As of February 17, 2025, there are 22 women currently serving (excluding acting capacity) as lieutenant governors in the United States.
The states that have the position of lieutenant governor and have not yet elected a woman are Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and West Virginia.
The holders of the first in line to the governorship there, either the secretary of state or senate president, are listed here separately.
[5] Kentucky was the first state to hold a transfer of power from one female lieutenant governor to another, when Martha Layne Collins was elected to succeed Thelma Stovall in 1979.
However, no female politician has been nominated for governor by any major statewide party in any of Minnesota's gubernatorial elections.