Related Research Articles
Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona,with 1,662,607 residents as of 2024. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States and the most populous state capital in the country.
Maricopa County is a county in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census the population was 4,420,568,or about 62% of the state's total,making it the fourth-most populous county in the United States and the most populous county in Arizona,and making Arizona one of the nation's most centralized states. The county seat is Phoenix,the state capital and fifth-most populous city in the United States.
Chandler is a city in Maricopa County,Arizona,United States,and a suburb in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is the fourth-most populous city in Arizona,after Mesa,Tucson,and Phoenix. Chandler is considered to be a part of the East Valley.
Gilbert is a town in Maricopa County,Arizona,United States. Located southeast of Phoenix,Gilbert is home to 288,128 residents. It is the fifth-largest municipality in Arizona. Nearly a third of Gilbert residents are under the age of 18. As Gilbert approaches buildout,the population is expected to reach 330,000.
Mesa is a city in Maricopa County,Arizona,United States. It is the third-most populous city in Arizona,after Phoenix and Tucson,the 36th-most populous city in the U.S.,and the most populous city that is not a county seat. The city is home to 504,258 people as of 2020. It is the most populous city in the East Valley of the Phoenix metropolitan area. It is bordered by Tempe on the west,the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community on the north,Chandler and Gilbert on the south along with Queen Creek,and Apache Junction on the east.
Peoria is a city in Maricopa and Yavapai counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. Most of the city is located in Maricopa County,while a portion of it in the north is in Yavapai County. It is a major suburb of Phoenix. As of the 2020 census,the population of Peoria was 190,985,up from 154,065 in 2010. It is the sixth-largest city in Arizona in land area and the ninth-largest in population. It was named after Peoria,Illinois. The word peoria is a corruption of the Miami-Illinois word for "prairie fire". It is the spring training home of the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners,who share the Peoria Sports Complex.
The Udall family is a U.S. political family rooted in the American West. Its role in politics spans over 100 years and four generations. Udall politicians have been elected from four different states:Arizona,Colorado,New Mexico,and Oregon. If viewed as a combined entity,the Udall-Hunt-Lee family has been elected from six states:Arizona,California,Colorado,New Mexico,Oregon,and Utah.
Marcia A. Karrow is an American politician affiliated with the Republican Party. She is currently serving as the mayor of Flemington,New Jersey. She previously served in the New Jersey State Senate representing the 23rd Legislative District from February 9,2009 to November 23,2009. She previously served for three years in the General Assembly representing the same district she represented in the Senate.
The Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD),also known as Maricopa Community Colleges,is a public community college district in Maricopa County,Arizona. Headquartered in Tempe,MCCCD is among the largest community college districts in the United States,serving more than 100,000 students each year in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Neil Gerard Giuliano is an American politician who served as mayor of Tempe,Arizona for four terms,from 1994 to 2004. After serving in elected office he served as president of the Gay &Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) from 2005 to 2009,and served as President/CEO of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation from December 2010 to December 2015. Giuliano was the first directly-elected openly gay mayor in the United States,and Tempe was the largest city in America with an openly gay mayor for nearly six years,1996- 2001.
Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) is a Council of Governments (COG) that serves as the regional agency for the greater Maricopa region in Arizona,United States. This includes the Phoenix area and the neighboring urbanized area in Pinal County,containing the Town of Florence and City of Maricopa. When MAG was formed in 1967,the elected officials recognized the need for long-range planning and policy development on a regional scale. They realized that many issues such as transportation,air quality and human services affected residents beyond the borders of their individual jurisdictions.
Scott Smith is an American businessman and politician,elected as the 38th mayor of Mesa,Arizona,on May 20,2008. He took office on June 2,2008 and served until April 16,2014,when he resigned to run for Governor of Arizona in the Republican Primary. In 2013–14,he was president of the United States Conference of Mayors. He was previously president of both Great Western Homes and K. Hovnanian Homes. He has also worked in finance and as a business consultant.
Ioanna Morfessis is an American businesswoman and economic development strategist and practitioner. She founded four economic development organizations and established programs and tools that became models for communities across the U.S.
The East Valley Partnership is a regional coalition of community,business,educational and government leaders whose goal is to provide leadership and support in specific areas of focus,thereby improving business and quality of life in the region.
The Phoenix Metropolitan Area consists of a valley that has multiple city regions in it. The East Valley is a multi-city region within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of Arizona. East Valley is a loosely defined region,with various definitions of what constitutes it.
Matthew Harper served as the 59th Mayor of Huntington Beach,California (2013-2014). Harper was elected to three terms to the Huntington Beach Union High School District Board of Trustees (1998-2010),one term to the Huntington Beach City Council (2010-2014) and two terms to the California State Assembly (2014-2018).
The following is a timeline of the history of the area which today comprises the U.S. state of Arizona. Situated in the desert southwest,for millennia the area was home to a series of Pre-Columbian peoples. By 1 AD,the dominant groups in the area were the Hohokam,the Mogollon,and the Ancestral Puebloans. The Hohokam dominated the center of the area which is now Arizona,the Mogollon the southeast,and the Puebloans the north and northeast. As these cultures disappeared between 1000 and 1400 AD,other Indian groups settled in Arizona. These tribes included the Navajo,Apache,Southern Paiute,Hopi,Yavapai,Akimel O'odham,and the Tohono O'odham.
John C. Giles is an American politician serving as the 40th mayor of Mesa,Arizona. A Republican,Giles previously served as a member of the Mesa City Council from 1996 to 2000. Giles was elected mayor of Mesa in a 2014 special election following the resignation of Mayor Scott Smith.
Jenn Daniels is an American politician who first entered the political field in December 2008 when she filed to run for town council in Gilbert,Arizona. Early in her initial campaign Daniels came out against Big League Dreams in Gilbert by saying "I have no problem with public/private partnerships but the way Big League Dreams went down was absolutely devastating. It was a great idea but was done efficiently? No." In May 2009,after a runoff,Jenn Daniels emerged as the top of what started as a 7-person race for two seats on town council.
George Nicholas Goodman,was a pharmacist in Mesa,Arizona. He was the mayor of Mesa for 5 different 2 year terms as part of 3 different decades. Goodman served as the executive secretary of the Arizona State Fair Commission at the time of his death,and was the former president of both the Arizona Pharmaceutical Association and the Arizona Municipal League.
References
- ↑ Polletta, Maria. "Gilbert Mayor John Lewis resigns; Jenn Daniels steps in as interim mayor". azcentral.com. The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ↑ "Mayor and Town Council". Town of Gilbert. Archived from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
- ↑ "Meet John". John Lewis for Mayor. Archived from the original on 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2012-12-18.