The lieutenant governor of Colorado is the second-highest-ranking member of the executive department of the Government of Colorado, United States, below the governor of Colorado. The lieutenant governor of Colorado, who acts as governor of Colorado in the absence of the officeholder and succeeds to the governorship in case of vacancy, is elected on a partisan ticket.

After the 1966 general election, the Constitution of Colorado was amended to require the joint election of governor and lieutenant governor — candidates running as a ticket. Prior to this amendment, the lieutenant governor candidate was elected separately from the governor during the same election—sometimes resulting in a governor and a lieutenant governor from different political parties.

The current lieutenant governor is Dianne Primavera, a Democrat, who took office January 8, 2019.

Lieutenant governors

+ Lieutenant governors of the State of ColoradoLieutenant GovernorTerm in officePartyElectionGovernor1 Lafayette Head–January 14, 1879Republican1876 2Horace Tabor–January 9, 1881Republican1878—George B. RobinsonDied beforetaking officeRepublican18802Horace Tabor–January 9, 1883Republican3William H. Meyer–January 13, 1885Republican18824Peter W. Breene–January 11, 1887Republican18845Norman H. Meldrum–January 8, 1889Republican18866William Grover Smith–January 13, 1891Republican18887William Story–January 10, 1893Republican18908David H. Nichols–January 8, 1895Populist18929Jared L. Brush–January 10, 1899Republican1894189610Francis Patrick Carney–January 8, 1901Populist189811David C. Coates–January 13, 1903Democratic190012Warren A. Haggott–January 10, 1905Republican190213Jesse Fuller McDonald–March 17, 1905Republican190414Arthur Cornforth–July 5, 1905Republican15Fred W. Parks–January 8, 1907Republican16Erastus Harper–January 12, 1909Republican190617Stephen R. Fitzgarrald–January 14, 1913Democratic19081910 —Benjamin F. MontgomeryDied beforetaking officeDemocratic191217Stephen R. Fitzgarrald–January 12, 1915Democratic18Moses E. Lewis–January 9, 1917Republican191419James Pulliam–January 14, 1919Democratic191620George Stephan–January 11, 1921Republican191821Earl Cooley–January 9, 1923Republican192022Robert F. Rockwell–January 13, 1925Republican192223Sterling Byrd Lacy–January 11, 1927Democratic192424George Milton Corlett–January 13, 1931Republican1926192825Edwin C. Johnson–January 10, 1933Democratic193026Ray Herbert Talbot–January 1, 1937Democratic19321934—Office vacant from January 1–12, 193727Frank Hayes–January 10, 1939Democratic193628John Charles Vivian–January 12, 1943Republican1938Ralph Lawrence Carr194029William Eugene Higby–January 14, 1947Republican1942194430Homer Pearson–January 11, 1949Republican194631Walter Walford Johnson–April 15, 1950Democratic194832Charles P. Murphy–January 9, 1951Republican33Gordon Allott–January 11, 1955Republican1950195234Stephen McNichols–January 8, 1957Democratic195435Frank L. Hays–January 13, 1959Republican195636Robert Lee Knous–January 10, 1967Democratic1958196237Mark Anthony Hogan–January 12, 1971Democratic196638John D. Vanderhoof–July 16, 1973Republican197039Ted L. Strickland–January 14, 1975Republican40George L. Brown–January 10, 1979Democratic197441Nancy Dick–January 13, 1987Democratic1978198242Mike Callihan–May 10, 1994Democratic19861990—Office vacant from May 10–11, 199443Samuel H. Cassidy–January 3, 1995Democratic44Gail Schoettler–January 12, 1999Democratic199445Joe Rogers–January 14, 2003Republican199846Jane Norton–January 9, 2007Republican200247Barbara O'Brien–January 11, 2011Democratic200648Joseph Garcia–May 12, 2016Democratic2010201449Donna Lynne–January 8, 2019Democratic50Dianne PrimaveraJanuary 8, 2019–IncumbentDemocratic20182022

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See also

Bibliography of Colorado Geography of Colorado History of Colorado Index of Colorado-related articles List of Colorado-related lists Outline of Colorado

External links

State of Colorado website Office of the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Colorado