Terry Goddard
Terry Goddard was born in Tucson, Arizona, United States on January 29th, 1947 and is the American Attorney And Politician. At the age of 77, Terry Goddard biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Goddard's first serious foray into electoral politics came in 1982, when he led the successful push for members of the Phoenix City Council to be elected from districts, instead of by a majority of all voters citywide. This allowed minorities from certain parts of Phoenix to be elected and represent their home areas and giving those areas a voice on the council. The next election saw the election of the city's first Latino and African-American to the council in over a decade. The measure is credited with significantly opening up Phoenix city government, and in 1983, Goddard was elected mayor. Within a decade, all of the members of the City Council who had been elected at-large, and who had been considered unbeatable under the previous system, were no longer serving on the council. Goddard was re-elected four times, serving through 1990, when he resigned to run for governor. In 1988, he was elected president of the National League of Cities.
In 1990, Goddard sought and won the Arizona Democratic Party's nomination for Governor of Arizona, but was defeated in a runoff by Fife Symington, who, after winning a second term, resigned in 1997 amid charges of bank fraud. Goddard again sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 1994, losing the primary to Eddie Basha Jr.
Goddard served as Arizona State Director for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1995 to 2002 and in 2000, he was elected to the Central Arizona Water Conservation District, which oversees the Central Arizona Project, where he currently serves at the President. In the non-partisan election in which the top five candidates are elected, Goddard came first, with 403,568 votes (19.74%).
In 2002, Goddard decided to enter the race for Attorney General of Arizona to succeed fellow Democrat Janet Napolitano, who was running for governor. He was elected that year with a greater margin than Napolitano received for governor, receiving over 50% of the vote; he and a number of other candidates for office that year ran publicly financed campaigns under Arizona's Clean Elections program.
Goddard was re-elected to the office of attorney general in 2006 with 60% of the vote. After Napolitano resigned to become United States Secretary of Homeland Security in January 2009 and was succeeded by Secretary of State Jan Brewer, Goddard was next in line to succeed Brewer. Although the secretary of state is ordinarily next in line to succeed the governor, new Secretary of State Ken Bennett had been appointed and was not eligible, so Goddard was next in line to succeed Brewer.
Later political career
In 2010, Goddard ran for Governor of Arizona, and was unopposed in the Democratic party primary, going on to challenge incumbent Governor Jan Brewer in the general election. Earlier that year, in April 2010, Brewer had controversially signed into law Arizona SB 1070, which received national attention for its strict enforcement of immigration laws. Only one debate was held during the general election campaign. Goddard was unsuccessful in his attempt to defeat Brewer, losing by a nearly 12-point margin.
In 2014, Goddard ran for Secretary of State of Arizona, with the incumbent Republican Secretary of State Ken Bennett not able to run for reelection due to term limits. Goddard was unopposed in the Democratic primary, and was challenged by Republican State Senator Michele Reagan. Reagan defeated Goddard in the general election, by a narrow margin.