With Jan Brewer’s impending vacation and a budget waiting for either a signature or a veto, I got a call wondering if an appointed secretary of state can be an “acting governor.” As many of us know, an appointed secretary of state can’t be appointed governor in the case of a permanent vacancy. We last [...]
I was on an airplane so I missed the ceremony that Jan Brewer held for her swearing in. It led me to wonder how many other appointed governors have held similar coronations.
I called around to some folks that were around for the swearing ins of Bruce Babbitt, Rose Mofford and Jane Dee Hull. All three, [...]
Today is the birthday of former Attorney General, Governor and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt.
Babbitt was elected Attorney General of Arizona in 1974, the last Democrat elected to that office until Janet Napolitano won in 1998. He served as governor of Arizona from the death in 1978 of Governor Wesley Bolin until 1987 when he made [...]
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