On leaving the legislature, Forster was succeeded by another Democrat who later turned [[Moderate Republican]], Melinda Schwegmann, who in 1991 was elected to a single term as lieutenant governor. Schwegmann thereafter lost a bid for governor in 1995 and an attempt to return to the office of lieutenant governor in 2003. | On leaving the legislature, Forster was succeeded by another Democrat who later turned [[Moderate Republican]], Melinda Schwegmann, who in 1991 was elected to a single term as lieutenant governor. Schwegmann thereafter lost a bid for governor in 1995 and an attempt to return to the office of lieutenant governor in 2003. |