Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii

Assistant chief executive of the U.S. state of Hawaii

Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii

Incumbent
Sylvia Luke

since December 5, 2022

Government of Hawaii
Term length| Four years, renewable once consecutively
Inaugural holder| James Kealoha
Formation| August 21, 1959
(65 years ago) (1959-08-21)
Succession| First
Website| Office of the Lt. Governor

Politics of Hawaii

Constitution

* United States Constitution

* Hawaii Constitution

Executive

* Governor Josh Green (D)

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* Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke (D)

* Attorney General Anne E. Lopez (D)

Legislature

* Hawaii Senate

* President of the Senate Ron Kouchi (D)

* Majority Leader Dru Kanuha (D)

* Minority Leader Brenton Awa (R)

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* House of Representatives

* Speaker Nadine Nakamura (D)
* Majority Leader Sean Quinlan (D)
* Minority Leader Lauren Matsumoto (R)

Judiciary

* Hawaii State Supreme Court

* Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald

* Justice Sabrina S. McKenna
* Justice Todd W. Eddins
* Justice Lisa M. Ginoza
* Justice Vladimir P. Devens

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* Land Court

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Inferior jurisdictions

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Federal representation

* United States Senators

* Brian Schatz (D)
* Mazie Hirono (D)

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* U.S. Representatives

* 1: Ed Case (D)
* 2: Jill Tokuda (D)

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The lieutenant governor of Hawaii (Hawaiian: Hope kiaʻāina o Hawaiʻi) is the assistant chief executive of the U.S. state of Hawaii and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Article V, Sections 2 though 6 of the Constitution of Hawaii.[1] Elected by popular suffrage of residents of the state on the same ticket as the governor of Hawaii, the officeholder is concurrently the secretary of State of Hawaii.

The officeholder becomes acting governor of Hawaii if the governor becomes disabled from duty. Historically, Hawaii lieutenant governors were members of either the Hawaii Democratic Party or Hawaii Republican Party. Four have gone on to become governor of Hawaii: George Ariyoshi, Ben Cayetano, John D. Waiheʻe III, and Josh Green.

## Qualifications

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The lieutenant governor of Hawaiʻi is limited to two four-year terms. Inauguration takes place on the first Monday in December following a gubernatorial election. A single term ends at noon four years later. The lieutenant governor must be thirty years old and be a resident of Hawaiʻi for five consecutive years previous to election. Unlike some other states, the office of Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii is a full-time position and requires that the lieutenant governor be barred from other professions or paid positions during the term.

## List of lieutenant governors

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Parties

Democratic (14)   Republican (2)

# | Picture | Lt. Governor | Took office | Left office | Party | Governor(s) served under

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1 |  | James Kealoha | August 21, 1959 | December 2, 1962 | Republican | William F. Quinn
2 |  | William S. Richardson | December 2, 1962 | April 13, 1966 | Democratic | John A. Burns
3 |  | Andrew T. F. Ing | April 13, 1966 | December 2, 1966 | Democratic
4 |  | Thomas Gill | December 2, 1966 | December 2, 1970 | Democratic
5 |  | George Ariyoshi | December 2, 1970 | December 2, 1974 | Democratic
6 |  | Nelson Doi | December 2, 1974 | December 2, 1978 | Democratic | George Ariyoshi
7 |  | Jean King | December 2, 1978 | December 2, 1982 | Democratic
8 |  | John D. Waiheʻe | December 2, 1982 | December 2, 1986 | Democratic
9 |  | Ben Cayetano | December 2, 1986 | December 2, 1994 | Democratic | John D. Waiheʻe
10 |  | Mazie Hirono | December 2, 1994 | December 2, 2002 | Democratic | Ben Cayetano
11 |  | Duke Aiona | December 4, 2002 | December 6, 2010 | Republican | Linda Lingle
12 |  | Brian Schatz | December 6, 2010 | December 26, 2012 | Democratic | Neil Abercrombie
13 |  | Shan Tsutsui | December 27, 2012 | December 1, 2014 | Democratic
December 1, 2014 | January 31, 2018 | David Ige
14 |  | Doug Chin | February 2, 2018 | December 3, 2018 | Democratic
15 |  | Josh Green | December 3, 2018 | December 5, 2022 | Democratic
16 |  | Sylvia Luke | December 5, 2022 | Incumbent | Democratic | Josh Green

## See also

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* Hawaii portal

* List of Hawaii state legislatures

## References

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1. ^ "Hawaii Revised Statutes §26-1(a) (2019)". Hawaiʻi State Legislature. Retrieved February 12, 2019.

