UA's notable politicians
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Check out these notable achievers who went to the UA.
Ron Barber
UpdatedGraduated from UA in: 1967
Why he's famous: Politics — U.S. House of Representatives
Notable accomplishment: Barber was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona.
Betsey Bayless
UpdatedGraduated from UA in: 1966
Why she's famous: Politics — Secretary of State
Notable accomplishment: Bayless was the Secretary of State of Arizona from late 1997-early 2003.
Terry Bracy
UpdatedGraduated from UA in: 1966
Why he's famous: Politics
Notable accomplishment: Bracy worked as an aide to Congressman Morris K. Udall between 1966-76. He also served under four U.S. presidents.
Richard Carmona
UpdatedGraduated from UA in: 1998 — Master's degree in public health
Why he's famous: Politics — U.S. Surgeon General
Notable accomplishment: Carmona served as the 17th Surgeon General of the U.S. from 2002-06.
Raul H. Castro
UpdatedGraduated from UA in: 1949
Why he's famous: Politics — U.S. Ambassador; Governor of Arizona
Notable accomplishment: Castro served as the U.S. Ambassador to Argentina from 1977-80. He also served as the 14th Governor of Arizona from 1975-77.
Richard Harvey Chambers
UpdatedGraduated from UA in: 1929
Why he's famous: Politics — U.S. Federal Judge
Notable accomplishment: Chambers served as federal judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1959-76, which is the longest term served by a federal judge in the history of the Ninth Circuit.
Dennis DeConcini
UpdatedGraduated from UA in: 1959
Why he's famous: Politics — U.S. Senate
Notable accomplishment: DeConcini served as a U.S. Senator from Arizona between 1977-95.
David Dewhurst
UpdatedGraduated from UA in: 1967
Why he's famous: Politics — Lieutenant Governor of Texas
Notable accomplishment: Dewhurst has been the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Texas since 2003.
Bob Dole
UpdatedBegan at UA in: 1949
Why he's famous: Politics — U.S. Senate
Notable accomplishment: Dole represented Kansas in the U.S. Senate from 1969-96 and ran for president in 1996, losing to incumbent President Bill Clinton.
Paul Fannin
UpdatedBegan at UA in: 1925
Why he's famous: Politics — U.S. Senate; Governor
Notable accomplishment: Fannin served as the 11th Governor of Arizona from 1959-65. He then served as a U.S. Senator from Arizona between 1965-77.
Samuel Pearson Goddard Jr.
UpdatedGraduated from UA in: 1949 — Law degree
Why he's famous: Politics — Governor
Notable accomplishment: Goddard Jr. was the 12th Governor of Arizona. He served from 1965-67.
Barry Goldwater
UpdatedHonorary UA alumnus in: 1969
Why he's famous: Politics — Senator
Notable accomplishment: Goldwater served as a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona between 1953-65 and then again from 1969-87. He also ran for president as the Republican nominee in the 1964 election.
Raúl Grijalva
UpdatedGraduated from UA in: 1971
Why he's famous: Politics — congress
Notable accomplishment: Grijalva has served as the U.S. representative of Arizona's 3rd congressional district since 2003.
Jon Kyl
UpdatedGraduated from UA in: 1964
Why he's famous: Politics — U.S. Senate
Notable accomplishment: Kyl served as a U.S. Senator from Arizona between 1995-2013.
Lorna Lockwood
UpdatedGraduated from UA in: 1923
Why she's famous: Politics — Supreme Court
Notable accomplishment: Lockwood was the first woman to become a chief justice of a state Supreme Court. She served in Arizona.
John Shadegg
UpdatedGraduated from UA in: 1972
Why he's famous: Politics — U.S. Representative
Notable accomplishment: Shadegg was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona's 3rd congressional district from 1995-2011.
Morris K. Udall
UpdatedGraduated from UA in: 1949
Why he's famous: Politics — House of Representatives
Notable accomplishment: Udall was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 30 years, 1961-91.
Stewart Udall
UpdatedGraduated from UA in: 1948
Why he's famous: Politics — U.S. House of Representatives
Notable accomplishment: Udall was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona. He then became the 37th U.S. Secretary of the Interior, under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
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