Governor of Connecticut

The Governor of Connecticut is the elected head of the executive branch of Connecticut's state government, and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the General Assembly and to convene the legislature. Unusual among U.S. governors, the Governor of Connecticut has no power to pardon. The Governor of Connecticut is automatically a member of the state's Bonding Commission. He is an ex-officio member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Connecticut and Yale University. Since 1965, the Governor serves a four-year term, and there are no term limits.

This article was created for purposes of disambiguation, and should be limited to instances where the governor is unnamed and/or where the officeholder is an important plot point. Thus far, Harry Turtledove has not re-written the office completely.

Governor of Connecticut in "The Breaking of Nations"

In 2031, the governor and the lieutenant governor of Connecticut refused to participate in the Pence Administration's immigration sweeps. In response, President Pence ordered their arrest, and appointed the Chief of the Connecticut State Police as acting governor. In response, Governor Nicole Yoshida of California, Governor Dakotah Ng of Washington, and Governor Axel Lysbakken of Oregon unified into a single breakaway nation called Pacifica. Yoshida, as acting president, announced Pacifica's secession. Further, the Connecticut legislature impeached, convicted, removed Pence's appointee in short order, demonstrating that secession movements were taking hold in the Northeast.

Governor of Connecticut in "Manuscript Tradition"

In 2219, the governor of Connecticut called Beinecke Library curator Feyrouz Hanafusa to discuss the discovery of humanoid life on Faraday and its relationship the Voynich Manuscript. The Governor talked to Hanafusa so long that she lost track of the whereabouts of the mysterious Tony Loquasto.