## External links

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* Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaiʻi - Official Site
* Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi – Article V - The Executive

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Lieutenant governors of Hawaii

* Kealoha
* Richardson
* Ing
* Gill
* Ariyoshi
* Doi
* King
* Waihee
* Cayetano
* Hirono
* Aiona
* Schatz
* Tsutsui
* Chin
* Green
* Luke

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Statewide political officials of Hawaii

U.S. senators|

* Brian Schatz
* Mazie Hirono

State government|

* Josh Green, Governor
* Sylvia Luke, Lieutenant Governor
* Anne E. Lopez, Attorney General (appointed)
* Luis Salaveria, Finance Director (appointed)

Senate|

* Ron Kouchi, President
* Michelle Kidani, Vice President
* Dru Kanuha, Majority Leader
* Brenton Awa, Minority Leader

House|

* Nadine Nakamura, Speaker
* Linda Ichiyama, Vice Speaker
* Sean Quinlan, Majority Leader
* Lauren Matsumoto, Minority Leader

Office of Hawaiian Affairs|

* Kai Kahele, Chair
* Keoni Souza, Vice Chair
* Dan Ahuna
* Kalei Akaka
* Keli‘i Akina
* Luana Alapa
* Brickwood Galuteria
* Carmen Hulu Lindsey
* John Waihee IV, Board of Trustees

Supreme Court|

* Mark Recktenwald, Chief Justice
* Sabrina McKenna
* Todd W. Eddins
* Lisa M. Ginoza
* Vladimir Devens, Associate Justices

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Lieutenant governors in the United States

Vice President of the United States: ▌JD Vance (R)

▌Ainsworth (R)

▌Dahlstrom (R)

▌Fontes (D)1

▌Rutledge (R)

▌Kounalakis (D)

▌Primavera (D)

▌Bysiewicz (D)

▌Gay (D)

▌Uthmeier (R)*4

▌Jones (R)

▌Luke (D)

▌Bedke (R)

▌Stratton (D)

▌Beckwith (R)

▌Cournoyer (R)

▌Toland (D)

▌Coleman (D)

▌Nungesser (R)

▌Daughtry (D)2

▌Miller (D)

▌Driscoll (D)

▌Gilchrist (D)

▌Flanagan (DFL)

▌Hosemann (R)

▌Wasinger (R)

▌Juras (R)

▌Kelly (R)

▌Anthony (R)

▌Carson (R)2

▌Way (D)

▌Morales (D)

▌Delgado (D)

▌Hunt (D)

▌Strinden (R)

▌Tressel (R)

▌Pinnell (R)

▌Read (D)1

▌Davis (D)

▌Matos (D)

▌Evette (R)

▌Venhuizen (R)

▌McNally (R)2

▌Patrick (R)

▌Henderson (R)

▌Rodgers (R)

▌Earle-Sears (R)

▌Heck (D)

▌Smith (R)2

▌Rodriguez (D)

▌Gray (R)1

Federal districts:

▌Mendelson (D)3

Territories:

▌Ae (R)

▌Tenorio (D)

▌Mendiola (R)

▌Rivera (PNP/D)1

▌Roach (D)

An asterisk indicates an Acting Lt. Governor

Italics indicate next-in-line of succession for states and territories without a directly elected lieutenant governor or whose lieutenant governor office is vacant:

* 1\. Secretary of State
* 2\. President of the Senate
* 3\. Council Chair
* 4\. Attorney General

Political party affiliation

* ▌Republican: 28 (27 states, 1 territory)
* ▌Democratic: 26 (23 states, 2 territories, 1 district)
* ▌New Progressive: 1 (1 territory)
* ▌Independent: 1 (1 territory)

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United States lieutenant governors by political division

States|

* Alabama
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* Colorado
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* Georgia
* Hawaii
* Idaho
* Illinois
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Michigan
* Minnesota
* Mississippi
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* New Jersey
* New Mexico
* New York
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* North Carolina
* North Dakota
* Ohio
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* Pennsylvania
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
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* South Dakota
* Tennessee
* Texas
* Utah
* Vermont
* Virginia
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin

Insular areas|

* American Samoa
* Guam
* Northern Mariana Islands
* U.S. Virgin Islands

Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon, Wyoming, and Puerto Rico do not have lieutenant governors.
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