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searchaux" style="display:none">American politician (born 1955)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive 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class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />January 4, 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greg_Gianforte" title="Greg Gianforte">Greg Gianforte</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Cooney" title="Mike Cooney">Mike Cooney</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Kristen Gustafson</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1955-10-16</span>) </span>October 16, 1955<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 69)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Conrad,_Montana" title="Conrad, Montana">Conrad, Montana</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">John Juras</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wylie_Gustafson" title="Wylie Gustafson">Wylie Gustafson</a> (brother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Montana" title="University of Montana">University of Montana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia" title="University of Georgia">University of Georgia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kristen Juras</b> (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a></span> <b>Gustafson</b>; born October 16, 1955) is an American businesswoman, attorney, law professor, and politician serving as the 37th <a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Montana" title="List of lieutenant governors of Montana">lieutenant governor of Montana</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>, Juras was first elected in November 2020 and assumed office on January 4, 2021. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kristen_Juras&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Conrad,_Montana" title="Conrad, Montana">Conrad, Montana</a>, Juras graduated from Conrad High School in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-umprof_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-umprof-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She earned a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Montana" title="University of Montana">University of Montana</a> in 1977 and a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Georgia_School_of_Law" title="University of Georgia School of Law">University of Georgia School of Law</a> in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-valley_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valley-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kristen_Juras&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Juras entered private practice in <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City" title="Oklahoma City">Oklahoma City</a> before returning to <a href="/wiki/Montana" title="Montana">Montana</a> in 1988. She works as an adjunct law professor at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Montana" title="University of Montana">University of Montana</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Blewett_III_School_of_Law" title="Alexander Blewett III School of Law">Alexander Blewett III School of Law</a>. Juras ran for the <a href="/wiki/Montana_Supreme_Court" title="Montana Supreme Court">Montana Supreme Court</a> seat vacated by <a href="/wiki/Patricia_O%27Brien_Cotter" title="Patricia O'Brien Cotter">Patricia O'Brien Cotter</a> in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She advanced to the general election, losing to <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Sandefur" title="Dirk Sandefur">Dirk Sandefur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2020, then-Congressman <a href="/wiki/Greg_Gianforte" title="Greg Gianforte">Greg Gianforte</a>, selected Juras as his running mate in the <a href="/wiki/2020_Montana_gubernatorial_election" title="2020 Montana gubernatorial election">2020 Montana gubernatorial election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They won their party's nomination in the Republican primary, and faced incumbent Lieutenant Governor <a href="/wiki/Mike_Cooney" title="Mike Cooney">Mike Cooney</a> and Montana Representative <a href="/wiki/Casey_Schreiner" title="Casey Schreiner">Casey Schreiner</a> in the November general election.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gianforte and Juras won the election,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and were sworn into office on January 4, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2022, Juras served as acting governor while Gianforte was out of the country, and declared a state of emergency regarding <a href="/wiki/2022_Montana_floods" title="2022 Montana floods">flooding</a> near <a href="/wiki/Red_Lodge,_Montana" title="Red Lodge, Montana">Red Lodge, Montana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kristen_Juras&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Juras and her husband John have three sons.<sup id="cite_ref-valley_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-valley-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her younger brother is country musician <a href="/wiki/Wylie_Gustafson" title="Wylie Gustafson">Wylie Gustafson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kristen_Juras&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lee_Judge" title="Thomas Lee Judge">Judge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Christiansen" title="Bill Christiansen">Christiansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Schwinden" title="Ted Schwinden">Schwinden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Turman" title="George Turman">Turman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_McOmber" title="Gordon McOmber">McOmber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Kolstad" title="Allen Kolstad">Kolstad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Rehberg" title="Denny Rehberg">Rehberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Martz" title="Judy Martz">Martz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Ohs" title="Karl Ohs">Ohs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bohlinger" title="John Bohlinger">Bohlinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Walsh_(Montana_politician)" title="John Walsh (Montana politician)">Walsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_McLean" title="Angela McLean">McLean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Cooney" title="Mike Cooney">M. 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title="Jason Ellsworth">Jason Ellsworth</a>, President</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Bogner" title="Kenneth Bogner">Kenneth Bogner</a>, President pro tempore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Fitzpatrick" title="Steve Fitzpatrick">Steve Fitzpatrick</a>, Majority Leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Flowers_(politician)" title="Pat Flowers (politician)">Pat Flowers</a>, Minority Leader</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Montana_House_of_Representatives" title="Montana House of Representatives">House</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Regier" title="Matt Regier">Matt Regier</a>, Speaker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhonda_Knudsen" title="Rhonda Knudsen">Rhonda Knudsen</a>, Speaker pro tempore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Vinton" title="Sue Vinton">Sue Vinton</a>, Majority Leader</li> <li><a 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width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Indiana" title="Lieutenant Governor of Indiana">IN</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Crouch" title="Suzanne Crouch">Crouch</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Iowa" title="List of lieutenant governors of Iowa">IA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Amy_Sinclair" title="Amy