2024 in Arizona

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The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in Arizona .

Incumbents

State government

• Governor: Katie Hobbs (D)

Events

• January 15 – Four people are killed and another person is injured in a hot air balloon crash in Eloy. ^[1]
• January 24 – The chair of the Arizona Republican Party Jeff DeWit resigns after a tape recording of DeWit attempting to bribe Kari Lake into stepping down from the United States Senate race is leaked. ^[2]
• March 19 –
  • The Democratic Party holds presidential nominating contests in Arizona. ^[3]
  • The Republican Party holds presidential nominating contests in Arizona. ^[3]
• April 4 – Researchers at the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument release the largest 3D map of the universe featuring more than six million galaxies. Using this map, researchers are able to measure the acceleration of the expansion rate of the universe with unprecedented accuracy, detecting hints that the rate of expansion has been increasing over time. ^[4]
• April 9 – The Arizona Supreme Court upholds a law criminalizing most types of abortions in the case Planned Parenthood Arizona v. Mayes . ^[5]
• June 21 – At least six people die due to heat-related illness in the Phoenix metropolitan area, as temperatures reach 115 °F (46 °C). ^[6]
• July 6 – Maricopa County investigates over 160 suspected heat-related deaths related to ongoing heat waves. ^[7]
• November 5 – A Honda HA-420 Hondajet plane crashed through a perimeter fence and hit a car while aborting takeoff at the Falcon Field airport in Mesa. Four of the five people onboard the plane and the driver of the vehicle were killed. ^[8]

See also

• 2024 in the United States

References

1. "Four dead in Arizona hot air balloon crash". Reuters . January 15, 2024.
2. "Arizona GOP boss quits after leaked tape shows him floating a job for Kari Lake to skip Senate race". AP News. January 24, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
3. "Biden and Trump notch more wins Tuesday as primary voters urge them to keep up the fight". The Hill. March 19, 2024.
4. Nuss, Jenny (April 4, 2024). "First Results from DESI Make the Most Precise Measurement of Our Expanding Universe". Berkeley Lab News Center. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
5. Sherman, Carter (April 9, 2024). "Arizona supreme court upholds 1864 law banning almost all abortions". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved September 30, 2024.
6. "At least 6 heat-related deaths reported in metro Phoenix so far this year as high hits 115 degrees". AP News. June 21, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
7. "More records expected to shatter as long-running blanket of heat threatens 130 million in U.S." AP News. July 6, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
8. Musa, Amanda (November 6, 2024). "5 killed when small plane crashes through Arizona airport fence and hits car". CNN. Retrieved February 13, 2025.