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You need to specify where and exactly what you mean by "separate."
As far as I'm aware, in every state in the US they're separate in the sense that you can choose to vote for a Governor candidate from one party and a Lt. Governor candidate from a different party, unlike the current US Presidential election system where in the general election you vote for a combined President/Vice President "ticket."
They're also separate in that each office has a distinct pool of candidates, unlike the original US Presidential election system where the candidate for President who came in second was made Vice-President.
(It's possible that there are states where the above are not true, but I can't think of any.)
However, both elections are almost always held at the same time and on the same ballot, so they're not separate in that sense.
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