Lieutenant-Governor of Arizona

The Lieutenant-Governor of the State of Arizona is the second-highest executive officer of the government of the State of Arizona. The primary role of the Lieutenant-Governor is as the principal deputy to the Governor of Arizona: In the event that the Governor is unable to exercise the Powers and Duties of her Office due to incapacitation, serious illness, death, or other disability, the Powers and Duties of the Office of Governor devolve upon the Lieutenant-Governor until the disability be removed, or a new Governor is elected and sworn-in. However, the Arizona State Constitution also designates the Lieutenant-Governor as the President of the State Senate:&mdash;In general and in practice, it is in his secondary role as President of the State Senate that tends to take up the vast majority of the Lieutenant-Governor’s day-to-day responsibilities. The Lieutenant-Governor is elected on the same ticket and to the same four-year term as the Governor. Also, like the Governor, no person elected Lieutenant-Governor may succeed himself more than once consecutively, but may be re-elected to the same office after a four-year respite; nor may any person constitutionally ineligible to the Office of Governor be elected Lieutenant-Governor or be otherwise included in the gubernatorial-line of succession. In the event that an ineligible officer who would otherwise be included in the order of succession but for his ineligibility, that officer is skipped in favor of the next-eligible person.