The Challenges of Electing Governors and Lieutenant Governors Separately

UVA Center for Politics | January 27, 2022

How states have previously dealt with split partisan control of the top two offices: Perhaps the most celebrated example of this phenomenon came in the 1970s, when Republican Mike Curb served as lieutenant governor under California Gov. Jerry Brown. Curb, a musician and music producer, “would seize onto power whenever Brown vacationed with his then-girlfriend, Linda Ronstadt, or leave to campaign out of state,” said Marcia Godwin, a professor of public administration at the University of La Verne. Read More »