Lieutenant governor of georgia. During republican governor sonny perdues first term democrat mark taylor was the lieutenant governor. Who is georgias lieutenant governor. Priorities lieutenant governor duncan will focus on health care education making georgia the technology capital of the east coast and transportation.
Geoff duncan took office in january 2019. Brian kemp brian kemp georgia governor says reopening. Geoff duncan r on friday encouraged all georgia residents to wear a mask amid the coronavirus pandemic days after gov.
Cagle announced on april 29 2017 that he would not seek a fourth term as lieutenant governor instead running for governor. Heading into the election the sitting lieutenant governor was casey cagle r who was first elected in 2006 and was re elected in 2010 and 2014. The office of lieutenant governor was created by the 1945 georgia constitution.
The lieutenant governor of georgia is a constitutional officer of the state of georgia elected to a four year term by popular voteunlike in some other us. A former professional baseball player successful entrepreneur husband and father geoff duncan is georgias 12th lieutenant governor. At the time of the 2018 election georgia was a republican trifecta.
In fact casey cagle was the first republican lieutenant governor in georgias history when he was elected. The 2018 georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on november 6 2018 to elect the lieutenant governor of georgia concurrently with the 2018 gubernatorial election as well as elections to the united states senate and elections to the united states house of representatives and various state and local elections. The lieutenant governor of the state of georgia is an elected constitutional officer the second ranking officer of the executive branch and the first officer in line to succeed the governor of georgiathe lieutenant governor is popularly elected every four years by a plurality and unlike the governor is not subject to term limits.
The primary impetus was to ensure a smooth succession in case of a vacancy in the governorship. Constitutionally the lieutenant governors primary job is to serve as president of georgias senatein the case of incapacity of the governor. He is a business owner and former minor league baseball pitcher.
Duncan served in the georgia house of representatives from 2013 until his election as lieutenant governor in the 2018 general election.