List of lieutenant governors of Florida

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Jeanette Núñez, Florida lieutenant governor since January 2019

The office of lieutenant governor was first established in the US state of Florida in 1865, but abolished in 1889 after a constitutional amendment. Since 1969 the constitution of the state provides for this position as deputy governor again . The lieutenant governor is elected as the governor's running mate along with the governor.

The Republican Jeanette Núñez has been Deputy Governor since January 2019, making her Deputy Governor Ron DeSantis .

Surname Term of office Political party
William Washington Jones Kelly 1865-1868 republican
William Henry Gleason 1868-1870 republican
Edmund Cottle Weeks 1870 republican
Samuel T. Day 1871-1873 republican
Marcellus Lovejoy Stearns 1873-1874 republican
Noble Andrew Hull 1877-1879 democrat
Livingstone W. Bethel 1881-1885 democrat
Milton H. Mabry 1885-1889 democrat
Ray C. Osborne 1969-1971 republican
Thomas Burton Adams 1971-1975 democrat
James H. Williams 1975-1979 democrat
John Wayne Mixson 1979-1987 democrat
Bobby Brantley 1987-1991 republican
Kenneth Hood MacKay 1991-1998 democrat
Frank T. Brogan 1999-2003 republican
Antoinette Jennings 2003-2007 republican
Jeffrey Kottkamp 2007-2011 republican
Jennifer Carroll 2011-2013 republican
Carlos López-Cantera 2014-2019 republican
Jeanette Nuñez since 2019 Republican

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