Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

	Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor
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	General information
Office Type:	Partisan
Office website:	Official Link
Compensation:	$165,000
2024 FY Budget:	$6,673,602
Term limits:	None
	Structure
Length of term:	4 years
Authority:	Massachusetts Constitution, Chapter 2, Section II, Article II
Selection Method:	Elected
	Current Officeholder
	Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Kim Driscoll; Democratic Party; Assumed office: January 5, 2023
	Elections
Next election:	2026
Last election:	2022
	Other Massachusetts Executive Offices
	Governor • Lieutenant Governor • Secretary of State • Attorney General • Treasurer • Auditor • Secretary of Education • Agriculture Commissioner • Insurance Commissioner • Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs • Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development • Public Utilities Commission

The Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts is an elected constitutional officer, the second ranking officer of the executive branch and the first officer in line to succeed the Governor of Massachusetts. The lieutenant governor is popularly elected every four years by a plurality and is not subject to term limits.

Current officeholder

The current Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts is Kim Driscoll (D). Driscoll assumed office in 2023.

Authority

The Massachusetts Constitution addresses the office of the governor in Chapter 2, the Executive Department.

Under Chapter 2, Section II, Article I:

There shall be [annually] elected a lieutenant governor of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, whose title shall be, His Honor and who shall be qualified, in point of [religion, property,] and residence in the commonwealth, in the same manner with the governor: and the day and manner of his election, and the qualifications of the electors, shall be the same as are required in the election of a governor...

Qualifications

A candidate for the lieutenant governorship must be a registered elector in the state and have been a resident for at least seven years before taking office.

Elections

Massachusetts state government organizational chart

See also: Gubernatorial election cycles by state

See also: Election of lieutenant governors

Massachusetts elects lieutenant governors in the midterm elections, that is, even years that are not presidential election years (e.g. 2018, 2022, 2026, and 2030). Legally, the first day of the political year is always the first Wednesday in the January following an election and the lieutenant gubernatorial inauguration occurs at noon the first Thursday in January.

2022

See also: Massachusetts gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

Kim Driscoll defeated Leah Cole Allen and Peter Everett in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kim Driscoll (D)	63.7	1,584,403
	Leah Cole Allen (R)	34.6	859,343
	Peter Everett (L)	1.6	39,244
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	2,806

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,485,796
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

Kim Driscoll defeated Eric Lesser and Tami Gouveia in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts on September 6, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kim Driscoll	46.6	332,712
	Eric Lesser	32.7	233,241
	Tami Gouveia	20.6	147,224
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	1,094

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 714,271
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

Leah Cole Allen defeated Kate Campanale in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts on September 6, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Leah Cole Allen	52.1	130,962
	Kate Campanale	47.6	119,516
	Other/Write-in votes	0.3	759

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 251,237
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Rayla Campbell (R)