The lieutenant governor of New Jersey is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the state government of New Jersey in the United States. The lieutenant governor is the second highest-ranking official in the state government and is elected concurrently on a ticket with the governor for a four-year term. The position itself does not carry any powers or duties other than to be next in the order of succession, but the state constitution requires that the lieutenant governor also be appointed to serve as the head of a cabinet-level department or administrative agency within the governor's administration, other than the position of Attorney General.
New Jersey's third constitution (1947) was drafted at a convention held at Rutgers University's College Avenue Gymnasium. The convention rejected Governor Driscoll's proposal for a lieutenant governor.
State Senator Richard Codey served as New Jersey's Acting Governor twice—the first time for four days, the second for 14 months.
New Jersey's State House in Trenton, New Jersey, seen from the west
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Sheila Yvette Oliver was an American politician who served as the second lieutenant governor of New Jersey from 2018 until her death in 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Oliver was the first Black woman to serve as lieutenant governor of New Jersey and was the first woman of color elected to statewide office in New Jersey.
Oliver as Speaker of the Assembly in 2011
Oliver as lieutenant governor, presenting an award to Charles F. Lowery in 2019