who is the governor of hawaii now?
Neil Abercrombie
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 Gavin Christopher Newsom ( born October 10 , 1967 ) is an American businessman and television personality who currently serves as the 49th Lieutenant Governor of California . He is notable for hosting a television show named after him in Current TV and for his guest appearances in HBO 's Real Time with Bill Maher . Newsom has been involved in controversial and high @-@ profile relationships , including his former marriage to Fox News contributor Kimberly Guilfoyle and an infidelity scandal in 2007 . His political career highlights include his advocacy for same @-@ sex marriage and the legalization of cannabis in the United States . 

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 Hooser began a campaign in June 2009 to be elected Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii in 2010 , calling his support for the bill an act on a " critical issue " . Neil Abercrombie was elected to succeed Linda Lingle as Governor in the 2010 gubernatorial election , defeating Duke Aiona . 

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 After several episodes where the state had multiple " acting governors " in the span of a few years following the resignations of Governor Christine Todd Whitman in 2001 and Governor James E. McGreevey in 2004 , popular sentiment and political pressure from the state 's residents and news media outlets sought a permanent and tenable solution to the issue of gubernatorial succession . A referendum put before the state 's voters authorized the amendment of the state 's constitution in 2006 . This amendment provided for the state 's first lieutenant governor to be elected in the state 's 2009 gubernatorial election . 

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 Public attention was directed to the issue of succession in the wake of the resignations of Governor Whitman and Governor McGreevey during so brief a period . The response of the general public and the media was that the situation of acting governors and resignations made the situation untenable and that the state needed a permanent solution such as a lieutenant governor . There were three chief arguments in favor of establishing a lieutenant governor : 

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 If the governor dies in office , becomes permanently incapacitated , resigns , or is impeached , the lieutenant governor becomes governor . In total , ten lieutenant governors become governor by succession . The first occurrence was when Jonathan Jennings resigned to become a congressman and was succeeded by Ratliff Boon . 
