Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States

The following is the planned order of succession for the governorships of the 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C. and the 5 organized territories of the United States, according to the constitutions (and supplemental laws, if any) of each.[1] Some states make a distinction whether the succeeding individual is acting as governor or becomes governor.

From 1980 to 1999, there were 13 successions of governorships. From 2000 to 2019 this number increased to 29.[2] The only instance since at least 1980 in which the second in line reached a state governorship was on January 8, 2002 when New Jersey Attorney General John Farmer Jr. acted as governor for 90 minutes between Donald DiFrancesco and John O. Bennett's terms in that capacity as president of the Senate following governor Christine Todd Whitman's resignation.[3] In 2019, Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico Wanda Vázquez Garced became governor when both the governor and secretary of state resigned in Telegramgate.

From 1945 to 2016, 39 of those who succeeded to the governorship ran for and won election to a full term.[4]

States

Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming

Alabama

Provided for by Article V, Section 127 of the Constitution of Alabama.[5]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Alabama	Kay Ivey (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor of Alabama	Will Ainsworth (R)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Del Marsh (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Mac McCutcheon (R)
4	Attorney General	Steve Marshall (R)
5	Auditor	Jim Zeigler (R)
6	Secretary of State	John Merrill (R)
7	Treasurer	John McMillan (R)

Alaska

Provided for by Article III, Section 10 of the Constitution of Alaska.[6]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Alaska	Mike Dunleavy (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor of Alaska	Kevin Meyer (R)

Arizona

Provided for by Article V, Section 6 of the Constitution of Arizona.[7]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Arizona	Doug Ducey (R)
1	Secretary of State	Katie Hobbs (D)
2	Attorney General	Mark Brnovich (R)
3	Treasurer	Kimberly Yee (R)
4	Superintendent of Public Instruction	Kathy Hoffman (D)

Arkansas

Provided for by Article VI, Section 5 of the Constitution of Arkansas as amended.[8]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Arkansas	Asa Hutchinson (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas	Tim Griffin (R)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Jim Hendren (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Matthew Shepherd (R)

California

Provided for by Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of California[9] and Title 2, Division 3 of the California Codes.[10][11]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of California	Gavin Newsom (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Eleni Kounalakis (D)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Toni Atkins (D)
3	Speaker of the Assembly	Anthony Rendon (D)
4	Secretary of State	Alex Padilla (D)
5	Attorney General	Xavier Becerra (D)
6	Treasurer	Fiona Ma (D)
7	Controller	Betty Yee (D)
8	Superintendent of Public Instruction	Tony Thurmond (NP)
9	Insurance Commissioner	Ricardo Lara (D)
10	Chair of the Board of Equalization	Malia Cohen (D)
11	List of 4–7 people named by Governor (subject to confirmation by the Senate) in the case of war or enemy-caused disaster.

Colorado

Provided for by Article IV, Section 13 of the Constitution of Colorado.[12]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Colorado	Jared Polis (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Dianne Primavera (D)
2	President of the Senate[lower-alpha 1]	Leroy Garcia (D)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives[lower-alpha 1]	KC Becker (D)
4	Minority Leader of the House[lower-alpha 1]	Patrick Neville (R)
5	Minority Leader of the Senate[lower-alpha 2]	Chris Holbert (R)

Connecticut

Provided for by Article IV, Sections 18–21 of the Constitution of Connecticut.[13]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Connecticut	Ned Lamont (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Susan Bysiewicz (D)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Martin Looney (D)

Delaware

Provided for by Article III, Section 20 of the Constitution of Delaware.[14]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Delaware	John Carney (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Bethany Hall-Long (D)
2	Secretary of State	Jeffrey W. Bullock (D)
3	Attorney General	Kathy Jennings (D)
4	President pro tempore of the Senate	David McBride (D)
5	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Peter Schwartzkopf (D)

Florida

Provided for by Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution of Florida[15] and Florida Statute 14.055.[16]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Florida	Ron DeSantis (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Jeanette Núñez (R)
2	Attorney General	Ashley Moody (R)
3	Chief Financial Officer	Jimmy Patronis (R)
4	Commissioner of Agriculture	Nikki Fried (D)

