Lieutenant Governor of Kansas

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	Kansas Lieutenant Governor
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	General information
Office Type:	Partisan
Office website:	Official Link
Term limits:	None
	Structure
Length of term:	4 years
Authority:	Kansas Constitution, Article I, Section II The Executive Department
Selection Method:	Elected
	Current Officeholder
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Name:	Jeff Colyer
Officeholder Party:	Republican
Assumed office:	January 10, 2011
Compensation:	$54,000
	Elections
Next election:	November 4, 2014
Last election:	November 2, 2010
	Other Kansas Executive Offices
	Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Treasurer • Commissioner of Education • Agriculture Secretary • Insurance Commissioner • Wildlife and Parks Secretary • Labor Secretary • Corporation Commission

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The Lieutenant Governor of the State of Kansas is an elected Constitutional officer, the second ranking officer of the Executive branch, and the first officer in line to succeed the Governor of Kansas. The Lieutenant Governor is popularly elected every four years by a plurality and is limited to two successive terms.^[1]

Current officeholder

See also: Current Lieutenant Governors

The 49th and current lieutenant governor is Jeff Colyer, a Republican elected in 2010.^[1]

Authority

The state Constitution addresses the office of the governor in Article I, the Executive Department.

Under Article 1, Section I:

The constitutional officers of the executive department shall be the governor, lieutenant governor...

Qualifications

Kansas' constitution does not set out requirements for office.

Elections

See also: Gubernatorial election cycles by state

See also: Election of lieutenant governors

Kansas elects lieutenant governors in the midterm elections, that is, even years that are not Presidential election years. For Kansas, 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018 are all lieutenant gubernatorial election years. Legally, the lieutenant gubernatorial inauguration is always set for the second Monday in the January following an election. Thus, January 10, 2011 and January 12, 2015 are inaugural days.

Vacancies

Details of vacancies are addressed under Article 1, Section 11.

The Constitution only specifies the vacancy procedure for the lieutenant governor's chair to the extent that it leaves determining a line of succession to the legislature.

Duties

The lieutenant governor succeeds to the officer of governor if the office becomes vacant, and may also serve as acting governor if the governor is incapacitated or absent from the state.

The office has such other responsibilities and duties as the Governor shall assign.

Divisions

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Compensation

See also: Comparison of lieutenant gubernatorial salaries and Compensation of state executive officers

The lieutenant governor's pay is set by law and may not be increased or diminished effective during the current term.

2012

In 2012, the lieutenant governor is paid $54,000 a year.

2010

In 2010, the lieutenant governor was paid $100,000 a year, the 19th highest lieutenant gubernatorial salary in America.

Historical officeholders

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