Who is the Chief Counsel to the governor and state agencies; limited criminal jurisdiction
What is the Attorney General
100
The primary political resource for the governor
What is the ability to exert influence
100
Number of states that have not set a minimum age requirements for being governor
What is 6
100
Number of states where the lieutenant governor advances to the office if it is vacant for any reason
What is 43 states
100
Impeached for the misuse of state funds
What is Jim Ferguson
200
The six variables in which the office of governor can be measured
1)Election of other statewide executives
2)Tenure of Office
3)Appointment Powers
4)Budgetary Powers
5)Veto Powers
6)Control over party
200
Formulates long-term policy goals and objectives and recommends policy initiatives to state legislators and coordinates with state agencies.
What is job of Chief legislator
200
Ran for governor advertising he was not a "professional politician"
What is W. Lee O'Daniel
200
Served as acting governor while Governor Perry was out of state running for presidential nomination in 2012
What is David Dewhurst
200
State that impeached two consecutive governors
What is Oklahoma
300
Functions as the chief fiscal and revenue forecasting office
What is omptroller of Public Accounts
300
A division from more important and difficult objectives
What is "ceremonial trap"
300
Three states that currently have an active Woman Governor. (As of 2014)
What is New Mexico, Oklahoma, and South Carolina
300
Receives higher pay than state legislators
Governor
300
The steps to remove the Governor from office
1) Adoption of articles of impeachment
2) Conviction by the senate
400
System in which executive power is divided among several statewide elected officials
What is the Plural Executive System
400
He made the first use of a professional staff of advisors
What is John Connally
400
Elected governor of Alabama as a stand-in governor for her husband
What is Lurleen Wallace
400
In Texas, becomes governor if the office is vacated
What is Lieutenant governor
400
Number of states that allow recall of the governor
What is 15
500
Time period was the concept of the election of people to head administrative units of government? (Known as the Jacksonian statehouse government)
What is the 1820s
500
They have not served as governors prior to becoming president (According to the textbook)
What is George H. W. Bush and Barack Obama
500
Formal qualifications for Texas
-Must be at least 30 years old
-Citizen of the United States
-Resident of the state for five years before the election
500
Holds the record as serving the most time as acting governor when Governor George W. Bush was campaigning for president
What is Rick Perry
500
The removal of the governor or an elected official by a petition signed by the required number of registered voters and by an election in which a majority votes to remove the person from office