Georgia

Provided for by Article V, Section 1, Paragraph V of the Constitution of Georgia.[17]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Georgia	Brian Kemp (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Geoff Duncan (R)
2	Speaker of the House of Representatives	David Ralston (R)

Hawaii

Provided for by Article V, Section 4 of the Constitution of Hawaii[18] and Title 4 §26-2 of the Hawaii code.[19]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Hawaii	David Ige (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Josh Green (D)
2	President of the Senate	Ron Kouchi (D)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Scott Saiki (D)
4	Attorney General	Clare E. Connors (D)
5	Director of Finance	Roderick Becker
6	Comptroller	Curt Otaguro
7	Director of Taxation	Linda Chu Takayama
8	Director of Human Resources Development	Ryker Wada

Idaho

Provided for by Article IV, Sections 12–14 of the Constitution of Idaho.[20]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Idaho	Brad Little (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Janice McGeachin (R)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Brent Hill (R)

Illinois

See also: Governor of Illinois § Succession

Provided for by Article V, Section 6 of the Constitution of Illinois[21] and the Governor Succession Act[22]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Illinois	J. B. Pritzker (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Juliana Stratton (D)
2	Attorney General	Kwame Raoul (D)
3	Secretary of State	Jesse White (D)
4	Comptroller	Susana Mendoza (D)
5	Treasurer	Mike Frerichs (D)
6	President of the Senate	Don Harmon (D)
7	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Michael Madigan (D)

Indiana

Provided for by Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Indiana.[23]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Indiana	Eric Holcomb (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Suzanne Crouch (R)
2	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Todd Huston (R)
3	President pro tempore of the Senate	Rodric Bray (R)
4	Treasurer	Kelly Mitchell (R)
5	Secretary of State	Connie Lawson (R)
6	Auditor	Tera Klutz (R)
7	Superintendent of Public Instruction	Jennifer McCormick (R)

Iowa

Provided for by Article IV, Sections 17–19 of the Constitution of Iowa.[24]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Iowa	Kim Reynolds (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Adam Gregg (R)
2	President of the Senate	Charles Schneider (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Pat Grassley (R)

Kansas

Provided for by KSA Statute 75–125[25] and the Emergency Interim Executive and Judicial Succession Act of 1994.[26]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Kansas	Laura Kelly (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Lynn Rogers (D)
2	President of the Senate	Susan Wagle (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Ron Ryckman Jr. (R)
Eligible to serve as emergency interim Governor if 1–3 are vacant
4	Secretary of State	Scott Schwab (R)
5	Attorney General	Derek Schmidt (R)

Kentucky

See also: Governor of Kentucky § Succession

Provided for by Sections 84,[27] 85[28] and 87[29] of the Kentucky Constitution.

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Kentucky	Andy Beshear (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Jacqueline Coleman (D)
2	President of the Senate	Robert Stivers (R)
3	Attorney General[lower-alpha 3]	Daniel Cameron (R)
4	Auditor[lower-alpha 3]	Mike Harmon (R)

Louisiana

Provided for by Article IV, Section 14 of the Constitution of Louisiana.[30]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Louisiana	John Bel Edwards (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Billy Nungesser (R)
2	Secretary of State	Kyle Ardoin (R)
3	Attorney General	Jeff Landry (R)
4	Treasurer	John Schroder (R)
5	President of the Senate	Page Cortez (R)
6	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Clay Schexnayder (R)

Maine

Provided for by Article V, Part 1, Section 14 of the Constitution of Maine.[31]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Maine	Janet Mills (D)
1	President of the Senate	Troy Jackson (D)
2	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Sara Gideon (D)
3	Secretary of State[lower-alpha 3]	Matthew Dunlap (D)

Maryland

Provided for by Article II, Section 6 of the Constitution of Maryland.[32]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Maryland	Larry Hogan (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Boyd Rutherford (R)
2	President of the Senate[lower-alpha 4]	Bill Ferguson (D)

Massachusetts

See also: Governor of Massachusetts § Succession

Provided for by Article LV of the Constitution of Massachusetts.[33]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Massachusetts	Charlie Baker (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Karyn Polito (R)
2	Secretary of the Commonwealth	Bill Galvin (D)
3	Attorney General	Maura Healey (D)
4	Treasurer and Receiver-General	Deb Goldberg (D)
5	Auditor	Suzanne M. Bump (D)

