 To date, in states without a lieutenant governor, no woman has ever changed parties during her term as a secretary of state or a state senate president, or been elected as a third party member or an independent.Certain states do not have a lieutenant governor; instead they have a Secretary of State next in line for succession of governor.Two states — Maine and New Hampshire — do not have a Lieutenant Governor, and do not have the Secretary of State as first in the line of succession to the Governor.