<P> In Maine, if the governor cannot serve, the immediate successor is the Senate President . </P> <P> Whenever the governor dies, resigns, is removed from office or unable to perform the duties of office, the Senate president serves as "acting governor". </P> <P> The gubernatorial line of succession is set forth in the state constitution, at Article V, Section 8a . It defines who may become or act as the Governor of Oregon upon the incapacity, death, resignation, or removal from office (by impeachment and subsequent removal or recall) of a sitting governor . The current chain of succession is: Secretary of State, State Treasurer, President of the State Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives . When a Governor leaves office, the next available elected individual in the succession becomes Governor until the next general biennial election, when a Governor will be elected to either serve out the last two years of a regular term or a new four - year term . See: Governor of Oregon #Line of succession . In 2007, legislation was proposed to establish an office of Lieutenant Governor . </P> <P> In Wyoming, the secretary of state stands first in the line of succession . </P>

Who takes over if something happens to the governor