Article V.
Executive Branch

Section 1. Executive power

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Executive power

Except to the extent limited or abrogated by article V, section 2, or article IV, section 6, the executive power is vested in the governor.

Executive power

The executive power is vested in the governor.

Executive power

The chief executive power is vested in the governor.

State officers; election, term duties

There shall be elected at each general biennial election a governor, a lieutenant governor, a secretary of state, a state treasurer, a commissioner of the state land office, an auditor general and an attorney general, for the term of two years. They shall keep their offices at the seat of government, superintend them in person and perform such duties as may be prescribed by law. The office of commissioner of the state land office may be abolished by law.

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1850 Article VII. Section 1

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1850 Article VII. Section 2

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1850 Article V. Section 1

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1850 Article V. Section 3

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1964 Article II. Section 5

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1964 Article IV. Section 53

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1964 Article V. Section 9

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1964 Article V. Section 21

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Governor; lieutenant governor

The Executive power is vested in a Governor, who shall hold his office for two years. A Lieutenant Governor shall be chosen for the same term.

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1909 Article VI. Section 1

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1909 Article VI. Section 2

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Governor and lieutenant governor; power, term

The supreme executive power shall be vested in a governor, who shall hold his office for two years; and a lieutenant governor shall be chosen at the same time and for the same term.

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