Michigan

Provided for by Article V, Section 26 of the Constitution of Michigan.[34]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Michigan	Gretchen Whitmer (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Garlin Gilchrist (D)
2	Secretary of State	Jocelyn Benson (D)
3	Attorney General	Dana Nessel (D)

Minnesota

Provided for by Article V, Section 5 of the Minnesota Constitution[35] and Minnesota Statute 4.06.[36]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Minnesota	Tim Walz (DFL)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Peggy Flanagan (DFL)
2	President of the Senate	Jeremy Miller (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Melissa Hortman (DFL)
4	Secretary of State	Steve Simon (DFL)
5	Auditor	Julie Blaha (DFL)
6	Attorney General	Keith Ellison (DFL)

Mississippi

Provided for by Article V, Section 131 of the Constitution of Mississippi.[37]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Mississippi	Tate Reeves (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Delbert Hosemann (R)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Dean Kirby (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Philip Gunn (R)

Missouri

Provided for by Article IV, Section 11(a) of the Constitution of Missouri.[38]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Missouri	Mike Parson (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Mike Kehoe (R)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Dave Schatz (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Elijah Haahr (R)
4	Secretary of State	Jay Ashcroft (R)
5	Auditor	Nicole Galloway (D)
6	Treasurer	Scott Fitzpatrick (R)
7	Attorney General	Eric Schmitt (R)

Montana

Provided for by Article VI, Section 6 of the Constitution of Montana[39] and Montana Code 2-16-511 to 2-16-513.[40][41][42]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Montana	Steve Bullock (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Mike Cooney (D)
2	President of the Senate	Scott Sales (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Greg Hertz (R)
4	Most senior member of the Montana Legislature[lower-alpha 5]	Sen. Gene Vuckovich (D)

Nebraska

Provided for by Article IV, Section 16 of the Constitution of Nebraska.[43]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Nebraska	Pete Ricketts (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Mike Foley (R)
2	Speaker of the Legislature	Jim Scheer (R)[lower-alpha 6]

Nevada

Provided for by Nevada Revised Statute 223.080.[44]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Nevada	Steve Sisolak (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Kate Marshall (D)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Mo Denis (D)
3	Speaker of the Assembly	Jason Frierson (D)
4	Secretary of State	Barbara Cegavske (R)

New Hampshire

Provided for by Part 2, Article 49 of the Constitution of New Hampshire.[45]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of New Hampshire	Chris Sununu (R)
1	President of the Senate	Donna Soucy (D)
2	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Steve Shurtleff (D)
3	Secretary of State[lower-alpha 3]	Bill Gardner (D)
4	Treasurer[lower-alpha 3]	Bill Dwyer

New Jersey

Provided for by Article V, Section I, Paragraph 7 of the Constitution of New Jersey[46] and New Jersey Revised Statute 52:14A-4.[47]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of New Jersey	Phil Murphy (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Sheila Oliver (D)
2	President of the Senate	Stephen M. Sweeney (D)
3	Speaker of the General Assembly	Craig Coughlin (D)
Eligible to serve as emergency interim Governor if 1–3 are vacant
4	Attorney General	Gurbir Grewal (D)
5	Commissioner of Transportation	Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti

New Mexico

See also: Governor of New Mexico § Line of succession

Provided for by Article V, Section 7 of the Constitution of New Mexico[48]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of New Mexico	Michelle Lujan Grisham (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Howie Morales (D)
2	Secretary of State	Maggie Toulouse Oliver (D)
3	President pro tempore of the Senate	Mary Kay Papen (D)
4	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Brian Egolf (D)

New York

See also: Governor of New York § Line of succession

Provided for by Article IV, Sections 5–6 of the New York Constitution[49] and Article 1-A, Section 5 of the Defense Emergency Act of 1951.[50]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of New York	Andrew Cuomo (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Kathy Hochul (D)
2	Temporary President of the Senate	Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D)
3	Speaker of the Assembly	Carl Heastie (D)
Eligible to serve as emergency interim Governor if 1–3 are vacant
4	Attorney General	Letitia James (D)
5	Comptroller	Thomas DiNapoli (D)
6	Commissioner of Transportation	Marie Therese Dominguez
7	Commissioner of Health	Howard A. Zucker
—	Commissioner of Commerce[lower-alpha 7]	n/a
—	Industrial Commissioner[lower-alpha 7]	n/a
8	Chair of the Public Service Commission	John B. Rhodes
9	Secretary of State	Rossana Rosado (D)

