Tolleson is a city in Maricopa County,Arizona,United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau,the population of the city was 7,216 as of the 2020 census,up from 6,545 in 2010.
Jane Dee Hull was an American politician and educator. In 1997,she ascended to the office of governor of Arizona following the resignation of Fife Symington,becoming the state's 20th governor. Hull was elected in her own right the following year,and served until 2003. Hull was the first woman formally elected as Governor of Arizona,and the second woman to serve in the office after Rose Mofford. She was a member of the Republican Party.
The Arizona State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arizona. It is a bicameral legislature that consists of a lower house,the House of Representatives,and an upper house,the Senate. Composed of 90 legislators,the state legislature meets in the Capitol Complex in the state capital of Phoenix,Arizona. Created by the Arizona Constitution upon statehood in 1912,the Arizona State Legislature met biennially until 1950. Today,they meet annually.
Leticia Rosa Magdalena Aguilar Van de Putte (née San Miguel;born December 6,1954) is an American politician from San Antonio,Texas. She represented the 26th District in the Texas Senate from 1999–2015. From 1991 to 1999,Van de Putte was a member of the Texas House of Representatives. In 2014,she was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor but lost the general election,58-39 percent,to her Republican senatorial colleague,Dan Patrick of Houston. Following that defeat,she then resigned from the Texas Senate to run for mayor of San Antonio,which she narrowly lost to Ivy Taylor,52-48 percent.
Sandra Bolden Cunningham is an American Democratic Party politician,who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 2007,where she represents the 31st Legislative District. She was sworn into office on November 8,2007. She is the widow of former Jersey City Mayor Glenn Cunningham,who died in 2004.
Steve Michael Gallardo is an American politician from the state of Arizona. A member of the Democratic Party,Gallardo serves on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors representing the 5th district. He previously served in the Arizona State Senate,representing the 13th district from 2011 through 2015 and in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2003 through 2009.
Kyrsten Lea Sinema is an American politician and social worker serving as the senior United States senator from Arizona since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,she served three terms as a state representative for the 15th legislative district from 2005 to 2011,one term as the state senator for the 15th legislative district from 2011 to 2012,and three terms as the United States representative for the 9th district from 2013 to 2019.
Scott Bundgaard is a Republican politician who served in the Arizona House of Representatives and in the Arizona State Senate. Bundgaard served as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and was later elected as Majority Leader of the Arizona State Senate.
Rubén Marinelarena Gallego is an American politician and U.S. Marine combat veteran,having served and deployed as a USMCR Corporal during Operation Iraqi Freedom,who is the U.S. Representative for Arizona's 7th congressional district. A Democrat,he previously served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives,serving as assistant minority leader from 2012 until he resigned to run for Congress. Gallego was elected to Congress in 2014. His district includes most of southern,western,and downtown Phoenix,along with a portion of Glendale. He served as the national chair of Eric Swalwell's 2020 presidential campaign.
Pamela Diane Gorman is a conservative Republican politician. She was first elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2004 and most recently served as Arizona State Senator for District 6 from her election in 2006 until she vacated her seat on January 25,2010 in order to run for Congress to replace the retiring John Shadegg. While running to be the Republican nominee for U.S. Representative from Arizona's District 3,she gained national attention for a campaign ad showing her firing a Thompson submachine gun,and for her cosponsorship of Arizona's anti-illegal immigration bill. She lost to Ben Quayle,the son of former Vice President,Dan Quayle.
Gregory John Stanton is an American lawyer and politician who is the U.S. representative from Arizona's 9th congressional district. A Democrat,he was mayor of Phoenix,Arizona. Stanton was on the Phoenix City Council from 2000 until 2009.
The 2014 Arizona gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Arizona,concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Juan Jose Mendez is an American politician and State Senator from Arizona. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Jamescita Peshlakai is a former Democratic member of the Arizona State Senate,serving from 2017 to 2021. She previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2013 until 2015,and served as co-Minority Whip for the 2018 sitting of the state senate. Peshlakai is a member of the Navajo Nation. She served in the Persian Gulf War. Before her legislative service,Peshlakai provided agricultural outreach to Native Americans on behalf of the USDA.
Charlene Fernandez is an American politician who was the Democratic leader of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021. She was first elected to the state House in 2014 and represents Southwestern Arizona,specifically,the majority of Yuma County,western Pima County,southwestern Maricopa County and southwestern Pinal County. She resigned on November 15,2021 to take a position at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Her son Brian Fernandez was appointed by the Yuma County,Arizona Board of Supervisors to succeed her in the Arizona House of Representatives.
The 2018–19 Phoenix mayoral special election was held to elect the new Mayor of Phoenix,Arizona. The election was officially nonpartisan;candidates ran on the same ballot. In the initial round of the election,since no candidate reached 50 percent plus one vote,a runoff election was held between the top two finishers.
Regina Romero is an American politician. She is mayor of Tucson,Arizona,having been elected after previously serving on the city council. She is the first woman and first person of Mexican descent to hold the office since the 1870s.
Jacqueline Parker is an American politician who has served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 16th legislative district since 2021.
The 2022 Arizona elections were held in the state of Arizona on November 8,2022,coinciding with the nationwide general election. All six executive offices were up for election,as well as a U.S. Senate seat,all of the state's U.S. House of Representatives seats,and the state legislature.
The 2022 Arizona Secretary of State election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the next Secretary of State of Arizona. Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs declined to run for a second term to instead run for Governor. Primary elections were held on August 2,2022. Democrat and former Maricopa County recorder Adrian Fontes defeated Republican representative Mark Finchem by 4.8%,carrying the Democratic ticket for statewide offices.
