Kris Mayes | |
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27th Attorney General of Arizona | |
Assumed office January 2, 2023 | |
Governor | Katie Hobbs |
Preceded by | Mark Brnovich |
Chair of the Arizona Corporation Commission | |
In office January 2009 –December 31,2010 | |
Preceded by | Mike Gleason |
Succeeded by | Gary Pierce |
Member of the Arizona Corporation Commission | |
In office October 2003 –December 31,2010 | |
Preceded by | James Irvin |
Succeeded by | Brenda Burns |
Personal details | |
Born | 1970or1971(age 52–53) Prescott,Arizona,U.S. |
Political party | Republican (before 2019) Democratic (2019–present) |
Children | 1 |
Education | Arizona State University,Tempe (BA,JD) Columbia University (MPA) |
Kristin Kay Mayes (born 1970 or 1971) [1] is an American reporter,lawyer,and politician who is the Arizona Attorney General. A member of the Democratic Party,Mayes was elected in 2022,defeating Republican Abraham Hamadeh by a margin of just 280 votes in one of the closest elections in the state's history. [2] [3] Previously Mayes was a Professor of Practice at Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law and Chair of the Arizona Corporation Commission. [4] [5] [6]
Mayes is the second woman elected Arizona Attorney General (after Janet Napolitano),the third openly lesbian woman elected attorney general of a state in the United States (after Maura Healey and Dana Nessel),and the second openly LGBT person elected to statewide office in Arizona (after Kyrsten Sinema). [7] [8]
Mayes was born and raised in Prescott,Arizona. [9] After graduating from Prescott High School she attended Arizona State University (ASU) on a scholarship from the Flinn Foundation. [10] While attending ASU she served as editor in chief of the State Press ,the university's newspaper. [11] She graduated valedictorian from ASU with a degree in political science. [11]
Mayes worked as a general assignment reporter for the Phoenix Gazette ,and later as a political reporter for The Arizona Republic ,covering the Arizona State Legislature. [11] Mayes then won the Harry S. Truman Scholarship and attended graduate school at Columbia University in New York,where she earned a Master of Public Administration. [10]
Following graduate school,Mayes returned to The Arizona Republic,where she covered the 2000 presidential campaigns of Senator John McCain,former Vice President Dan Quayle,publisher Steve Forbes and Governor George W. Bush. [11] From this experience,Mayes co-authored a book entitled Spin Priests:Campaign Advisors and the 2000 Race for the White House. After the presidential campaign,Mayes attended ASU College of Law and graduated magna cum laude. [11]
Mayes was the press secretary for Janet Napolitano during the 2002 Arizona gubernatorial election. [12]
Governor Napolitano appointed Mayes,then a Republican,to the Arizona Corporation Commission in October 2003. [12] She devoted much of her effort towards pipeline safety,renewable energy and natural gas issues.[ citation needed ]
Mayes was elected to a full term in a 2004 special election,defeating Libertarian nominee Rick Fowlkes. [13] In 2008,Mayes considered a candidacy for Arizona's 1st congressional district. [14] She was term-limited in 2010 and was succeeded in her position by fellow Republican Brenda Burns. [11]
In 2019,Mayes left the Republican Party and joined the Democratic Party,citing the expansion of Trumpism within the Republican Party. [1]
Mayes was the Democratic nominee in the 2022 Arizona Attorney General election,running against Republican Abraham Hamadeh. [15] The race was one of the closest in Arizona history and required a mandatory recount because the vote difference was significantly less than the 0.5% vote threshold required by state law for recounts. [16] The recount started on December 5,2022. [17]
In the final vote tally,Mayes led by 510 votes. [18] On December 29,Judge Timothy Thomason announced the results of the recount,confirming Mayes as the winner with a reduced margin of 280 votes. [19]
Mayes took office as Attorney General on January 2,2023. In July 2023,Mayes's office announced that it was "investigating the transmission of an alternative slate of electors" by allies of former President Donald Trump to be counted by Congress during the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count. [20]
In January 2024,Mayes announced that the Attorney General's office would file suit against Kroger's proposed acquisition of Albertsons,citing antitrust laws. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kristin Mayes (incumbent) | 1,175,778 | 74.90 | |
Libertarian | Rick Fowlkes | 394,078 | 25.10 | |
Total votes | 1,569,856 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kristin Mayes (incumbent) | 653,344 | 26.1 | |
Republican | Gary Pierce | 638,466 | 25.5 | |
Democratic | Richard Boyer | 581,885 | 23.2 | |
Democratic | Mark Manoil | 541,562 | 21.6 | |
Libertarian | Rick Fowlkes | 91,684 | 3.7 | |
Total votes | 2,506,941 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Kris Mayes | 1,254,809 | 49.94% | +1.68% | |
Republican | Abraham Hamadeh | 1,254,529 | 49.93% | -1.80% | |
Write-in | 3,052 | 0.12% | +0.11% | ||
Total votes | 2,512,390 | 100.0% | |||
Democratic gain from Republican |
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