By Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services/Arizona Capitol Times
Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer inherited the office the first time from Janet Napolitano, when Napolitano resigned to take a position in the Obama Administration.
Former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer inherited the office the first time from Janet Napolitano, when Napolitano resigned to take a position in the Obama Administration.
A proposal approved by a House panel Monday would change what happens in Arizona when a governor dies, quits or is forcibly removed from office.
The legislation before the Elections Committee would create a new post of lieutenant governor. That person would run for election with the governor on the same ticket.
Potentially most significant, the lieutenant governor presumably would be of the same party – or at least the same political philosophy – as the state’s chief executive. Rep. J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, said that would guarantee some sort of continuity.
“The voters wanted a particular vision in the governor’s office when they supported the governor and don’t intend that to change,” he said.
