It was not just a victory tonight for the Democratic Party. It was a victory for the United States of America, for the people of this country, the principles that our Founding Fathers lived and died for.
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U.S. Lieutenant Governors
Quotes from current and former U.S. state lieutenant governors.
Current lieutenant governors
ALWill AinsworthAlabama
NVStavros AnthonyNevada6 Quotes
INMicah BeckwithIndiana1 Quote
IDScott BedkeIdaho7 Quotes
CTSusan BysiewiczConnecticut10 Quotes
NJDale CaldwellNew Jersey1 Quote
KYJacqueline ColemanKentucky4 Quotes
FLJay CollinsFlorida13 Quotes
IAChris CournoyerIowa2 Quotes
AKNancy DahlstromAlaska4 Quotes
PAAustin DavisPennsylvania
NYAntonio DelgadoNew York84 Quotes
MAKim DriscollMassachusetts
SCPamela EvetteSouth Carolina11 Quotes
MNPeggy FlanaganMinnesota52 Quotes
DEKyle Evans GayDelaware
MIGarlin GilchristMichigan18 Quotes
VAGhazala HashmiVirginia7 Quotes
WADennis HeckWashington114 Quotes
UTDeidre HendersonUtah16 Quotes
MSDelbert HosemannMississippi
NCRachel HuntNorth Carolina
GABurt JonesGeorgia14 Quotes
MTKristen JurasMontana7 Quotes
CAEleni KounalakisCalifornia
HISylvia LukeHawaii1 Quote
RISabina MatosRhode Island2 Quotes
TNRandy McNallyTennessee
MDAruna MillerMaryland7 Quotes
NMHowie MoralesNew Mexico
LABilly NungesserLouisiana98 Quotes
TXDan PatrickTexas52 Quotes
OKMatt PinnellOklahoma
CODianne PrimaveraColorado
ARLeslie RutledgeArkansas1 Quote
ILJuliana StrattonIllinois1 Quote
NDMichelle StrindenNorth Dakota1 Quote
KSDavid TolandKansas
OHJim TresselOhio1 Quote
MODavid WasingerMissouri
Former lieutenant governors
There is sadly no simple way for state government to just step in and pay the hundreds of millions of dollars in harm that this shutdown by the Washington Democrats is causing.
California could not stand by and watch Republicans bake in a sizable advantage through redistricting ahead of midterm elections.
The state constitution inhibits Democrats eager to redraw the map.
We can’t even get our sh*t together and just open up our government.
It’s an absolute failure what occurred here for the last month.
I call on other states to follow California’s lead on redistricting before the midterm elections.
We plan to review all our options, including working with the Legislature to modify the CLCPA, in order to protect New Yorkers from higher costs.
My job is to ensure we have enough power to keep the lights on, keep rates affordable and attract major economic development projects.
He was never serious about a deal. He wanted this shutdown.
You don’t get to do always what you want, Mr. President. It means you have to work with Congress.
Donald Trump has betrayed them. He’s turned [his] back. The Republicans in Congress have turned their backs.
We’re fighting for the people that voted not just for our party and our values and principles, but voted for Donald Trump and his party.
The fact that you and I will be paying more for toys this Christmas and we are already paying more for Halloween bears truth to my assertion of the recklessness of his policies. He's wrecking this country.
I was humiliated watching the president of the United States in front of Xi. I mean, he was negotiating away this country in the first five minutes of the photo op. He came back with nothing. He got played by President Xi.





