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.
Robert Taylor Jones was an American businessman and politician who served as the sixth governor of the U.S. state of Arizona and served from 1939 to 1941.
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.
Juan Jose Mendez is an American politician and State Senator from Arizona. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Rosanna Gabaldón is an American politician serving as a member of the Arizona Senate from the 21st district. She previously served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from January 14,2013,to January 11,2021,and as a member of the Arizona Senate from the 2nd district from January 11,2021,to January 9,2023.
John M. Allen is an American politician and who currently serves as the County Treasurer for Maricopa County. A Republican,Allen was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 15 from January 2013 until 2021. Allen previously served non-consecutively from January 2001 until January 2005 in the District 7 and 11 seats.
Justin Olson is an American politician who served as a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission. Olson is a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 25 from January 14,2013,until 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Javan Daniel "J. D." Mesnard is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona Senate representing District 13 since 2023. He previously represented District 17 from 2019 to 2023.
Rick Gray is an American politician and former member of the Arizona Senate as well as a former Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 21. Gray previously served consecutively from January 10,2011,until January 14,2013,in the District 9 seat. In 2016,Gray ran for the ⠀⠀Arizona Corporation Commission⠀seat Arizona Corporation Commission but placed fourth in the Republican primary. In 2018,Gray was appointed to fill the Arizona State Senate seat vacated by Debbie Lesko after she resigned to run for Congress. Gray would leave office on January 9,2023.
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.
Steven B. Yarbrough is an American politician. A Republican,he was the president of the Arizona Senate,and represented District 17 from January 14,2013 to January 14,2019. Yarbrough served in the Arizona State Legislature from January 2003 until January 2011 in the Arizona House of Representatives District 21 seat,then in the Arizona Senate in the District 21 seat from January 10,2011 until January 14,2013 for his first term in the Senate. This District was renumbered from 21 to 17 in 2012,although it remained substantially the same geographically.
Gail Griffin is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives. She previously served in the Arizona Senate representing District 14 from 2013 to 2019. Griffin served consecutively in the Arizona Senate in the District 20 seat from January 10,2011,until January 14,2013,but served non-consecutively in the Arizona State Legislature from January 1997 until January 2001 in the Arizona House of Representatives District 8 seat. In 2019 Griffin proposed a bill to fund a US-Mexican border wall by levying a tax on Arizonans who look at pornography.
Nancy K. Barto is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Arizona State Senate from 2021 to 2023. She previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021 and the Arizona Senate representing District 15 from 2013 to 2019. Barto served consecutively in the Arizona State Legislature from January 2007 until January 10,2011,in the Arizona House of Representatives District 7 seat,then in the Arizona Senate in the District 7 seat from January 10,2011,until January 14,2013.
David Christian Farnsworth is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona Senate representing District 10 since 2023. He was previously appointed to the Arizona Senate on September 11,2013,to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Rich Crandall. Farnsworth served non-consecutively in the Arizona State Legislature from January 1995 until January 1997 in the Arizona House of Representatives District 4 seat.
YurView Arizona is an American cable television channel serving Phoenix,Arizona,United States. The station is owned by Cox Communications. The station's studio facilities are located on the northwest end of Phoenix. The transmission signal is available to Cox cable television subscribers in central and southern Arizona,which includes the Phoenix and Tucson metro areas. It is on channel 4 on Cox's Phoenix-market systems and channel 7 on Cox's systems in southern Arizona.
Diego Espinoza is a former Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives,serving since 2015. On September 5,2022,he resigned from the Arizona House of Representatives,and withdrew from the Arizona Senate election,to pursue a career outside of politics.
The 3rd Arizona State Legislature,consisting of the Arizona State Senate and the Arizona House of Representatives,was constituted from January 1,1917,to December 31,1918,during the first term of Thomas Edward Campbell,which was contested,and he left office after serving less than a year and the third term of George W. P. Hunt as Governor of Arizona,in Phoenix. The number of senators and representatives remained constant at 19 and 35,respectively. The Republicans made modest gains in both houses,gaining 4 seats in both the Senate and the House,leaving Democrats with a 14–5 majority in the Senate and 31–4 majority in the House.
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.
Juan Ciscomani is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 6th congressional district since 2023. A Republican,he was a senior adviser to former Governor Doug Ducey and vice chair of the Arizona-Mexico Commission. Ciscomani was chosen to deliver the Republican response to the 2023 State of the Union Address in Spanish.
