Michael Curb is an American musician, record company executive, motorsports car owner, philanthropist, and former politician. He is the founder and chairman of Curb Records and chairman of Word Entertainment. He was inducted into the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame in 2006. A Republican, Curb served as the 42nd lieutenant governor of California from 1979 to 1983. As of 2024, he is most recent Republican to be elected to Lieutenant Governor of California to date.
Curb in 1979
Curb (center) with members of the Mike Curb Congregation and Davy Jones on a television special in 1972.
Signatures from a resolution signed by Curb in his ceremonial role of President of the California State Senate
Rico Abreu's 2014 USAC Midget car
Lieutenant Governor of California
The lieutenant governor of California is the second highest executive officer of the government of the U.S. state of California. The lieutenant governor is elected to serve a four-year term and can serve a maximum of two terms. In addition to largely ministerial roles, serving as acting governor in the absence of the governor of California and as President of the California State Senate, the lieutenant governor either sits on many of California's regulatory commissions and executive agencies.
Lieutenant Governor of California