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The secretary of state of Arizona is an elected position in the U.S. state of Arizona. Since Arizona does not have a lieutenant governor, the secretary stands first in the line of succession to the governorship. [1] The secretary also serves as acting governor whenever the governor is incapacitated or out of state.
Adrian Fontes (born April 3, 1970) [2] [3] is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as the Secretary of State of Arizona since 2023, [4] after defeating Republican nominee Mark Finchem in 2022. [5]
Hobbs is the first social worker to be elected governor of a U.S. state and is Arizona's fifth female governor. A member of the Democratic Party, she was secretary of state of Arizona from 2019 to 2023 and a member of the Arizona Legislature from 2011 to 2019.
The office of Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes told NBC News that the number of damaged ballots was in flux. Fontes added that "many undamaged ballots" were collected and that voters would ...
Arizona is one of five states that do not have a specified lieutenant governor, so the Secretary of State is the first in line to succeed the Governor in the event of death, disability, resignation, or removal from office. The line of succession also includes the attorney general, state treasurer, and superintendent of public instruction.
A member of the Republican Party, he has been a member of the Arizona Senate since 2023. He previously was a member of the state Senate from 1999 to 2007, and president of the state Senate from 2003 to 2007. He was Secretary of State of Arizona from 2009 to 2015. He unsuccessfully ran for governor of Arizona in the 2014 and 2018 elections. [1]
Here's where Arizona's secretary of state candidates stand on elections. The secretary of state oversees election management in Arizona, including testing the accuracy of the voting machines the ...
In March 2021, Finchem announced he would run for Secretary of State of Arizona in the 2022 election. [23] He received Donald Trump's endorsement in September 2021 and won the Republican primary on August 2, 2022. [10] [24] Finchem is a member of the America First Secretary of State Coalition.