Jane Dee Hull was an American politician and educator who was the 20th governor of Arizona from 1997 to 2003. She ascended to the office following the resignation of Fife Symington;Hull was elected in her own right in 1998 and served one term. She 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. Created by the Arizona Constitution upon statehood in 1912,the Arizona State Legislature met biennially until 1950. Since then they meet annually.
Nelida "Nellie" Avila Pou is an American Democratic Party politician who has served in the New Jersey Senate since 2012,representing the 35th Legislative District. She previously represented the 35th district in the General Assembly. When Pou was sworn into the Assembly on January 29,1997,to succeed Bill Pascrell,she became the first woman and the first Hispanic to represent the 35th district.
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 served in the New Jersey State Senate from 2007 to 2024,where she represented 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 former social worker serving as the senior United States senator from Arizona,a seat she has held since 2019. A former member of the Democratic Party,Sinema became an independent in December 2022.
Scott Bundgaard is a Republican politician who served in the Arizona House of Representatives and in the Arizona State Senate. Bundgaard was elected in 2010 as Majority Leader of the Arizona State Senate,and later served as Vice-Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Arizona,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts,with Democratic and Republican primaries taking place on August 26. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including governor of Arizona.
Juan Jose Mendez is an American politician and State Senator from Arizona. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Jamescita Mae 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.
Catherine Miranda is an American politician and member of the Arizona Senate for the 11th legislative district,serving since 2023.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona were held on November 8,2016,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Arizona,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on August 30.
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.
Ceci Velasquez is an American politician and paralegal who served as a Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2015 to 2017. She was convicted of fraud in 2016.
The 2018–19 Phoenix mayoral special election was held on November 6,2018,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 on March 12,2019,between the top two finishers.
The 2024 United States Senate election in Arizona was held on November 5,2024,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Arizona. Democratic Congressman Ruben Gallego defeated Republican former news journalist Kari Lake to succeed independent incumbent Kyrsten Sinema,who did not seek a second term.
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. She is a member of the Republican Party.
The 2008 Arizona House of Representatives election took place on Tuesday,November 4,2008,with the primary election held on Tuesday,September 2,2008. Arizona voters elected all 60 members of the Arizona House of Representatives in multi-member districts to serve two-year terms.
The 2010 Arizona House of Representatives election took place on Tuesday,November 2,2010,with the primary election held on Tuesday,August 24,2010. Arizona voters elected all 60 members of the Arizona House of Representatives in multi-member districts to serve two-year terms.