North Carolina

Provided for by Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution of North Carolina[51] and G.S. Section 147.11.1.[52]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of North Carolina	Roy Cooper (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Dan Forest (R)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Philip E. Berger (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Tim Moore (R)
4	Secretary of State	Elaine Marshall (D)
5	Auditor	Beth Wood (D)
6	Superintendent of Public Instruction	Mark Johnson (R)
7	Attorney General	Josh Stein (D)
8	Commissioner of Agriculture	Steve Troxler (R)
9	Commissioner of Labor	Cherie Berry (R)
10	Commissioner of Insurance	Mike Causey (R)

North Dakota

Provided for by Article V, Section 11 of the Constitution of North Dakota.[53]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of North Dakota	Doug Burgum (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Brent Sanford (R)
2	Secretary of State	Alvin Jaeger (R)

Ohio

Provided for by Article III, Section 15 of the Constitution of Ohio[54] and Title I, Chapter 161 of the Ohio Revised Code.[55]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Ohio	Mike DeWine (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Jon A. Husted (R)
2	President of the Senate	Larry Obhof (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Robert Cupp (R)
4	Secretary of State	Frank LaRose (R)
5	Treasurer	Robert Sprague (R)
6	Auditor	Keith Faber (R)
7	Attorney General	Dave Yost (R)

Oklahoma

See also: Governor of Oklahoma § Line of succession

As provided by Article VI, Section 15 of the Constitution of Oklahoma[56] and the Oklahoma Emergency Interim Executive and Judicial Succession Act.

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Oklahoma	Kevin Stitt (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma	Matt Pinnell (R)
2	President Pro Tempore of the Senate	Greg Treat (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Charles McCall (R)
Eligible to serve as emergency interim Governor if 1–3 are vacant
4	State Auditor and Inspector	Cindy Byrd (R)
5	Attorney General	Michael J. Hunter (R)
6	State Treasurer	Randy McDaniel (R)
7	Superintendent of Public Instruction	Joy Hofmeister (R)
8	Labor Commissioner	Leslie Osborn (R)
9	Corporation Commissioner (by length of tenure)	Bob Anthony (R)
10		Dana Murphy (R)
11		Todd Hiett (R)

Oregon

See also: Governor of Oregon § Line of succession

Provided for by Article V, Section 8a of the Constitution of Oregon[57]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Oregon	Kate Brown (D)
—	Secretary of State	Bev Clarno (R)[lower-alpha 8]
1	Treasurer	Tobias Read (D)
2	President of the Senate	Peter Courtney (D)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Tina Kotek (D)

Pennsylvania

Provided for by Article IV, Sections 13–14 of the Pennsylvania Constitution[58][59]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Pennsylvania	Tom Wolf (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	John Fetterman (D)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Joe Scarnati (R)

Rhode Island

Provided for by Article IX, Sections 9–10 of the Constitution of Rhode Island[60]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Rhode Island	Gina Raimondo (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Daniel McKee (D)
2	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Nicholas Mattiello (D)

South Carolina

Provided for by Article IV, Sections 6 and 7 of the South Carolina Constitution[61] and South Carolina Code of Laws sections 1-3-120[62], 1-3-130[63] and 1-9-30.[64]

#	Position	Current officeholder
	Governor of South Carolina	Henry McMaster (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Pamela Evette (R)
2	President of the Senate	Harvey S. Peeler Jr. (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Jay Lucas (R)
Eligible to serve as emergency interim governor if 1–3 are vacant
4	Secretary of State	Mark Hammond (R)
5	Treasurer	Curtis Loftis (R)
6	Attorney General	Alan Wilson (R)

South Dakota

Provided for by Article IV, Section 6 of the Constitution of South Dakota.[65]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of South Dakota	Kristi Noem (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Larry Rhoden (R)

