lieutenant
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If the sitting governor dies, resigns or is removed from office, the lieutenant governor is elevated to take over.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The former lieutenant governor of Ohio was appointed to be the state’s junior U.S. senator in 2025, after JD Vance became vice president.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
He is represented in Ottawa by a governor general and in the provinces by lieutenant governors.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Robert Price, a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department homicide lieutenant, said during a Thursday news conference that Jackson was from Arkansas and lived in California during the early 1970s with his wife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
“I could not sleep last night,” the lieutenant said, “thinking about that Book where you have read such different ideas. What else does it say in there?”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
He was reluctant to report the wrongdoing, he said, because one of the lieutenants had boasted that he knew a lot of people in Internal Affairs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Jonathan answered our questions inside a narrow room in a breeze block house, with his lieutenants crowding in.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Barra, who meets directly with Trump and his top lieutenants, has been quick to get on board with his initiatives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
He often delegates difficult conversations to trusted lieutenants.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
But the challenge, he said, had tested his lieutenants.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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