Navajo County is a county in the northern part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census,its population was 106,717. The county seat is Holbrook.
Arizona's 1st congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of Arizona,covering northeastern Maricopa County. Before 2023,geographically,it was the eleventh-largest congressional district in the country and included much of the state outside the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas. From 2013 through 2022,it also included the Navajo Nation,the Hopi reservation,and the Gila River Indian Community,with 25% of the population being Native American. At that time,the district had more Native Americans than any other congressional district in the United States. In the 2022 elections,David Schweikert was elected in the redefined district. It was one of 18 districts that would have voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election had they existed in their current configuration while being won or held by a Republican in 2022.
Arizona's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district that includes most of southern,western,and downtown Phoenix,along with a southern portion of Glendale. It is currently represented by Democrat Ruben Gallego.
Arizona's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of Arizona. The district is in the north eastern part of the state and includes Apache,Coconino,Gila,Navajo,and Yavapai counties in their entirety and portions of Graham,Maricopa,Mohave,and Pinal counties. The largest city in the district is Flagstaff.
The 2006 congressional elections in Arizona were elections for Arizona's delegation to the United States House of Representatives,which occurred along with congressional elections nationwide on November 7,2006. Arizona has eight seats,as apportioned during the 2000 United States census. Prior to the election,Republicans held six of the eight seats and Democrats held two. In the 8th district,Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe retired,leaving an open seat. Following the elections,Democrats gained two seats at the expense of the Republicans,who lost two.
The Wailing Wind is a crime novel by American writer Tony Hillerman,the fifteenth in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series,first published in 2002. It is a New York Times best-seller.
The Arizona Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the US state of Arizona. Its headquarters are in Phoenix. The party currently controls six of Arizona's nine U.S. House seats,sixteen of thirty State Senate seats,thirty-one of sixty State House of Representatives seats,four of five seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission and three Statewide Executive Offices
The 2008 congressional elections in Arizona were held on November 4,2008,to determine who would represent the state of Arizona in the United States House of Representatives,coinciding with the presidential election. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;those elected would serve in the 111th Congress from January 4,2009,until January 3,2011.
The Shape Shifter is a crime novel by American writer Tony Hillerman,the eighteenth in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series,first published in 2006. It was a New York Times best-seller and the last Chee/Leaphorn novel by Hillerman published before Hillerman's death on October 26,2008.
Jack C. Jackson Jr. (Navajo) is an American attorney and politician from Arizona. A Democrat,he served in the Arizona Senate,representing the state's 2nd district in northern Arizona from 2011 until July 2013,when he left for an appointment with the U.S. Department of State. He is a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives,having served from January 2003 to January 2005.
The 2002 congressional elections in Arizona were elections for Arizona's delegation to the United States House of Representatives,which occurred along with congressional elections nationwide on November 5,2002. Arizona has eight seats,as apportioned during the 2000 United States census and thus gaining two since the previous election. Democrats and Republicans each gained a seat as result,with Republicans having six seats and Democrats having two seats.
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.
Victoria Steele is a former Democratic member of the Arizona State Senate representing District 9 from 2019 to 2023. She is a twice elected former Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives,serving District 9 in Tucson from 2013 to 2016. She is a board member of the National Organization for Women (NOW). In 2019,she began the podcast Wait,What? Politics with Zuma and Steele,co-hosting with journalist Jimmy Zuma. She was elected as a Justice of the Peace in 2022.
Arizona's 7th legislative district is one of 30 in the state,consisting of sections of Coconino County,Gila County,Navajo County,and Pinal County. As of 2023,there are 95 precincts in the district,with a total registered voter population of 154,195. The district has an overall population of 240,214.
Jonathan Nez is a Navajo politician who served as the 9th President of the Navajo Nation from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as Vice President and as a Navajo Nation Council delegate.
The 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election occurred on November 8,2022,to elect the next governor of Arizona,concurrently with other federal and state elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Doug Ducey was term-limited and ineligible to run for a third consecutive term. Democratic Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs narrowly defeated Republican former television journalist Kari Lake.
The 55th Arizona State Legislature,consisting of the Arizona Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives,is the current legislative session constituted in Phoenix on January 11,2021,during the second two years of Doug Ducey's second full term in office. Both the Senate and the House membership remained constant at 30 and 60,respectively. In the November 2020 Senate election,Democrats gained one seat,leaving the Republicans with a 16–14 majority. Republicans maintained an unchanged 31–29 majority in the House after the November 2020 House election.
Theresa Hatathlie is a Navajo politician who has served as a member of the Arizona Senate from the 6th district since 2023. She was appointed to the District 7 seat in 2022 after incumbent State Senator Jamescita Peshlakai resigned from office. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Janae Shamp is an American politician and nurse representing Arizona's 29th legislative district in the Arizona State Senate since 2022. Shamp is a registered member of the Republican Party and was one of several legislative candidates endorsed by former president Donald Trump in Arizona.
Michele Peña is an American politician. She is a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 23 in 2022.
