Brewer in the Oval Office of the White House on June 3, 2010.
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Date of birth | September 26, 1944(age 72) | Place of birth | Hollywood, California, U.S. | Political party | Republican Party | Spouse | John Brewer | Residence | Glendale | Alma mater | Glendale Community College | Profession | Radiologic technologist | Religion | Lutheran Church � Missouri Synod | Assumed office | January 21, 2009 | Preceded by | Janet Napolitano | In office | January 7, 2003 - January 21, 2009 | Governor | Janet Napolitano | Succeeded by | Ken Bennett | Preceded by | Betsey Bayless | In office | January 3, 1997 - January 7, 2003 | Succeeded by | Max Wilson | Preceded by | Ed King | In office | January 6, 1987 - January 3, 1997 | Succeeded by | Scott Bundgaard | Preceded by | William Davis | In office | January 3, 1983 - January 6, 1987 | Succeeded by | Don Kenney | Preceded by | Jane Dee Hull |
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Janice Kay "Jan" Brewer (born September 26, 1944) is the 22nd and current Governor of the U.S. state of Arizona and a member of the Republican Party. She is the fourth woman, and third consecutive woman, to hold the office. Brewer previously served as Secretary of State of Arizona, from January 2003 until then-Governor Janet Napolitano resigned after being selected as Secretary of Homeland Security in January 2009. Brewer became Governor of Arizona as part of the line of succession, as determined by the Arizona constitution.
Born in California, Brewer is a graduate of Glendale Community College. She has served as a State Senator and State Representative for Arizona, from 1983 to 1996. Brewer also served as Chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, before running for Arizona Secretary of State in 2002.
Brewer came into the national spotlight when, on April 23, 2010, she signed the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act. The act makes it a state misdemeanor crime for an alien to be in Arizona without carrying registration documents required by federal law, authorizes state and local law enforcement of federal immigration laws, and cracks down on those sheltering, hiring and transporting illegal aliens. Brewer sought a full term as Governor of Arizona in the 2010 Arizona gubernatorial election, and was elected on November 3, 2010, winning with 55% of the vote over Democrat Terry Goddard's 42%.
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