Why does Arizona have so many female politicians/potential politicians?

[Kingpoleon]

List of prominent ones:
Republican:
- Jan Brewer
- Meghan McCain
- Michele Reagan
- Christine Jones
- Kelli Ward
- Diane Douglas
- Angela Ducey
- Susan Bitter-Smith
- Sylvia Allen
- Gail Griffin
- Kimberly Yee
- Sarah Palin
- Laura Ingraham

Democratic:
- Janet Napolitano
- Ann Kirkpatrick
- Gabrielle Giffords
- Kyrsten Sinema
- Alexis Tameron
- Katie Hobbs
- Sandra D. Kennedy
- Rebecca Rios
- Victoria Steele
- Adelita Grijalva(school board member)
- Sharon Wolcott(Surprise Mayor)

Why are there so many prominent Arizona females? Not many states beside NH have that many female politicians.

[Heisenberg]

Interesting, never gave it that much thought. For the Republicans, you can add Wendy Rogers (perennial Congressional candidate), Rep. Martha McSally, Marilyn Quayle, and Katie Pavlich, a far right journalist who apparently wants to primary McCain in 2022 (if he runs again). Speaking of which, if McCain retires, term-limited Doug Ducey (assuming he's reelected) is the frontrunner for the seat, right? Pavlich is as unelectable as Laura Ingraham.

[Kingpoleon]

Interesting, never gave it that much thought. For the Republicans, you can add Wendy Rogers (perennial Congressional candidate), Rep. Martha McSally, Marilyn Quayle, and Katie Pavlich, a far right journalist who apparently wants to primary McCain in 2022 (if he runs again). Speaking of which, if McCain retires, term-limited Doug Ducey (assuming he's reelected) is the frontrunner for the seat, right? Pavlich is as unelectable as Laura Ingraham.

I'd assume McCain's successor would be Michele Reagan, Meghan McCain, Marths McSally, or maybe Ben Quayle. Kirkpatrick or Giffords would be likely if there's a GOP incumbent President. Ducey doesn't seem ambitious enough to run for Senate - I could see him pulling a Sanford and running for a safe House seat.

[Figueira]

The West in general was historically a bastion of women's rights, comparatively.

[Kingpoleon]

The West in general was historically a bastion of women's rights, comparatively.

Susanna Martinez is the only recent female Senator/Governor I can think of from these states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. After googling it, Judy Martz, too.

[Heisenberg]

The West in general was historically a bastion of women's rights, comparatively.

Susanna Martinez is the only recent female Senator/Governor I can think of from these states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. After googling it, Judy Martz, too.

Arizona has had a ton of female governors: Jan Brewer, Janet Napolitano, and at least one other before (can't remember). Ducey is the first male governor of Arizona in quite a while.

[The Arizonan]

It should be noted that Sandra Day O'Connor, the first lady on the Supreme Court, is also from the Grand Canyon State, though she was born in Texas.

[jamestroll]

Also, in the 1998 General Election, Arizona was the first state to elect females to all statewide executive offices. This included Janet Napolitano, who won her Attorney General election by 3 percent, while Republican's won by massive margins in other contests.

[The Arizonan]

Also, in the 1998 General Election, Arizona was the first state to elect females to all statewide executive offices. This included Janet Napolitano, who won her Attorney General election by 3 percent, while Republican's won by massive margins in other contests.

There is still one last glass ceiling: a Senate seat.

[Vosem]

Also, in the 1998 General Election, Arizona was the first state to elect females to all statewide executive offices. This included Janet Napolitano, who won her Attorney General election by 3 percent, while Republican's won by massive margins in other contests.

There is still one last glass ceiling: a Senate seat.

Presumably McSally breaks it after McCain retires in 2022?

[Heisenberg]

Also, in the 1998 General Election, Arizona was the first state to elect females to all statewide executive offices. This included Janet Napolitano, who won her Attorney General election by 3 percent, while Republican's won by massive margins in other contests.

There is still one last glass ceiling: a Senate seat.

Presumably McSally breaks it after McCain retires in 2022?

