Joseph Eugene Kernan III was an American businessman and Democratic politician who served as the 48th governor of Indiana from 2003 to 2005. He served nearly a year as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War.
The lieutenant governor of California is the second highest executive officer of the government of the U.S. state of California. The lieutenant governor is elected to serve a four-year term and can serve a maximum of two terms. In addition to largely ministerial roles,serving as acting governor in the absence of the governor of California and as President of the California State Senate,the lieutenant governor either sits on many of California's regulatory commissions and executive agencies.
Mitchell Elias Daniels Jr. is an American academic administrator,businessman,author,and retired politician. A Republican,Daniels served as the 49th governor of Indiana from 2005 to 2013. Since 2013,Daniels has been president of Purdue University,but has announced he will retire as of January 1,2023.
Mary O'Connor Donohue is a retired Judge of the New York Court of Claims and a former two-term Lieutenant Governor of New York. Donohue was first elected Lieutenant Governor in 1998,and was re-elected in 2002.
Patty Jean Poole Judge is an American politician who served as the 45th lieutenant governor of Iowa from 2007 to 2011 and previously the 13th Secretary of Agriculture of Iowa from 1999 to 2007. She unsuccessfully ran for reelection as lieutenant governor in 2010 after being elected to the office in 2006 with Chet Culver as governor.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 4,2008,in 11 states and two territories. Prior to the election,eight of the total seats were held by Democrats and five by Republicans. Two governors were prohibited by term limits from seeking re-election in 2008. The only governorship to change party was the open seat in Missouri,which was won by a Democrat after being previously held by a Republican.
Diane Daniels Denish is an American politician,who was the 28th lieutenant governor of New Mexico. She was elected in 2002,running on the same ticket as Governor Bill Richardson,and was re-elected in 2006. Denish is the first woman to hold that post.
Jill Lynette Long Thompson is an American politician,educator,and author. A former Congresswoman from Indiana,she is the author of The Character of American Democracy,published by Indiana University Press in September 2020. From 2015 to 2020 she taught ethics as a visiting clinical associate professor at the Kelley School of Business and the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington and during the 2020–2021 academic year she served as a visiting scholar with the Ostrom Workshop,also at Indiana University. Until 2015 she was board chair and CEO of the Farm Credit Administration,a position to which President Barack Obama appointed her. The first person in her family to graduate from college,she earned a B.S. in business administration at Valparaiso University and an M.B.A. and Ph.D. in business at Indiana University. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
The Democratic Party of Indiana is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Indiana.
The 2008 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2008. Incumbent Republican nominee Mitch Daniels was challenged by Democratic nominee Jill Long Thompson and Libertarian nominee Andy Horning. Daniels easily won reelection,defeating Long Thompson by over 17 points. Despite Daniels' landslide victory,Barack Obama narrowly carried Indiana in the presidential election that same day;the only Democratic candidate to do so since 1964.
The lieutenant governor of Indiana is a constitutional office in the US state of Indiana. Republican Suzanne Crouch,who assumed office January 9,2017,is the incumbent. The office holder's constitutional roles are to serve as the president of the Indiana Senate,become acting governor during the incapacity of the governor,and become governor should the incumbent governor resign,die in office,or be impeached and removed from office. Lieutenant governors have succeeded ten governors following their deaths or resignations. The lieutenant governor holds statutory positions,serving as the head of the state agricultural and rural affairs bureaus,and as the chairman of several state committees. The annual salary of the lieutenant governor is $88,000.
The lieutenant governor of Nevada is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of government of the U.S. state of Nevada. The lieutenant governor maintains an office in Carson City,Nevada at the Nevada State Capitol and is elected separately from the Governor,and may therefore be from a different party than the Governor. The incumbent lieutenant governor is Lisa Cano Burkhead,a Democrat. She was appointed in December 2021,to finish the unexpired term of her predecessor Kate Marshall that ends in January 2023. The governor has the authority to appoint a replacement to fill the balance of the term in any vacant constitutional office,including that of the lieutenant governor,subject to Senate confirmation.
The 2004 Indiana gubernatorial election took place on November 2,2004,to elect the Governor of Indiana.
Connie Lawson served as the 61st Indiana Secretary of State. A Republican,Lawson is a former member of the Indiana Senate where she served as Majority Floor Leader.
Michelle Louise Helene Fischbach is an American attorney and politician who is the U.S. representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district. The district,which is very rural,is Minnesota's largest congressional district and includes most of the western area of the state. A Republican,Fischbach served as the 49th lieutenant governor of Minnesota under Governor Mark Dayton.
Sue Ellspermann is an American academic administrator and politician who served as the 50th lieutenant governor of Indiana,from 2013 to 2016. A member of the Republican Party,from 2010 to 2012 Ellspermann served in the Indiana House of Representatives from the 74th District,representing Warrick,Spencer,and parts of Dubois,and Perry County,Indiana. She resigned as lieutenant governor on March 2,2016,to become the president of Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana,a position she has held since July 1,2016.
Eric Joseph Holcomb is an American politician serving as the 51st and current governor of Indiana since 2017. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 51st lieutenant governor of Indiana from 2016 to 2017 under Governor Mike Pence,who left the governorship in 2017 to become the vice president of the United States. Holcomb was nominated to fill the remainder of Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann's term after she resigned on March 2,2016,to become president of Ivy Tech Community College. He won the 2016 election for governor of Indiana over Democratic nominee John R. Gregg. Holcomb was reelected in 2020 over Democratic nominee Woody Myers and Libertarian nominee Donald Rainwater.
The 2024 Indiana gubernatorial election will be held on November 5,2024,to elect the next governor of Indiana,concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Eric Holcomb is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third consecutive term in office.
