Des Moines, Iowa — Governor Kim Reynolds says she has a couple of names in mind, but is in no hurry to name a new lieutenant governor.
Reynolds spoke with reporters early Wednesday morning, about 17 hours after Adam Gregg resigned as lieutenant governor to take a job in the private sector.
The governor says Gregg told her last Friday he had the opportunity to become the next president and CEO of the Iowa Bankers Association. Reynolds says she and Gregg have kept a grueling schedule since May of 2017 when she became governor and he became lieutenant governor.
The governor says she and the now-former lieutenant governor have had a tough seven year stretch.
Reynolds was asked if she was surprised Gregg is leaving politics altogether and will not run to succeed her as governor.
Reynolds has not announced whether she intends to seek reelection in 2026. Reynolds has met with Senate President Amy Sinclair who is now first in the line of succession and would take over as governor if, for some reason, Reynolds is unable to fulfill her duties.
