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Kris Mayes
Born September 6, 1971 (53 years)
Kristin Kay Mayes (born September 6, 1971) is an American attorney, reporter, and politician who is the Arizona Attorney General. A member of the Democratic Party, Mayes was elected in 2022, defeating Republican Abraham Hamadeh by a margin of just 280 votes in one of the closest elections in the state's history. Previously Mayes was a professor of practice at Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law and chair of the Arizona Corporation Commission.
Mayes is the second woman elected Arizona Attorney General (after Janet Napolitano), the third openly lesbian woman elected attorney general of a state in the United States (after Maura Healey and Dana Nessel), and the second openly LGBT person elected to statewide office in Arizona (after Kyrsten Sinema).
Mayes is the second woman elected Arizona Attorney General (after Janet Napolitano), the third openly lesbian woman elected attorney general of a state in the United States (after Maura Healey and Dana Nessel), and the second openly LGBT person elected to statewide office in Arizona (after Kyrsten Sinema).
Filmography
| 2024 | Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The Rachel Maddow Show (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |