2018 Arizona Superintendent Of Public Instruction Election
The 2018 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, concurrently with the United States Senate election in Arizona, 2018, election of Arizona's Classes of United States Senators, Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as 2018 United States Senate elections, other elections to the United States Senate in other states and 2018 United States House of Representatives elections, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various 2018 United States elections, state and local elections. Republican primary Candidates Nominee *Frank Riggs, former U.S. representative for (1995–1999), candidate for US Senate for California in United States Senate election in California, 1998, 1998, and candidate for Arizona Governor in Arizona gubernatorial election, 2006, 2006 and Arizona gubernatorial election, 2014, 2014 Eliminated in primary *Tracy Livingston, board member of the Maricopa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kathy Hoffman (45939345954) (cropped)
Kathy Hoffman (born 1985/1986) is an American educator, speech-language pathologist, and politician who served as the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she took her oath of office with her hand placed on top of the book ''Too Many Moose'', which holds special significance for her and her former students. Hoffman narrowly lost reelection in 2022 Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2022. In February 2023, Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College announced Hoffman would join the college to lead special education initiatives. Education and career Hoffman earned a bachelor's degree in Japanese Studies at the University of Oregon in 2009 and a master's degree in speech-language pathology from the University of Arizona in 2013. She taught pre-school before beginning her career as a speech-language pathologist. Before running for office, Hoffman w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Debbie Lesko
Debra Kay Lesko (née Lorenz; born November 14, 1958) is an American politician and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing since 2018. The district is in the West Valley portion of the Phoenix metropolitan area and includes Glendale, Surprise, Sun City, Peoria, and part of western Phoenix. Lesko served in the Arizona Senate from 2015 to 2018. She was president pro tempore of the Arizona Senate from 2017 to 2018. Lesko also served as a member of Arizona House of Representatives from 2009 until 2015. She became the Representative for Arizona's 8th congressional district after winning a 2018 special election. Early life and education Lesko was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and grew up nearby, the daughter of Delores and Don Lorenz. She received a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Wisconsin and in the 1980s moved to Arizona, owning a construction sales business. In 1985, she married Jeffrey Allen Ignas. Legal issues In 1988, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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State Treasurer Of Arizona
The State Treasurer is the state of Arizona’s chief banker and investment officer. The Treasurer’s Office accounts for and manages the cash flows of state government, directs the state’s banking services, disburses public funds, and manages Arizona’s investment portfolio. The state treasurer also serves on the management boards of a number of public entities. The state treasurer is one of six statewide elected officials and serves a term of four years. A person may only serve as state treasurer for two consecutive terms. The Treasurer is third (behind the Secretary of State and Attorney General, respectively) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Arizona A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political .... List of State Treasurers of Arizona References E ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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David Livingston (politician)
David Livingston is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 28. He previously served in the Arizona Senate representing District 22 from 2019 to 2023. He also served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. During the 52nd Legislature of Arizona, Livingston was the House Majority Whip. Livingston announced that he was running for State Treasurer in 2022, but withdrew before the primary. Personal life and education Livingston earned his bachelor's degree in finance from Arizona State University. Livingston is married to Tracy Livingston, a member of the Maricopa County Community College District governing board. Career Livingston was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Arizona, where he supported Ted Cruz. State Senate In February 2019 Livingston introduced SB 1475, which originally would have required teachers and real estate agents (and others who are r ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Drew John
Drew John is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 14 from 2017 to 2019. He also served 4 terms as Graham County Supervisor representing the 1st district. He lost a bid for Arizona State Senate 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 (2009 figures). Members serve two-year terms wi ... to David Gowan in 2018. Elections * 2016 – John and Becky Nutt defeated Democrats Mike Holmes and Jason Lindstrom in the general election, with John receiving 49,914 votes. * 2016 – With Speaker David Gowan and David Stevens term limited, John and Becky Nutt defeated Anthony Sizer and Dennis Barger in the Republican Primary for the Arizona House of Representatives district 14. * 2012 – John was unopposed for reelection to the board of supervisors ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paul Boyer (politician)