Tennessee

See also: Governor of Tennessee § Line of succession

Provided for by Article III, Section 12 of the Constitution of Tennessee[66] and Acts 1941, Chapter 99 §1.[67]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Tennessee	Bill Lee (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the Senate	Randy McNally (R)
2	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Cameron Sexton (R)
3	Secretary of State	Tre Hargett (R)
4	Comptroller of the Treasury	Justin P. Wilson (R)

Texas

Provided for by Article IV, Sections 3a and 16–18 of the Constitution of Texas[68] and Chapter 401.023 of Title 4 the Texas Code.[69]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Texas	Greg Abbott (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Dan Patrick (R)
2	President pro tempore of the Senate	Joan Huffman (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Dennis Bonnen (R)
4	Attorney General	Ken Paxton (R)
Chief Justices of the Texas Courts of Appeals, in numerical order
5	1st Court of Appeals (Houston)	Sherry Radack (R)
6	2nd Court of Appeals (Fort Worth)	Bonnie Sudderth (R)
7	3rd Court of Appeals (Austin)	Jeff Rose (R)
8	4th Court of Appeals (San Antonio)	Sandee Bryan Marion (R)
9	5th Court of Appeals (Dallas)	Robert Burns III (D)
10	6th Court of Appeals (Texarkana)	Josh Morriss (R)
11	7th Court of Appeals (Amarillo)	Brian Quinn (R)
12	8th Court of Appeals (El Paso)	Ann Crawford McClure (D)
13	9th Court of Appeals (Beaumont)	Steve McKeithen (R)
14	10th Court of Appeals (Waco)	Tom Gray (R)
15	11th Court of Appeals (Eastland)	John M. Bailey (R)
16	12th Court of Appeals (Tyler)	Jim Worthen (R)
17	13th Court of Appeals (Corpus Christi)	Dori Contreras (D)
18	14th Court of Appeals (Houston)	Kem Thompson Frost (R)

Utah

Provided for by Article VII, Section 11 of the Constitution of Utah[70] and the Emergency Interim Succession Act (C53-2a-803).[71]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Utah	Gary Herbert (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Spencer Cox (R)
2	President of the Senate	J. Stuart Adams (R)
3	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Brad Wilson (R)
Eligible to serve as emergency interim Governor if 1–3 are vacant
4	Attorney General	Sean Reyes (R)
5	Treasurer	David Damschen (R)
6	Auditor	John Dougall (R)

Vermont

Provided for by Chapter II, Section 20 of the Constitution of Vermont,[72] 3 VSA §1[73] and 20 VSA §183.[74]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Vermont	Phil Scott (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	David Zuckerman (VPP/D)
2	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Mitzi Johnson (D)
3	President pro tempore of the Senate	Tim Ashe (D/VPP)
4	Secretary of State	Jim Condos (D)
5	Treasurer	Beth Pearce (D)

Virginia

Provided for by Article V, Section 16 of the Constitution of Virginia.[75]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Virginia	Ralph Northam (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Justin Fairfax (D)
2	Attorney General	Mark Herring (D)
3	Speaker of the House of Delegates	Eileen Filler-Corn (D)
4	House of Delegates convenes to fill the vacancy

Washington

Provided for by Article III, Section 10 of the Constitution of Washington.[76]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Washington	Jay Inslee (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Cyrus Habib (D)
2	Secretary of State	Kim Wyman (R)
3	Treasurer	Duane Davidson (R)
4	Auditor	Pat McCarthy (D)
5	Attorney General	Bob Ferguson (D)
6	Superintendent of Public Instruction	Chris Reykdal (NP)
7	Commissioner of Public Lands	Hilary Franz (D)

West Virginia

Provided for by Article VII, Section 16 of the Constitution of West Virginia.[77]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of West Virginia	Jim Justice (R)
1	President of the Senate	Mitch Carmichael (R)
2	Speaker of the House of Delegates	Roger Hanshaw (R)
3	New Governor elected by a joint vote of the Legislature

Wisconsin

Provided for by Article V, Sections 7 and 8 of the Constitution of Wisconsin.[78]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Wisconsin	Tony Evers (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Mandela Barnes (D)
2	Secretary of State	Doug La Follette (D)

Wyoming

Provided for by Article IV, Section 6 of the Wyoming Constitution.[79]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Wyoming	Mark Gordon (R)
1	Secretary of State	Edward Buchanan (R)

Federal district

Washington, D.C.

