NOUN
- an elected official serving as deputy to the governor of a state of the United States
How To Use lieutenant governor In A Sentence
- DeWine, 62, also a former state legislator and lieutenant governor, is looking to face off against incumbent Cordray, who took office this year to fill the final two years of a term begun by former Attorney General Marc Dann in 2007. San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal
- In such a scenario, just who would control the chamber is a matter of debate, hinging on what powers are held by the lieutenant governor, who is granted a "casting vote" by the state constitution without further explanation of what that term means. Senate Control Still in Doubt, But GOP Gains
- I don't think I can take much of our esteemed lieutenant governor tonight. DOWNTOWN
- Joe Rogers, lieutenant governor of Colorado, seeks to represent that state's 7th District.
- He is a former presidential campaign aide, whose father was lieutenant governor of Virginia and now head's that state's Republican party.
- Voters re - elected him to a second four-year term favoring Nagin over Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu, but it was a narrow victory. CNN Transcript May 21, 2006
- The little town of Malvern, Arkansas, is somewhere between Little Rock and my hometown of Hope on Interstate 30 and, during my re - election campaign for lieutenant governor, I was in the courthouse square doing what they call brick fest, which is a festival they have every summer. CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2008
- After two terms in office, she earned statewide recognition by pursuing the nomination for lieutenant governor — which she lost by only 2, 000 votes.
- Then, in another few seconds, he was joined by the two agents that had come with the Lieutenant Governor, and they blazed away with their riot guns in the same direction.
- The Republican lieutenant governor of Missouri, Peter Kinder, said, “The distribution of teaching curricula from the White House to the classroom clearly usurps the authority of our local school boards and school administrators” — ignoring how previous administrations and his own state government offer teaching materials. “Set Your Own Goals for Your Education”
