Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II, a software engineer from Detroit, entered a growing Democratic primary field for governor in a period of uncertainty for his party.

Virginia's lieutenant governor is used to facing formidable obstacles in her political campaigns. And Winsome Earle-Sears' bid to be Virginia’s next governor is no exception.

be the first Black Republican governor in U.S. history. Oscar James Dunn of Louisiana, the first Black elected lieutenant governor, who served as acting governor in 1871. P.B.S. Pinchback of ...

If Winsome Sears wants to be the governor of Virginia, she needs a new campaign strategy that articulates a vision for the commonwealth.

Mia Love, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, defied stereotypes as the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, representing Utah from 2015 to 2019. She died on Sunday at age 49.

(AP) — Garlin Gilchrist II, a Democrat from Detroit who is Michigan's first Black lieutenant governor ... in Michigan when trying to ascend to the governor's office, with the most recent example being ...

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp took a victory lap as his legislative priority, tort reform, passed out of the Senate.

Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is doubling-down on his assertion that the executive branch of government can simply ignore court ...

If he's successful in the Democratic primary and general election in 2026, he will become the first Black ... governor. The last former lieutenant governor to become governor in Michigan was ...

Michigan Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist II launched his ... who is running as a Democrat Gilchrist is currently the highest ranking Black elected official in Michigan's history.

His hometown Detroit is the state’s largest Democratic stronghold and nearly 80% Black ... Lieutenant governors also don't have a good track record in Michigan when trying to ascend to the governor's ...