon break, the lieutenant governor directed the defendant to rise.
  — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
• The trial was presided over by the state’s lieutenant governor, Dan Patrick, a political ally of Paxton’s.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2023
• Along with the governor, voters headed to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots for lieutenant governor and other offices.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2023
• Moore’s running mate, Aruna Miller, a former state delegate, will be the state’s first immigrant and first woman of color to serve as lieutenant governor.
  — Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
• Hochul previously served as lieutenant governor of New York for six years.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Nov. 2022
• Satellite phones have been the only reliable way to get in touch with some areas, including hotels, the lieutenant governor said.
  — Holly Yan, CNN, 9 Aug. 2023
• Newsom agrees with Weber In a rare rebuke of the lieutenant governor, Newsom criticized the assertion that Trump should be removed from the ballot.
  — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• The intense exchange was just one of many instances in which the lieutenant governor has openly rejected Hidalgo.
  — Kennedy Sessions, Chron, 25 Dec. 2022
• At the time, one of the targets in the election-interference case was Burt Jones, a former state senator and Trump elector, who was then also running for lieutenant governor.
  — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2024
• The government of the district would directly report any new actions to the lieutenant governor and speaker of the House of Representatives.
  — Cayla Harris, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Nov. 2022
• Duncan, a Republican, was serving as lieutenant governor to Brian Kemp at the time.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 29 Aug. 2023
• Ties between the vice president and the lieutenant governor go back about 20 years, Kounalakis said, to when Harris was first elected San Francisco district attorney.
  — Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2024
• Both of the candidates for lieutenant governor are women, and though results are not yet in for that race, Sanders’ victory ensures Arkansas will become one of the first states in the country to be led by women in both top spots.
  — Brian Bennett, Time, 9 Nov. 2022
• Brown wrote to Patrick to decline the appointment on Saturday, a day after the Republican lieutenant governor announced it.
  — Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2023
• Barnes, who was the first Black person elected as Wisconsin's lieutenant governor, left office in January.
  — Bill Glauber, Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024