Evan Mecham was an American businessman and the 17th governor of Arizona,serving from January 5,1987,until his impeachment conviction on April 4,1988. A decorated veteran of World War II,Mecham was a successful automotive dealership owner and occasional newspaper publisher.
Samuel Steiger was an American politician,journalist,political pundit. He served five terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives,two terms in the Arizona State Senate,and one term as mayor of Prescott,Arizona. Steiger also made an unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate,served as a special assistant to Arizona Governor Evan Mecham,and hosted political talk shows on both radio and television. Despite these accomplishments,Steiger is best known for two incidents:one,while he was a sitting congressman,was the 1975 killing of two burros;the second was painting a crosswalk between Prescott's courthouse and nearby Whiskey Row.
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
David Sheridan Schweikert is an American politician and businessman serving as the U.S. representative from Arizona's 1st congressional district since 2023. He previously served as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 6th congressional district from 2013 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he first entered Congress in 2011,representing Arizona's 5th congressional district until redistricting. His district includes most of northern Phoenix as well as Scottsdale,Paradise Valley,and Cave Creek.
The Arizona Libertarian Party (AZLP) is the Arizona affiliate of the national Libertarian Party (LP) and has been active since its foundation on October 7,1972.
Karen Fann is a former Republican member of the Arizona Senate,representing Arizona Legislative District 1. Fann became President of the Arizona Senate in 2019,and served until 2023.
The 2014 Arizona gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Arizona,concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 1982 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 2,1982,for the post of Governor of Arizona. Democratic incumbent Bruce Babbitt defeated Republican nominee Leo Corbet and Libertarian candidate and former U.S. Representative Sam Steiger. Evan Mecham unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination. This was the last time until 2002 that a Democrat was elected governor of Arizona,and the last time a male Democrat was elected governor.
Frederick Christian Struckmeyer Jr. was a justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona from January 3,1955,to January 19,1982. He served as chief justice of the court on four occasions.
Jack D. H. Hays was a justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona from January 4,1969 to January 5,1987. He served as chief justice for three consecutive terms,from January 1972 to December 1974. At the time of his death,Hays still held the record for the most opinions authored by a justice in any single year (100).
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.
Venden "Vince" Leach is an American politician from Arizona. A Republican,he was a member of the Arizona State Senate from 2019 to 2023,representing District 11. From 2015 to 2019,he was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 11.
Benjamin Cornel Toma is a Romanian-American politician serving as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives for the 27th district. Elected in November 2016,he assumed office in January 2017. He was selected to be Speaker of the House in 2022,taking office in 2023. From 2021 to 2023,Toma served as majority leader of the Arizona House.
A special election for Arizona's 8th congressional district was held in 2018 subsequent to the resignation of Republican U.S. Representative Trent Franks. Governor Doug Ducey called a special primary election for Tuesday,February 27,2018,and a special general election for the balance of Franks' eighth term for Tuesday,April 24,2018.
Rachel Hope Mitchell is an American attorney serving as the County Attorney for Maricopa County,Arizona since April 2022. She was appointed to the position following the resignation of Allister Adel and won the 2022 special election. In 2019,she briefly served as the acting County Attorney after the appointment of Bill Montgomery to the Arizona Supreme Court. Previously,she was the Chief Deputy County Attorney,and chief of the Special Victims Division.
The 2020 United States presidential election in Arizona was held on Tuesday,November 3,2020,as part of the 2020 United States presidential election,in which all 50 states and the District of Columbia participated. Arizona voters chose 11 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Republican President Donald Trump of Florida and his running mate,incumbent Vice President Mike Pence of Indiana,against Democratic challenger and former Vice President Joe Biden of Delaware and his running mate,United States Senator Kamala Harris of California. The Libertarian nominees were also on the ballot.
The 2022 Arizona Attorney General election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the next attorney general of Arizona concurrently with other federal and state elections. Incumbent Republican attorney general Mark Brnovich was term-limited and could not seek a third term in office. With a margin of 0.01%,Democrat Kris Mayes defeated Republican Abe Hamadeh in one of the closest elections in Arizona history,and the closest attorney general race of the 2022 election cycle. The race is also believed to be the only election directly affected by the deaths of anti-vaccine advocates from COVID-19.
The 2022 Arizona elections were held in the state of Arizona on November 8,2022,coinciding with the nationwide general election. All six executive offices were up for election,as well as a U.S. Senate seat,all of the state's U.S. House of Representatives seats,and the state legislature.
The 2021 Maricopa County presidential ballot audit,commonly referred to as the Arizona audit,was an examination of ballots cast in Maricopa County during the 2020 United States presidential election in Arizona initiated by Republicans in the Arizona State Senate and executed by private firms. Begun in April 2021,the audit stirred controversy due to extensive previous efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the election and due to assertions of rule violations and irregularities in the conduct of the recount,leading to claims that the audit was essentially a disinformation campaign. In June 2021,Maggie Haberman of The New York Times and Charles Cooke of National Review reported Trump had told associates that based on the results of the audit,he would be reinstated as president in August 2021.
Adrian Fontes is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party,he has served as the Secretary of State of Arizona since 2023,after defeating Republican nominee Mark Finchem in 2022. Fontes previously served as the Maricopa County Recorder from 2017 to 2021.
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