Provided for by Title IV, Section 421(c)(2) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.[80]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Mayor of Washington, D.C.	Muriel Bowser (D)
1	Chair of the D.C. Council	Phil Mendelson (D)

Organized territories

American Samoa

Provided for by Article IV, Section 4 Constitution of American Samoa[81] and Section 4.0106 of the American Samoa Codes Annotated.[82]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of American Samoa	Lolo Matalasi Moliga (D)[lower-alpha 9]
1	Lieutenant Governor	Lemanu Peleti Mauga (D)[lower-alpha 9]
2	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Savali Talavou Ale (R)[lower-alpha 10]

Guam

Provided for by Subchapter 1, Section 1422(b) of the Guam Organic Act of 1950.[83]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Guam	Lou Leon Guerrero (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Josh Tenorio (D)
2	Speaker of the Legislature	Tina Rose Muna Barnes (D)

Northern Mariana Islands

Provided for by Article III, Section 7 of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Constitution.[84]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands	Ralph Torres (R)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Arnold Palacios (R)
2	President of the Senate	Victor Hocog (R)

Puerto Rico

Main article: Puerto Rico governmental line of succession

See also: Telegramgate

Provided for by Article IV, Section 8 of the Constitution of Puerto Rico[85] and Law No. 7 of 2005[86]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of Puerto Rico	Wanda Vázquez Garced (PNP/R)
1	Secretary of State	Elmer Román (PNP/R)
2	Secretary of Justice	Dennise Longo Quiñones (PNP)
—	Secretary of Treasury	Francisco Parés Alicea[lower-alpha 11]
3	Secretary of Education	Eligio Hernández Pérez
4	Secretary of Labor and Human Resources	Briseida Torres Reyes
5	Secretary of Transportation and Public Works	Carlos Contreras Aponte
6	Secretary of Economic Development and Commerce	Manuel Laboy Rivera
7	Secretary of Health	Lorenzo González Feliciano

U.S. Virgin Islands

Provided for by Subsection IV §1595(b, e) of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands[87] and the Executive Succession Act of 1972[88]

#	Office	Current officeholder
	Governor of the United States Virgin Islands	Albert Bryan (D)
1	Lieutenant Governor	Tregenza Roach (D)
2	President of the Legislature	Novelle Francis (D)
3	Vice President of the Legislature	Myron D. Jackson (D)
4	Commissioner of Finance	Kirk Callwood
5	Attorney General	Denise George
6	Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Jenifer O'Neal
7	Commissioner of Education	Racquel Berry-Benjamin
8	Commission of Public Works	Nelson Petty Jr.
9	Commission of Sports, Parks and Recreation	Calvert White
10	Police Commissioner	Trevor Velinor

Notes

1. Must be the same party as the outgoing governor. If the current officeholder is not a member of the same party, skip to the next on the list.
2. If the Minority Leader of the Senate is not a member of the same party as the outgoing Governor, succession goes back to the President pro tempore of the Senate.
3. Only eligible to serve until a new President of the Senate is elected.
4. Only eligible to serve until a new Governor is elected by the General Assembly.
5. Only eligible to serve until a new Governor is elected by a joint session of the Legislature.
6. The Nebraska Legislature is officially nonpartisan, but Speaker Scheer identifies with the Republican Party.
7. The New York Defense Emergency Act of 1951 calls for the "Commissioner of Commerce" and the "Industrial Commissioner" to be in the emergency line of succession. However, these departments/positions no longer appear to exist and it is unclear if there have been statutory changes made to accommodate the line of succession.
8. Under the Oregon Constitution, officeholders in the line of succession who were appointed to their position are ineligible to succeed to the office of Governor.
9. Elections in American Samoa are officially nonpartisan, but Gov. Moliga and Lt. Gov. Mauga both identify with the Democratic Party.
10. Elections in American Samoa are officially nonpartisan, but Speaker Ale identifies with the Republican Party.
11. The Constitution of Puerto Rico requires that the Governor be at least 35 years old. As of May 2020, Secretary Parés is only 32.

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