Robert Healey (Cool Moose) for RI Lt Gov, a position he wants to eliminate.

[tpfkaw]

This guy is running for Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, on the basis of eliminating his useless position, which is literally to do nothing except wait for the governor to die (which nevertheless costs over $1 million a year).  Not a chance, you might say, except that the Republican has dropped out of the race and endorsed him, and he's evidently the front-runner.

[Meeker]

The Libertarians ran someone for Lt. Governor on this platform in Washington State back in 2000. She got 7% statewide in a three-way race.

Anyways, I see no reason why the incumbent won't be re-elected.

[bgwah]

The Libertarians ran someone for Lt. Governor on this platform in Washington State back in 2000. She got 7% statewide in a three-way race.

Anyways, I see no reason why the incumbent won't be re-elected.

Don't forget the independent in 1992 who legally changed their name to "Absolutely Nobody" and got 7% on that same platform.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Eliminating the Lt. Governorship in general seems like a pretty sensible platform position. There are exceptions where the Lt. Governor wields real power, such as in Texas, but plenty of states have no use for them.

[JohnnyLongtorso]

He's a perennial candidate. He ran for Governor in '94 and '98 and Lt. Governor in '02 and '06.

[tpfkaw]

He's a perennial candidate. He ran for Governor in '94 and '98 and Lt. Governor in '02 and '06.

And he did relatively well each time.

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

And the Chairman of the RI GOP was completely fine with Heidi Rogers' little stunt.

[Хahar 🤔]

     Eliminating the Lt. Governorship in general seems like a pretty sensible platform position. There are exceptions where the Lt. Governor wields real power, such as in Texas, but plenty of states have no use for them.

My idea is as follows:

Lieutenant Governor should be abolished as an office, but kept as a title that would be held in conjunction with other elective office. The Lieutenant Governor would be appointed by the Governor from among elected cabinet members or state legislators, and would be confirmed by the legislature.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Eliminating the Lt. Governorship in general seems like a pretty sensible platform position. There are exceptions where the Lt. Governor wields real power, such as in Texas, but plenty of states have no use for them.

My idea is as follows:

Lieutenant Governor should be abolished as an office, but kept as a title that would be held in conjunction with other elective office. The Lieutenant Governor would be appointed by the Governor from among elected cabinet members or state legislators, and would be confirmed by the legislature.

     That's something I could get behind. The problem with something like making the Speaker of the Assembly automatically second-in-line is that someone in a legislative position like that might not want an executive position such as Governor. This way, we at least know that the person who is second-in-line would actually want to be Governor if the need arose.

[Хahar 🤔]

     Eliminating the Lt. Governorship in general seems like a pretty sensible platform position. There are exceptions where the Lt. Governor wields real power, such as in Texas, but plenty of states have no use for them.

My idea is as follows:

Lieutenant Governor should be abolished as an office, but kept as a title that would be held in conjunction with other elective office. The Lieutenant Governor would be appointed by the Governor from among elected cabinet members or state legislators, and would be confirmed by the legislature.

     That's something I could get behind. The problem with something like making the Speaker of the Assembly automatically second-in-line is that someone in a legislative position like that might not want an executive position such as Governor. This way, we at least know that the person who is second-in-line would actually want to be Governor if the need arose.

Right, and it also prevents dramatic changes in government policy like we saw in Arizona recently.

[cinyc]

FWIW, Healy was behind 48%-43% per the recent NBC 10-Quest Research poll and 35.8%-22.5% in the recent Brown University poll.  The Brown poll really didn't push leaners, though - 34.3% were undecided.