The University of Arizona is a public land-grant research university in Tucson,Arizona,United States. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature,it was the first university in the Arizona Territory. The University of Arizona is one of three universities governed by the Arizona Board of Regents. As of Fall 2023,the university enrolled 53,187 students in 19 separate colleges/schools,including the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson along with the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix and the James E. Rogers College of Law.
Craig R. Barrett is an American business executive who served as the chairman of the board of Intel Corporation until May 2009. He became CEO of Intel in 1998,a position he held for seven years. After retiring from Intel,Barrett joined the faculty at Thunderbird School of Global Management in Phoenix.
Theta Tau (ΘΤ) is a professional collegiate engineering fraternity. The fraternity has programs to promote the social,academic,and professional development of its members. Theta Tau is the oldest and largest professional engineering fraternity and has a membership of more than 50,000 men and women who study engineering in all its various branches on over 100 college campuses.
The Regents of the University of California is the governing board of the University of California (UC),a state university system in the U.S. state of California. The Board of Regents has 26 voting members,the majority of whom are appointed by the governor of California to serve 12-year terms.
Dennis Webster DeConcini is an American lawyer,philanthropist,politician and former U.S. senator from Arizona. The son of former Arizona Supreme Court judge Evo Anton DeConcini,he represented Arizona in the Senate as a Democrat from 1977 until 1995. After his re-election in 1988,no Arizona Democrats were elected to the Senate for 30 years until Kyrsten Sinema won his former seat in 2018.
Betsey Bayless was the 17th Secretary of State of Arizona from September 5,1997,until January 6,2003. She was appointed to fill the unexpired term of fellow Republican Jane Dee Hull. She was elected to a full term November 3,1998.
As of January 2023,Arizona's registered voters include 1,443,142 Republicans (34.7%),1,270,613 Democrats (30.5%),32,961 Libertarians (0.8%),and 1,415,020 "Other" (34.0%).
Eileen Murray is an American financial services executive and is the former co-CEO at Bridgewater Associates,one of the world's largest institutional asset managers. Murray has also held executive positions at Morgan Stanley,Credit Suisse First Boston,Duff Capital Advisors and Investment Risk Management. She was named one of the 25 Most Powerful Non-Bank Women in Banking,by U.S. Banker,for the years 2007 and 2008.
Fred Price DuVal is an American businessman,civic leader,education leader and author. He is president of DuVal and Associates,a senior advisor to Dentons Law,Chairman of Excelsior Mining,a Director of DriveTime Auto Group and twice former Chairman of the Arizona Board of Regents. He recently completed a term on the Board of AGB,the Association of Governing Boards. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Arizona in the 2014 election,but was defeated by then-State Treasurer Doug Ducey. He is a former Deputy Chief of Protocol and also former senior White House staff to President Clinton responsible for coordinating federal policy with the nations Governors. He is the author of two books,"Calling Arizona Home" and "Irons in the Fire".
Howard G. Barnett Jr. is an American businessman and politician from Oklahoma who is currently serving as the President of Oklahoma State University-Tulsa. Barnett previously served as the Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce under Governor of Oklahoma Frank Keating from 1998 to 1999. Keating appointed Barnett to serve concurrently as the Director of Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
Kimberly Yee is an American politician serving as the 45th Arizona state treasurer. She is the first Asian-American woman elected to the Arizona State Legislature.
Michael James Cleary was an American lawyer,insurance executive,and Republican politician from Lafayette County,Wisconsin. He was the 9th Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner and served two terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Later he was president of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. His name was often abbreviated as M. J. Cleary.
Jeffrey James DeWit is an American businessman and politician who served as the chair of the Arizona Republican Party from January 2023 to January 2024. A member of the Republican Party,DeWit became the State Treasurer of Arizona in 2015,succeeding Doug Ducey. DeWit said in 2016 that he did not plan to seek re-election in 2018. In 2017,President Trump nominated him to be chief financial officer of NASA. His nomination as chief financial officer of NASA was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in March 2018. He resigned from NASA in February 2020 and joined Trump's 2020 campaign later that year.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Arizona on November 6,2018. All of Arizona's executive offices were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat and all of Arizona's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives. The Republican Party won the majority of statewide offices,albeit by much narrower margins than in previous elections,while the Democratic Party picked up three statewide offices.
The Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction is an elected state executive position in the Arizona state government. The superintendent oversees the state of Arizona's public school system and directs the state's Department of Education.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Colorado on November 6,2018. All of Colorado's executive offices and all seven of its seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Democrats swept the statewide offices up for election,leaving the at-large seat on the University of Colorado Board of Regents and the Class 2 U.S. Senate seat as the last statewide offices held by Republicans.
Patrick Michael Shanahan is an American businessman and the president and chief executive officer of Spirit AeroSystems. He is a former United States federal government official who served as the acting United States Secretary of Defense in 2019. President Donald Trump appointed Shanahan to the role after the resignation of Jim Mattis. Prior to that,Shanahan served as Deputy Secretary of Defense from 2017 to 2019. Before his government service,he previously spent 30 years at Boeing in a variety of roles.
Jay Helier is an American lawyer,political analyst,journalist,and businessman. Heiler currently serves as Treasurer of the Board of the Arizona Board of Regents and is a member of the Business and Finance Committee,Academic and Student Affairs Committee and the Regents Executive Committee. Heiler is also the co-founder and Board Chairman of Great Hearts Academies,a charter school network operating several K-12 campuses in Arizona and Texas. He also leads as the President of the Arizona Charter School Association.
Karrin Margaret Taylor Robson is an American attorney,land use consultant and politician. A member of the Republican Party,she was a member of the Arizona Board of Regents from 2017 until 2021,being appointed to office by Governor Doug Ducey.
The 2022 Navajo Nation presidential election took place on Tuesday,November 8,2022,to elect the president and vice president of the Navajo Nation. The primary election was held on August 2. Incumbent president Jonathan Nez ran for reelection with attorney Chad Abeyta as his running mate. Incumbent Vice President Myron Lizer did not seek re-election,instead running for U.S. House in Arizona. Nez and Abeyta advanced to the general election,as did the challenging ticket of construction manager Buu Nygren and Torreon/Star Lake Chapter President Richelle Montoya. Nygren and Montoya won the general election by a 6-point margin,and Montoya became the Navajo Nation's first female vice president.
