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Jan Brewer

Brewer in the Oval Office of the White House on June 3, 2010.
Personal data
Date of birthSeptember 26, 1944(age 72)
Place of birthHollywood, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican Party
SpouseJohn Brewer
ResidenceGlendale
Alma materGlendale Community College
ProfessionRadiologic technologist
ReligionLutheran Church � Missouri Synod
22nd Governor of Arizona
Assumed officeJanuary 21, 2009
Preceded byJanet Napolitano
18th Secretary of State of Arizona
In officeJanuary 7, 2003 - January 21, 2009
GovernorJanet Napolitano
Succeeded byKen Bennett
Preceded byBetsey Bayless
Member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors
In officeJanuary 3, 1997 - January 7, 2003
Succeeded byMax Wilson
Preceded byEd King
Member of the Arizona Senate
from the 19th district
In officeJanuary 6, 1987 - January 3, 1997
Succeeded byScott Bundgaard
Preceded byWilliam Davis
Member of the
Arizona House of Representatives
from the 19th district
In officeJanuary 3, 1983 - January 6, 1987
Succeeded byDon Kenney
Preceded byJane 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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