| Lieutenant Governor of Arizona | |
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 Great Seal of the State of Arizona | |
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| Style | The Honorable |
| Residence | None official |
| Appointer | Direct election |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | TBD |
| Succession | First |
| Salary | $165,000 (2026) |
Thelieutenant governor of Arizona is an elected office in theU.S. state ofArizona. The office will be established on January 4, 2027 following the2026 Arizona gubernatorial election, which was decided with the passage of Proposition 131 in the2022 election. The position will be elected on a joint ticket with the governor.
The constitution of Arizona did not originally specify an office of lieutenant governor, making Arizona one of five states with this distinction. The constitution instead specified that thesecretary of state, if holding office by election, would assume the office of governor in case of a vacancy in the office. Since 1912, there have been six instances in which this happened, although after the death ofWesley Bolin in 1978,Bruce Babbitt ascended to the post while serving asattorney general, asRose Mofford had only been appointed secretary of state (by Bolin) five months earlier.
In 1994, Arizona voters rejected the legislatively referred Proposition 100, which would have created the office of lieutenant governor to be elected on a joint ticket with the governor, with 65.3% of voters being against the measure. In 2010, Proposition 111, a similar legislatively referred measure, failed with 59.2% of voters being against the measure. In 2022 Arizona voters approved the legislatively referred Proposition 131 establishing the position, with 55.16% voting for the amendment and 44.84% voting against it.
The power of the lieutenant governor of Arizona derives from Article V, Section 1, of the Arizona Constitution, which provides that the lieutenant governor will be the first in line to succeed thegovernor when the governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office by impeachment, a role presently filled by the electedSecretary of State. Section 9 provides that the state legislature may prescribe further duties for the lieutenant governor. The proposition—through a law pre-passed by theLegislature—will also task the governor with assigning a job to their running mate, such as chief of staff, the director of the state Department of Administration, or "any position" to which the governor can appoint someone by law.[1]
In the event the office of lieutenant governor becomes vacant, the governor appoints a new person to serve in the position subject to majority approval of both houses of the state legislature.[2]
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