First Woman Governor Succeeds EPA Designee
From Times Wire Reports
Gov. Mike Leavitt formally resigned his job to head the Environmental Protection Agency. His lieutenant, Olene Walker, was sworn in as Utah’s first woman governor.
Leavitt was to take his EPA oath today.
During the same ceremony in Utah’s Capitol, lawyer Gayle McKeachnie was sworn in as Walker’s lieutenant governor.
Walker will serve out the remainder of Leavitt’s term, which ends in January 2005, but has not indicated whether she plans to seek a full term in the 2004 election.
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