First she has to win reelection this year (likely, but for some reason I'm worried about this seat, it has a long Blue Dog history and she only narrowly won in 2014 IIRC). After, she'll be the likely front runner for McCains seat if Ducey says no. I'm really scared that the GOP will nominate an idiot like Ingraham or Pavlich for either seat in the future. That's a sure way to throw the seats away.

[Kingpoleon]

The West in general was historically a bastion of women's rights, comparatively.

Susanna Martinez is the only recent female Senator/Governor I can think of from these states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. After googling it, Judy Martz, too.

Arizona has had a ton of female governors: Jan Brewer, Janet Napolitano, and at least one other before (can't remember). Ducey is the first male governor of Arizona in quite a while.

I meant to exclude Arizona. Oops. You're thinking of Jane Dee Hull.

[Figueira]

The West in general was historically a bastion of women's rights, comparatively.

Susanna Martinez is the only recent female Senator/Governor I can think of from these states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. After googling it, Judy Martz, too.

Right, but those states were the first to have women's suffrage. Also the first woman in the House was from Montana.

[Heisenberg]

The West in general was historically a bastion of women's rights, comparatively.

Susanna Martinez is the only recent female Senator/Governor I can think of from these states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. After googling it, Judy Martz, too.

Right, but those states were the first to have women's suffrage. Also the first woman in the House was from Montana.

Jeanette Rankin ran for the House before women could vote, therefore, she couldn't even vote for herself. Her brother was very supportive, and ran her campaign. Soon after she was elected, the 19th amendment was ratified, making Rankin the only woman to vote to give women the right to vote. In addition to being a womens' suffrage activist, she was also a lifelong, devoted pacifist, voting against WWI (in her first term), and WWII (when she returned to the House, being the only member to vote against declaration of war against Japan). House leadership was not happy, and was upset that she kept the vote from being unanimous. When they took a vote on whether or not to declare war against Germany, she was briefly censored IIRC. She did not run for reelection, and years later, when interviewed, she stated that she was disappointed that more people remember her for being the sole vote against WWII (in the Pacific) than for being the only woman to vote to give women the right to vote.

[Ebsy]

So, no one mentioned publicly financed elections?

[The Arizonan]

You know what's ironic? How none of the states in the Rocky Mountain West have elected a female senator.

[hopper]

The West in general was historically a bastion of women's rights, comparatively.

Susanna Martinez is the only recent female Senator/Governor I can think of from these states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. After googling it, Judy Martz, too.

Olene Walker was appointed Governor of Utah in 2003-2004 after Mike Leavitt went to become "The Director Of The US Environmental Protection Agency".

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

The West in general was historically a bastion of women's rights, comparatively.

Susanna Martinez is the only recent female Senator/Governor I can think of from these states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. After googling it, Judy Martz, too.

Right, but those states were the first to have women's suffrage. Also the first woman in the House was from Montana.

Jeanette Rankin ran for the House before women could vote, therefore, she couldn't even vote for herself. Her brother was very supportive, and ran her campaign.

Montana passed women's suffrage two years before Rankin was elected. This article details her role in the 1914 vote for women's suffrage in Montana.

http://billingsgazette.com/news/government-and-politics/jeannette-rankin-and-the-path-to-women-s-suffrage-in/article_83307d2b-2888-558d-9e1d-907d6518101f.html

[Zioneer]

The West in general was historically a bastion of women's rights, comparatively.

Susanna Martinez is the only recent female Senator/Governor I can think of from these states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. After googling it, Judy Martz, too.

Right, but those states were the first to have women's suffrage. Also the first woman in the House was from Montana.

Jeanette Rankin ran for the House before women could vote, therefore, she couldn't even vote for herself. Her brother was very supportive, and ran her campaign.

Montana passed women's suffrage two years before Rankin was elected. This article details her role in the 1914 vote for women's suffrage in Montana.

http://billingsgazette.com/news/government-and-politics/jeannette-rankin-and-the-path-to-women-s-suffrage-in/article_83307d2b-2888-558d-9e1d-907d6518101f.html

Utah passed women's suffrage while it was still a territory. In fact, many polygamous wives supported women's suffrage despite also supporting polygamy. The first female state senator in the US was Martha Hughes Cannon, who was a former polygamous wife.