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Lucy Baxley
Lucy Baxley

Lucy Baxley is the current Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, elected in 2002 and the Democratic candidate for Governor in 2006. Though Alabama has had a female governor, Baxley is the first woman to hold the state's office of lieutenant governor. Image File history File links Lucy_Baxley. ... Image File history File links Lucy_Baxley. ... A Lieutenant Governor is a government official who is the subordinate or deputy of a Governor or Governor-General. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  Ranked 30th  - Total 52,423 sq mi (135,775 km²)  - Width 190 miles (306 km)  - Length 330 miles (531 km)  - % water 3. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


She was born in 1937 near Pansey, Alabama, a small town near Dothan. Lucy attended college but did not graduate. 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dothan is a city located in extreme southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. ...


She first married at 18; later, she married Bill Baxley,who was an Attorney General of Alabama for two terms and later Lieutenant Governor of Alabama from 1983 to 1987. Bill Baxley later became involved with another woman which was reported in the newspapers, they later divorced. She is currently married to Jim Smith. William Joseph Baxley II (born 1941-1985)- is an American Democrat politician and attorney. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


In 1994 she was elected Treasurer of the State of Alabama for the first of two terms running through 2002, at which time she was elected to her present office. She also served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1996. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Featured at the Democratic National Convention are speeches by prominent party figures. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...


In 2005 Baxley announced plans to run for Governor of Alabama. Her main opponent in the primary was former Governor Don Siegelman. In large part because of Siegelman's indictment for bribery and racketeering she was able to secure important endorsements from the Alabama Democratic Conference and the New South Coalition, as well as the Alabama State Employees Association. Despite keeping a relatively low-profile campaign, she coasted to a win in the primary election on June 6 with 60% of the vote. Baxley is seen as an underdog in the general election against incumbent Republican Bob Riley, but might still win the election, according to state political pundits. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Donald Eugene Don Siegelman (born February 24, 1946, in Mobile, Alabama) is an American Democratic politician. ... Bribery is a crime defined by Blacks Law Dictionary as the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions as an official or other person in discharge of a public or legal duty. ... Racket is a term used to describe an illegal business, usually run as part of organized crime. ... The Republican Party (often referred to as the GOP, for Grand Old Party) is one of the two major political parties in the United States two-party system, along with the Democratic Party. ... A number of important people have been called Bob Riley: Robert R. Riley (governor of Alabama) Bob C. Riley (1924-1994), politician, previous Governor of Arkansas This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...


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Current lieutenant governors (and first in lines of succession) of states of the United States

AK: Loren Leman
AL: Lucy Baxley
AR: vacant
AZ: Jan Brewer (SS)
CA: Cruz Bustamante
CO: Jane Norton
CT: Kevin Sullivan
DE: John C. Carney, Jr.
FL: Toni Jennings
GA: Mark Taylor
HI: James Aiona
IA: Sally Pederson
ID: Mark Ricks
1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Current party control of Lieutenant Governors offices. ... This is a list of people who have served as lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Alaska since statehood in 1959. ... Loren Leman (born December 02, 1950) is is the first person of Alaska Native ancestry to be elected to statewide office in Alaska and is the current Lieutenant Governor of Alaska and a member of the Republican Party. ... The official duties of Arkansas lieutenant governor as described by the Arkansas Constitution are to preside over the Senate with a tie-breaking vote, to serve as governor when the governor is out of state, and to serve as governor if the governor is impeached, removed from office, dies or... This a List of Lieutenant Governors of the State of California, 1850-present. ... Cruz Miguel Bustamante (born January 4, 1953) is an American politician. ... The lieutenant governor of Colorado is the second-highest-ranking member of the executive department of the Colorado state goverment, below only the Governor of Colorado. ... Kevin Sullivan, a Democrat, is Connecticuts 106th lieutenant governor. ... The Lieutenant Governor of Delaware is the second ranking Executive officer of the U.S. state of Delaware. ... John C. Carney, Jr. ... The position of lietuenant governor was created in the 1968 Florida state constitution (See Article IV, Section 2). ... Toni Jennings is the 16th lieutenant governor of Florida. ... The Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is a constitutional officer of the state, elected to a 4-year term by popular vote. ... Mark Fletcher Taylor, is currently serving his second term as lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Lieutenant Governors of Hawaii have been administering their duties from the Hawaii State Capitol since 1969. ... An infamous drug court judge, James Aiona became the first Republican elected Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii in forty years. ... Sally Pederson is the current Lieutenant Governor of the state of Iowa. ... Lieutenant Governor of Idaho is a constitutional statewide elected office in the State of Idaho. ... Mark Ricks Mark G. Ricks (born July 4, 1924 in Rexburg, Idaho) is a Republican politician from Idaho. ...

