Georgia’s new Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan says he “firmly believes that the Office of Lt. Governor should be term limited like the Office of Governor.”
Thursday, Duncan announced his support for an effort to term limit the Office of Lt. Governor to two consecutive four-year terms. The proposal will introduced by state Sen. Greg Dolezal (R-Cumming).
Two-thirds approval by the House and Senate would be needed by the end of the 2020 legislative session, and if approved during that session, the question would be on the November 2020 ballot.
“The Office of Lt. Governor is no place for academic tenure,” said Duncan. “Individuals elected to this office should focus solely on serving Georgians, and no Lt. Governor should consider this post a permanent home.”
Duncan is the 12th lieutenant governor of Georgia. The office of lieutenant governor, who presides over the state Senate as its president, dates only to the 1940s and was created by a state constitutional revision in 1945. Zell Miller served 16 years – four four-year terms from 1975 to 1991 – as lieutenant governor making him the state’s longest serving lieutenant governor. Most recently, Casey Cagle served three full terms.
