Not jumping to conclusions -- just asking a question

[macwriter]

If a lieutenant governor or state AG resigns, does the sitting governor (if he hasn't (yet) resigned) appoint a new LG or AG? Asking for the obvious reasons.

[TheRealNorth]

1. It depends

It depends on the State's Constitution.

For instance, in MN, when Lt. Gov. Tina Smith was appointed to take Al Franken's seat in the US Senate, the State constitution required the head of the MN State Senate ( a Republican) to assume the Lt. Gov position that was vacated by Smith.

[brooklynite]

2. There is a process to replace the Governor...

...there does NOT appear to be a process to replace the Lt. Governor. NYS had this problem when Spitzer resigned and David Paterson replaced him, but have no legal means to appoint a Lt. Governor of his own.

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/constitution

[Wounded Bear]

3. That is something that will vary from state to state, I'm sure...

you'd have to research the state constitution and laws for that info.

[euphorb]

4. It depends on the state.

Each state has its own rules about these, either set forth in the state constitution or in statutes. The rules and procedures may differ from state to state.

[rogue emissary]

5. A fellow DU poster suggest a way for Democratic to keep VA.

Essentially, they would need to wait till the current legislation term ended this month.
Here's the post

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11783124

scheming daemons
Here is the sequence of what should happen in VA [View all]
1. AG Herring resigns.
2. Gov Northam appoints a replacement AG.
3. LG Fairfax resigns.
4. Gov Northam appoints a replacement LG.
5. Gov Northam resigns.
6. New LG from step #4 becomes Governor.
7. New Governor appoints a new LG

[DFW]

6. If there are too many more steps

Virginia will soon have to re-annex West Virginia so they don't run out of replacements.

[Pantagruel]

7. Northam should appoint a black woman

to avoid the VA curses.