President-elect Clinton will resign as governor of Arkansas on Saturday and Lt. Gov. Jim Guy Tucker will be sworn in as his successor, the governor's office said Tuesday.
Tucker, 46, will become the state's 43rd governor in a ceremony at the state Capitol.Clinton, who will be inaugurated as president Jan. 20, had put off resigning as governor for weeks while the state Supreme Court ruled on whether the lieutenant governor should succeed him or a special election was required.
The court ruled Friday that Tucker should assume the duties, responsibilities and title of governor when Clinton resigns.
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The lieutenant governor has served as the state's chief executive most of the time since Clinton began his presidential campaign on Oct. 6, 1991.