Kris Mayes
Kris Mayes | |
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Mayes in 2022 | |
| 27th Attorney General of Arizona | |
| Assumed office January 2, 2023 | |
| Governor | Katie Hobbs |
| Preceded by | Mark Brnovich |
| Chair of the Arizona Corporation Commission | |
| In office January 2009 – December 31, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Gleason |
| Succeeded by | Gary Pierce |
| Member of the Arizona Corporation Commission | |
| In office October 2003 – December 31, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | James Irvin |
| Succeeded by | Brenda Burns |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 6, 1971 Prescott, Arizona, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican (before 2019) Democratic (2019–present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Arizona State University, Tempe (BA, JD) Columbia University (MPA) |
| Website | Government website |
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).