Paul D. Boyer is an American politician and a former Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Arizona State Senate representing District 20 from 2019 to 2023. He previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019, including serving as the Chair of the Arizona House of Representatives, Arizona House Education Committee. Early life, education and career Born to Fred and Sharon and a native of Arizona's West Valley (Phoenix metropolitan area), West Valley, Boyer attended Deer Valley High School (Arizona), Deer Valley High School. Boyer earned his bachelor's degree in English studies, English and his Master of Arts, MA in communication studies from Arizona State University at the West campus, Arizona State University West and he teaches 11th grade Humane Letters part-time at North Phoenix Preparatory Academy and previously taught at Veritas Preparatory Academy. Both are part of the Great Hearts Academies. Previously, Boyer served as an off ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Todd Clodfelter
Todd Andrew Clodfelter (born 17 April 1957) is an American politician and Republican former member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 10 in 2016 until he was defeated for reelection in 2018. He is also the owner of Ace Graphics. Education Clodfelter received a bachelor's degree in speech communications from the University of Arizona. Elections * 2016 – Clodfelter and Democrat Kirsten Engel narrowly defeated incumbent Democrat Stefanie Mach in the general election. Clodfelter took the most votes of all three candidates, edging out Engel by 97 votes and Mach by 857 votes. * 2014 – Clodfelter and William Wildish were unopposed in the Republican primary. They were defeated in the general election by Democratic incumbents Bruce Wheeler and Stefanie Mach with Clodfelter receiving 25.1% of the vote. * 2012 – Clodfelter and incumbent Ted Vogt were unopposed in the Republican primary. They were defeated in the general election by Democratic in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vince Leach
Venden "Vince" Leach is an American politician from Arizona. A Republican, he has been a member of the Arizona State Senate since 2019, representing District 11. From 2015 to 2019, he was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 11. Career before politics Originally from Coloma, Wisconsin, Leach received a bachelor's degree in political science/history from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point.Leach looks to take activism to elected office ''In Maricopa'' (July 31, 2014). Leach was a mineral-products salesman in until 2009, when he retired to Arizona.Ray Stern [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kevin Payne (politician)
Kevin Payne is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 27 in 2022. He previously represented District 21 from 2017 to 2023. Elections * 2016 Payne and incumbent Tony Rivero were unopposed in the Republican Primary and went on to defeat Democrat Deanna Rasmussen-Lacotta in the general election. References External links Biographyat Ballotpedia Ballotpedia is a nonprofit and nonpartisan online political encyclopedia that covers federal, state, and local politics, elections, and public policy in the United States. The website was founded in 2007. Ballotpedia is sponsored by the Lucy Bur ... Republican Party members of the Arizona House of Representatives Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American politicians {{Arizona-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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JD Mesnard
Javan Daniel "J.D." Mesnard (born May 15, 1980 in Tampa, Florida) 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. Mesnard spent eight years as a staffer for the Arizona Senate before being elected to the Arizona House of Representatives (where he was Speaker of the House for one term), from District 21 (Chandler, Gilbert, Sun Lakes, Mesa, Queen Creek) from 2011 to 2013, and then from District 17 (Chandler, Gilbert, Sun Lakes) from 2013 to 2019. Mesnard was elected to the state Senate in 2018, and took office in 2019. In the state legislature, Mesnard has opposed Arizona's Medicaid expansion, promoted the expansion of school voucher expansion, and proposed legislation to curtail voting rights by purging voters from the rolls. Education Mesnard is on the adjunct faculty at Mesa Community College. Mesnard earned his bachelor's degree in music composition from ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Karen Fann
Karen Fann (born September 1, 1954) is a Republican member of the Arizona Senate, representing Arizona Legislative District 1. Fann became President of the Arizona Senate in 2019. After Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election and Donald Trump and other Republicans made false claims of electoral fraud, Fann ordered an audit of the election results in Maricopa County. The audit was widely seen as an illegitimate "effort to undermine valid election results". Fann announced in November 2021 that she would not run for re-election when her current term ends in January 2023. Career Fann is the second female Senate President in the history of Arizona. She was first elected in November 2016 to represent Legislative District 1, which covers 8,000 square miles throughout Yavapai County and portions of Maricopa County. She previously served this district from 2011 to 2016 as a State Representative. Fann moved to Prescott at the age of four and has been a life-long Republican. She conti ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sylvia Allen
Sylvia Tenney Allen (born April 2, 1947) is an American politician from Arizona. She was a Republican member of the Arizona State Senate. Education Sylvia Allen holds a high school diploma from Snowflake High School, in Snowflake, Arizona. Career She is a co-founder and co-owner of George Washington Academy, LLC, a charter school in Snowflake, Arizona. She served as a Navajo County Supervisor. A Republican party activist, in 2008 she was appointed to the Arizona State Senate following the departure of Senator Jake Flake. A resident of Snowflake, Arizona, she first represented the 5th legislative district. Following her appointment, she was elected in her own right in 2008. In the 2009–10 legislature, she was a member of four standing committees: Appropriations; Education Accountability and Reform; Natural Resources, Infrastructure, and Public Debt; and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Welfare. She served as chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Health a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |