Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona,with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States and the most populous state capital in the country.
Tempe is a city in Maricopa County,Arizona,United States,with the Census Bureau reporting a 2020 population of 180,587. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix;it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west,Scottsdale and the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community on the north,Chandler on the south,and Mesa on the east. Tempe is also the location of the main campus of Arizona State University.
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,Arizona. Created by the Arizona Constitution upon statehood in 1912,the Arizona State Legislature met biennially until 1950. Today,they meet annually.
The Arizona State Senate is part of the Arizona Legislature,the state legislature of the US state of Arizona. The Senate consists of 30 members each representing an average of 219,859 constituents. Members serve two-year terms with term limits that limit Senators to a maximum four consecutive terms before requiring a one-term respite prior to running again. Members of the Republican Party are currently the majority in the Senate. There are currently 16 women serving in the Senate after Raquel Terán was appointed,making it the first time a majority of the body was composed of female members.
Arizona is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States. Arizona is part of the Four Corners region with Utah to the north,Colorado to the northeast,and New Mexico to the east;its other neighboring states are Nevada to the northwest,California to the west and the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest. It is the 6th-largest and the 14th-most-populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix.
Juan Jose Mendez is an American politician and State Senator from Arizona. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Lydia Hernandez is a Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives,serving since January 2023. She previously served from 2013-2014. Hernandez opposes abortion. In 2014,Hernandez was endorsed by Arizona Right to Life,an organization that opposes abortion. In 2013,Hernandez signed the Center for Arizona Policy's "Pro-Life Proclamation where she pledged to "make every effort to secure for preborn children at every stage of development all the rights,privileges,and immunities available to persons,citizens,and residents of this State,until the decisional interpretations of the United States Constitution by the United States Supreme Court provide protection for every human being." Hernandez served on the Financial Institutions and Government committees.
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 a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 15 since January 14,2013. 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 Commissionbut 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.
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.
Juan Guadalupe Ciscomani III is a Mexican-American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 6th congressional district since 2023.
