Governor of California - Relationship With Lieutenant Governor of California

Relationship With Lieutenant Governor of California

The Lieutenant Governor of California is separately elected during the same election, not jointly as the running mate of the gubernatorial candidate. California has had a governor and a lieutenant governor of different parties 26 of the past 31 years:

Years Governor Party Lieutenant Governor Party
1975–1977 Jerry Brown Democratic Mervyn M. Dymally Democratic
1977–1979
1979–1981 Michael Curb Republican
1981–1983
1983–1985 George Deukmejian Republican Leo T. McCarthy Democratic
1985–1987
1987–1989
1989–1991
1991–1993 Pete Wilson Republican
1993–1995
1995–1997 Gray Davis Democratic
1997–1999
1999–2001 Gray Davis Democratic Cruz Bustamante Democratic
2001–2003
1/03 - 11/03
11/03–2005 Arnold Schwarzenegger Republican
2005–2007
2007–2009 John Garamendi Democratic
2010–2011 Abel Maldonado Republican
2011–present Jerry Brown Democratic Gavin Newsom Democratic

This occasionally becomes significant, since the California Constitution provides that all the powers of the governor fall to the lieutenant governor whenever the governor is not in the state of California, with the lieutenant governor often signing or vetoing legislation, or making political appointments, whenever the governor leaves the state. The lieutenant governor is also the President of the California State Senate. In practice, there is a gentlemen's agreement for the Lieutenant Governor not to perform more than perfunctory duties while the Governor is away from the state. This agreement was violated when Mike Curb was in office, as he signed several executive orders at odds with the Brown administration when Brown was out of the state. Court rulings have upheld the lieutenant governor's right to perform the duties and assume all of the prerogatives of governor while the governor is out of the state.

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