IL: Pat Quinn
IN: Becky Skillman
KS: John E. Moore
KY: Steve Pence
LA: Mitch Landrieu
MA: Kerry Healey
MD: Michael S. Steele
ME: Beth Edmonds (SP)
MI: John D. Cherry
MN: Carol Molnau
MO: Peter Kinder
MS: Amy Tuck
MT: John Bohlinger
The Lieutenant Governor of Illinois is the secondary chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the lieutenant governor has specific jurisdiction. ... Pat Quinn (born 1948), is a United States politician from the state of Illinois. ... Becky Skillman Rebecca Becky Skillman is the 50th and current Lieutenant Governor of the State of Indiana. ... The Governor of Kansas holds the supreme executive power of the State as provided by the first article of the Kansas Constitution. ... John E. Moore, born in Charleston, West Virginia, is an American politician and the current Lieutenant Governor of Kansas. ... The office of Lieutentant Governor of Kentucky has existed under the last three of Kentuckys four constitutions, beginning in 1797. ... Steve Pence (born in Louisville, Kentucky on December 22, 1953) is a Republican politician from the commonwealth of Kentucky, currently serving as the lieutenant governor and as as the Secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources. ... John Hancock, first Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ... Kerry Murphy Healey (born April 30, 1960) is an American politician who has served as the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts since 2003 with Governor Mitt Romney. ... Current Lt. ... Michael Steele Michael S. Steele (born October 19, 1958) is the current Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, having been elected on the same ticket as Governor Robert L. Ehrlich in 2002. ... Betheda Edmonds is a Democratic Party State Senator in Maine representing District 10, which includes the towns of Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell and Pownal. ... The Lieutenant Governor of Michigan is the second-ranking executive officer in the U.S. state of Michigan, behind the governor. ... John D. Cherry (1951 - ) is the current Lieutenant Governor of the State of Michigan. ... This is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the U.S. state of Minnesota. ... Lt. ... Peter D. Kinder is an American politician from the State of Missouri. ... The Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi is the second-highest ranking executive officer in Mississippi, right below the governor. ... Amy Tuck is currently the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, a Republican. ... John Bohlinger is the current Lieutenant Governor of Montana. ...

NC: Beverly Perdue
ND: Jack Dalrymple
NE: Rick Sheehy
NH: Theodore Gatsas (SP)
NJ: Richard Codey (SP)
NM: Diane Denish
NV: Lorraine Hunt
NY: Mary Donohue
OH: Bruce Johnson
OK: Mary Fallin
OR: Bill Bradbury (SS)
PA: Catherine Baker Knoll
RI: Charles J. Fogarty
The Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina is the second highest elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina. ... Beverly Eaves Perdue is the current lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina. ... This is a list of Lieutenant Governors of North Dakota: Categories: | ... Jack Dalrymple (born October 16, 1948) in Casselton, North Dakota, is the current and 35th lieutenant governor of North Dakota. ... List of Nebraska Lieutenant Governors See also List of Governors of Nebraska External links Nebraska Blue Book (PDF) Category: ... Rick Sheehy is an American Republican politician and the current Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska. ... ... Theodore Ted Gatsas (born May 22, 1950) is an American politician of the Republican Party. ... ... The New Jersey Senate is the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature. ... Richard Codey, Governor of New Jersey Richard James Codey (born November 27, 1946 in Orange, New Jersey) is an American politician. ... The New Jersey Senate is the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature. ... Diane Denish is the Lieutenant Governor to Bill Richardson(D) of New Mexico. ... Lorraine T. Hunt is the current Lieutenant Governor of the U.S State of Nevada. ... The Lieutenant Governor of New York is the second highest ranking official in state government. ... Mary Donohue is the Lieutenant Governor of New York State. ... The position of lieutenant governor of Ohio was established in 1852. ... Oink Oink Oink OInk Bruce Edward Johnson (born May 25, 1960) is an American lawyer and Republican politician who became the State of Ohios sixty-third lieutenant governor on January 5, 2005. ... Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma Mary Fallin, the 13th and current Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma The Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma is the second-highest executive official of the state government of Oklahoma. ... Mary Fallin is the Lt. ... Bill Bradbury (born 1949) is the Oregon secretary of state. ... Catherine Baker Knoll (born September 3, 1930 in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania) is the present lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. ... The current Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island in 2006 is Charles J. Fogarty. ... Charles J. Fogarty is the current Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. State of Rhode Island. ...

SC: André Bauer
SD: Dennis Daugaard
TN: John S. Wilder
TX: David Dewhurst
UT: Gary R. Herbert
VA: Bill Bolling
VT: Brian Dubie
WA: Brad Owen
WI: Barbara Lawton
WV: Earl Ray Tomblin (SP)
WY: Joe Meyer (SS) R. André Bauer (born March 20, 1969) is an American politician who has been the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina since 2003. ... Dennis Daugaard is the current Lt. ... Dennis M. Daugaard, born June 11, 1953 is the current Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota. ... The Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee is the Speaker of the Tennessee State Senate and first in line in the succession to the office of Governor of Tennessee in the event of the death, resignation, or removal from office through impeachment and conviction of the Governor. ... John Shelton Wilder (born 1921) has served as Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee since 1971. ... Lieutenant Governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in state government. ... David Dewhurst is a Republican politician from the state of Texas Dewhurst was born in Houston, Texas on August 18, 1945. ... List of Utah Lieutenant Governors since the office was created Please Note: The Office of the Lieutenant Governor in Utah was created in 1976. ... Gary Richard Herbert is a Republican and was elected as Lieutenant Governor of Utah on November 2, 2004. ... The Lieutenant Governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia. ... Bill Bolling is the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. ... This is a list of Lieutenant Governors of Vermont in chronological order: As an Independent Republic As a State Sources http://vermont-archives. ... Brian Dubie (born March 9, 1959) is the 85th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont. ... Brad Owen (born 1950) is an American politician. ... This is a list of lieutenant governors from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature. ... Lt. ... The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature. ... Joe Meyer was an American basketball coach. ...


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SS=Secretary of State


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Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley (344 words)
Lucy Baxley is a native of Houston County in the southeastern corner of the State.
Lucy has always enjoyed popular statewide appeal with the citizens of Alabama and when she was re-elected for a second term as Treasurer in 1998, she received the highest number of votes cast for any candidate for constitutional office.
Lucy is married to Jim Smith, also a native of south Alabama.
Lucy Baxley for Governor (159 words)
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