Re: Fwd: If you haven't heard...

["Sean Smyth" <ssmyth@suscom.net>]

Dave writes:
> Media in Massachusetts refer to Jane Swift as Acting Governor because she
> is still officially the Lt. Governor so, IIRC her correct title would be
> something on the order of
> Lt Governor Jane Swift acting as Governor of the Commonwealth of
> Massachusetts.  I believe there was some talk on Beacon Hill of changing
> the Constitution to allow the LT Gov to become Governor if a Governor
> resigns etc and to allow for the appointment or election of a new Lt
> Governor.  I don't know if anything ever came of it.  In PA the laws may
> be different and they could allow for the Lt. Governor to become Governor
> if a Governor resigns etc.

If you are terribly concerned, see the following link for some more info on
succession in Pennsylvania:
http://www.lieut-gov.state.pa.us/

Indeed, Mark Schweiker is considered the governor.

Didn't John Kerry have to resign from the lieutenant governorship when he
ran for the Senate? Was a replacement ever appointed and, if somehow Dukakis
became incapacitated, who would have run the state if there was not a
lieutenant governor?