[3] Starting in 1974, due to a constitutional amendment, the process was changed such that the governor and lieutenant governor candidates would secure their nominations independently in the primary elections in their respective parties, but then they ran together in the general election on one ticket from the same political party.

Before 1971, the office of lieutenant governor was considered a part-time position except during the biennial legislative session.

When the Legislature began meeting annually, the office of lieutenant governor became a full-time position.

[6] The lieutenant governor, in the role of presiding officer, also signs all bills and resolutions passed by the Legislature.

Republican (32 + 1 Acting) Democratic (9 + 1 Acting) Fusion (Democratic/Populist) (2) Italics indicate next-in-line of succession for states and territories without a directly elected lieutenant governor or whose lieutenant governor office is vacant: