Mark Z. Barabak: In the desert, history blooms as Arizona tops records with a fifth female governor
by Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times
Jan 06, 2023
3 minutes
Forget, for a happy moment, Arizona's ungodly heat and the abundance of wackadoodles who've made it a thriving center of election denialism and other political buffoonery.
The state, which has a proud history of going its own way, boasts another, more salutary distinction: When Democrat Katie Hobbs was inaugurated Thursday, it marked the formal installation of Arizona's fifth female governor, a number that easily surpasses that of any other state.
(Hobbs took the oath of office Monday as required by
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