Lieutenant Governor of Arizona
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Lieutenant Governor of Arizona | |
|---|---|
 Great Seal of the State of Arizona | |
 | |
| Style | The Honorable |
| Residence | None official |
| Appointer | Direct election |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | TBD |
| Succession | First |
| Salary | $165,000 (2026) |
The lieutenant governor of Arizona is an elected office in the U.S. state of Arizona. The office will be established on January 4, 2027 following the 2026 Arizona gubernatorial election, which was decided with the passage of Proposition 131 in the 2022 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 the secretary 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 of Wesley Bolin in 1978, Bruce Babbitt ascended to the post while serving as attorney general, as Rose 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.
