February 09, 2021
Governor Sununu balked at the idea of creating a Lieutenant Governor in New Hampshire after House Republicans introduced a constitutional amendment to do just that.
Subscribe We re good, we re good. We don t need a lieutenant governor, Sununu said when NHJournal asked about the proposal on Tuesday. New Hampshire s gone without a lieutenant governor for over 200 years. If you asked me what lieutenant governors in other states do, I don t know. I gotta be honest, Sununu added. I ve asked them. I m not 100 percent sure what they do, but we have a great system in New Hampshire.
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The amendment introduced in the House would pose the question to voters in November 2022 for approval and would require a two-thirds majority of those voters.