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POLITICOS
OF THE 48TH STATE
Think you know your Governors, Senators, and Political Notables? Try your hand at this populist puzzle, and if you’ve got the answers, send ‘em in for a special prize!
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2) This longtime Senator, born in Panama, ran for President against Barack Obama and is known as “the Maverick.”
3) This Senator Jon (originally from Ne- braska) ended up becoming Senate Minority Whip dur- ing the Obama Ad- ministration.
5) This 3rd Gover- nor referred to him- self as the “ugliest man in Arizona,” not to be confused with a flathead screw- driver, he did steady the state during the Great Depression.
7) This 19th Gover-
nor was elected in
1990, yet couldn’t
beat extortion and
bank fraud charges
related to his Mer-
cado development
(site of ASU’s down-
town Phoenix cam-
pus) and resigned
halfway through his second term; he was later pardoned by Bill Clinton.
12) This Texan attended the Arizona Normal School (now ASU) even though his first name, Rawghlie, might be considered a little odd; he later was Chief Justice on the Arizona Su- preme Court.
14) An organizer of the Tucson Civic Chorus and the Tucson Watercolor Guild, he was in the Governor’s seat for just two years, but was instrumental in the Colorado River Basin Project.
15) A Flagstaff native son, he became Governor after the death of Wesley Bolin and won two terms on his own; he also ran for US President and served as the Secretary of the Interior under Bill Clinton.
17) The second man to hold the office, the first Republican and first native-born Governor (from Prescott), he held office for nearly a year before the disputed election of 1917 was awarded to George Hunt by the state courts; he ran again in 1919 and won two terms.
18) Not to be confused with Fidel, this Governor, the first of Mexican descent, was appointed ambassador to Argentina by Jimmy Carter.
19) This Democratic Senator, along with John McCain, was known as being among the “Keat- ing Five” for his involvement in the Savings & Loan Crisis of the 1980s; while no illegality was found by his colleagues in the Senate, he did not seek another term following.
20) The fourth Governor of the state, as a doctor, he was credited with having delivered “most of the babies born in Tempe for 36 years.”
22) A civil engineer and owner of several pharmacies in Phoenix & Tucson, keeping up with this Governor might take some doing.
24) Originally from Vicksburg, Mississippi, this railroad worker ascended to the Governorship like quite a few of his ilk: by being Secretary of State.
25) This spunky beehive wearing governor from Globe had once ran basketball with the All American Red Heads and worked her way up through the Capitol after first being hired as an office secretary.
26) This finger-waggin Jan was the bane of Obama when she went toe-to-toe with the Presi- dent over the efficacy of the Affordable Care Act; she also signed the controversial Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act (SB1070).
27) During his tenure, this Governor increased funding for public schools, equalized property taxes, and established the state’s first medical school; he also took over Barry Goldwater’s Senate seat.
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1) A Jack of radio, he was a two-term Mayor of Phoenix and a three-term Governor who opposed daylight savings time and was nearly recalled in an effort led by Cesar Chavez after signing a farm bill into law.
4) This elementary school teacher was first elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 1978, ascended to Secretary of State in 1994, and was sworn in as Governor by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor when Fife got his court papers served.
6) This George Wylie was the first Governor of Arizona, serving a total of 7 terms, and was known statewide as “the Old Walrus.”
8) A consummate politician, this man is the only Arizonan to serve in the highest office of all three branches of government — a US Senate Major- ity leader, an Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice, and Governor; he is also remembered as one of the “Fathers of the GI Bill;” not to be confused with Seth of American Dad fame.
9) A former Attorney General, this Democratic Governor was ranked as the 9th Most Powerful Woman in the World in 2012 by Forbes Magazine when she was serving as Secretary of Homeland Security under Barack Obama.
10) The only Arizona Governor to be elected to four terms, he first worked as a page for the Territorial Legislature before being elected Secretary of State three times; his no-nonsense governing style was exemplified by his mandate of having all of the state’s public officials turn in signed but undated resignation letters — if they became an embarrassment to the state, he would date the letter and announce the official’s resignation.
11) This Phoenician was born when Arizona was but a territory, and he became a five-term Senator (chairing the Armed Services and Intelligence Committees), and was nominated for US President in 1964.
13) This young Senator from Snowflake recently gave an eloquent yet damning speech about the current President of the United States; he is known for tearing up earmarked legislation.
16) This 15th Governor of Arizona served only five months in office yet had been Secretary of State for 28 years.
19) The 23rd Governor of Arizona, born in Toledo, Ohio, he worked at Anheuser Busch in college, Proctor & Gamble after graduating with a degree in finance, and then became CEO of Coldstone Creamery; he also served as State Treasurer under Jan Brewer.
21) Appointed to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan, this former cattle rancher gave the deciding vote to halt the Florida recount in the 2000 Presidential election.
23) No Gomer here, just the state’s 9th Governor from Wyoming of all places; possibly remembered by listeners of KTAR, of which he was program director.
25) This part-time newspaper publisher and automobile dealer advanced to become Arizona’s 17th Governor in a nail-biting three-way race between Public Education Su- perintendent Carolyn Warner and real estate developer Bill Schulz; he would later be im- peached for obstruction of justice and misuse of government funds.
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