Arizona’s new Secretary of State is Ken Bennett. He is being sworn in on the afternoon of January 26. He had been on the Prescott city council, and then had served 8 years in the State Senate. He left the State Senate in early 2007 because of term limits. He is a Republican. He was appointed because the previous Secretary of State, Jan Brewer, had been sworn in as Governor on January 21. Arizona doesn’t have a Lieutenant Governor, and provides that the Secretary of State becomes Governor when the previous Governor leaves in the middle of the term. Previous Governor Janet Napolitano resigned to serve in the federal cabinet.
I like what I hear about Jan Brewer. However, my note is on another subject. Can you tell me the story about “Third Party Watch”? Two weeks and nothing new on the site.
Two previous female secretaries of state have become Arizona’s governor in recent years. This was necessitated when Gov. Evan Mechem was removed from office and Gov. Fife Symington was forced to resign.
Does this mean that the federal case will now be called Bennett v. Nader?
Arizona is the first state ever to have three women governors in a row. Jane Hull, Janet Napolitano, and Jan Brewer.