State Constitution has no mechanism for replacing the Lt. Governor.
So if Deval resigned to take AG post, special election to replace him as gov I would think...and again from the times when the
gov is out of town or incapacitated I’m pretty sure the
Sec of the Commonwealth is next in line, takes charge...
...unless it’s “Deval resigns to take AG post, Galvin will be gov until next election...”
from Wiki:
>>The new and current line of succession is as follows:
Governor (Deval Patrick)
Lieutenant Governor (Tim Murray)
Secretary of the Commonwealth (Bill Galvin)
Attorney General (Martha Coakley)
Treasurer and Receiver-General (Steven Grossman)
State Auditor (Suzanne Bump)