Episode 155: #WhoWeElect: Lieutenant Governor

#SundayCivics is continuing our #WhoWeElect series. L. Joy brings Roshan Patel to the front of the class to break down the office of Lieutenant Governor. He explains which states have them and which states do not, how people run for those offices, and the importance of the position.

Our Guest:

Roshan R Patel is a Partner at 50 State LLC, a Washington, DC based state-focused strategic consulting firm which helps companies, trade associations and non-profits achieve policy priorities at the state level. 

Prior to this role, Roshan spent four years as the National Finance Director for the Democratic Governors Association. In this role, he was responsible for all of the organization’s fundraising activities and worked closely with DGA leadership and other Democratic governors throughout the country.

Roshan joined the DGA after spending 2009 and 2010 as the DSCC’s Mid-Atlantic Finance Director under NJ Senator Robert Menendez. While at the DSCC, he managed the national Corporate Political Action Committee fundraising, as well as the individual donor fundraising 

activities in the Mid-Atlantic region. Prior to joining the DSCC he worked on two successful US Senate campaigns and a presidential campaign. He served as New Mexico Senator Tom Udall’s Deputy National Finance Director and was an in-state fundraiser for Maryland Senator Ben Cardin. In 2007, Roshan was Regional Finance Director for Governor Bill Richardson’s presidential campaign. 

Roshan also serves as the ED and Treasurer of the DLGA, an organization founded in 2018.

Homework:

Find out if your state has a Lieutenant Governor and if they are elected to that position or not.

• If you do have a Lieutenant Governor, they are accessible, reach out to them. Remember, L. Joy reminds us “How can they represent you if they don’t know you?”

• As always, if you have the ability to, VOTE!