Sinclair">Sinclair</a> (R)<sup><small>1</small></sup>*</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Kansas" title="Lieutenant Governor of Kansas">KS</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Toland" title="David Toland">Toland</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Kentucky" title="Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky">KY</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Coleman" title="Jacqueline Coleman">Coleman</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Louisiana" title="Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana">LA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Billy_Nungesser" title="Billy Nungesser">Nungesser</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Maine_Senate" title="List of presidents of the Maine Senate">ME</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Troy_Jackson_(politician)" title="Troy Jackson (politician)">Jackson</a></i> (D)<sup><small>2</small></sup></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Maryland" title="Lieutenant Governor of Maryland">MD</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Aruna_Miller" title="Aruna Miller">A. Miller</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Massachusetts" title="Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts">MA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kim_Driscoll" title="Kim Driscoll">Driscoll</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of Michigan">MI</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Garlin_Gilchrist" title="Garlin Gilchrist">Gilchrist</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Minnesota" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of Minnesota">MN</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#0055AA;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Peggy_Flanagan" title="Peggy Flanagan">Flanagan</a> (DFL)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Mississippi" title="Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi">MS</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Delbert_Hosemann" title="Delbert Hosemann">Hosemann</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of Missouri">MO</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Kehoe" title="Mike Kehoe">Kehoe</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Montana" title="List of lieutenant governors of Montana">MT</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Juras</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of Nebraska">NE</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Kelly_(attorney)" title="Joe Kelly (attorney)">Kelly</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of Nevada">NV</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stavros_Anthony" title="Stavros Anthony">Anthony</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_New_Hampshire_Senate" title="List of presidents of the New Hampshire Senate">NH</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Bradley" title="Jeb Bradley">Bradley</a></i> (R)<sup><small>2</small></sup></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_New_Jersey" title="Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey">NJ</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tahesha_Way" title="Tahesha Way">Way</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_New_Mexico" title="Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico">NM</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howie_Morales" title="Howie Morales">Morales</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_New_York" title="Lieutenant Governor of New York">NY</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Delgado" title="Antonio Delgado">Delgado</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_North_Carolina" title="Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina">NC</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mark_Robinson_(American_politician)" title="Mark Robinson (American politician)">Robinson</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_North_Dakota" title="Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota">ND</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tammy_Miller_(politician)" title="Tammy Miller (politician)">T. Miller</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="List of lieutenant governors of Ohio">OH</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jon_Husted" title="Jon Husted">Husted</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Oklahoma" title="Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma">OK</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Matt_Pinnell" title="Matt Pinnell">Pinnell</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Secretary_of_State" title="Oregon Secretary of State">OR</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Tobias_Read" title="Tobias Read">Read</a></i> (D)<sup><small>4</small></sup>*</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Pennsylvania" title="Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania">PA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Austin_Davis_(politician)" title="Austin Davis (politician)">Davis</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Rhode_Island" title="List of lieutenant governors of Rhode Island">RI</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sabina_Matos" title="Sabina Matos">Matos</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_South_Carolina" title="Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina">SC</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Evette" title="Pamela Evette">Evette</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_South_Dakota" title="Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota">SD</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Larry_Rhoden" title="Larry Rhoden">Rhoden</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee">TN</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Randy_McNally" title="Randy McNally">McNally</a></i> (R)<sup><small>2</small></sup></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Texas" title="Lieutenant Governor of Texas">TX</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dan_Patrick_(politician)" title="Dan Patrick (politician)">Patrick</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Utah" title="Lieutenant Governor of Utah">UT</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Deidre_Henderson" title="Deidre Henderson">Henderson</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Vermont" title="List of lieutenant governors of Vermont">VT</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#c64c4b;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Zuckerman_(politician)" title="David Zuckerman (politician)">Zuckerman</a> (P)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Virginia" title="Lieutenant Governor of Virginia">VA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Winsome_Sears" title="Winsome Sears">Sears</a> (R)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Washington" title="Lieutenant Governor of Washington">WA</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Denny_Heck" title="Denny Heck">Heck</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_West_Virginia_Senate" title="President of the West Virginia Senate">WV</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><i><a href="/wiki/Craig_Blair" title="Craig Blair">Blair</a></i> (R)<sup><small>2</small></sup></div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; width:2em; display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Wisconsin" title="Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin">WI</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sara_Rodriguez" title="Sara Rodriguez">Rodriguez</a> (D)</div></div> <div><div style="font-weight:bold; 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