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Terry Goddard, Democrat

Current office: Attorney General

Birth place: Tucson, AZ (01/29/1947)
Home city: Phoenix, AZ

Education: JD, Arizona State University College of Law, 1976 BA, American History, Harvard University, 1969.

Profession: Arizona State Director, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1995-2002 Attorney, Bryan Cave, 1991-1994 Assistant Attorney General, Arizona Attorney General's Office, 1976-1982 Commissioned Officer, United States Navy, 1970-1972.

Political: Attorney General, State of Arizona, 2002-present Mayor, City of Phoenix, 1984-1990.

Membership: Board, Central Arizona Project, 2001-2003 President/Board Member, National League of Cities, 1985-1990 Board, United States Conference of Mayors, 1985-1990 National Advisory Board, State and Local Legal Center, Washington, DC. Board Member, Benton Foundation, 1999-present Board Member, Arizona Theater Company, 1992-present Trustee, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1992-2001 Board Member, Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, 1995-1999 Board Member, Arizona Housing, Incorporated Herberger Center for Design Excellence Board Member, Kronos Longevity Research Institute Board Member, Meta Services.

First elected: 11/05/2002

Family: Wife: Monica; 1 Child: Kevin.


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Political notebook : Brewer's situation bears resemblance to Mofford's

Arizona Daily Star 8.2.09 12:00 AM | A beehive hairdo. No heavy makeup. And she's not a Democrat. But in some important ways, Gov. Jan Brewer looks a lot like one of her predecessors — Gov. Rose Mofford.
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Employer sanctions law meets challenge

Arizona Daily Star 7.28.09 12:00 AM | PHOENIX — The nation's largest business group is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to quash Arizona's employer-sanctions law, at least in part to prevent the idea from spreading.
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Hiker in trail killing freed; appeal looms

Arizona Republic 7.22.09 12:00 AM | A retired Tolleson teacher whose second-degree murder conviction was overturned walked out prison Tuesday and rejoined his family after serving three years of a 10-year sentence.
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Man who shot hiker is free pending a possible retrial

Arizona Daily Star 7.22.09 12:00 AM | FLAGSTAFF — An Arizona man who spent nearly three years in prison for fatally shooting a fellow hiker near Payson — an act for which he claimed self-defense — was released from custody around noon...
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Man in fatal hiking-trail shooting released from Buckeye prison

Arizona Republic 7.21.09 6:50 PM | Harold Fish claimed he acted in self-defense when he shot Grant Kuenzli in May 2004.
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Arizona man in self-defense case out of prison

Arizona Daily Star 7.21.09 12:00 AM | A 62-year-old man who spent nearly three years in prison after being convicted in a fatal shooting and is being released from custody Tuesday, his attorney said.
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Arizona AG layoffs include workers in Tucson office

Arizona Daily Star 7.20.09 12:00 AM | Seven months after eliminating 20 jobs, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard announced Monday he is slashing another 29 people from his staff, including 12 attorneys.
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Fraud 'flags' unfurling

Arizona Daily Star 7.19.09 12:00 AM | Federal regulators will begin enforcing a new rule Aug. 1 that requires certain businesses to have measures in place to prevent customers from using phony identities to purchase goods and services.
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Does MACE unit fight corruption or political foes?

Arizona Republic 7.19.09 12:00 AM | The spectacle of Maricopa County officials investigating and suing one another may seem to some an expensive form of political theater.
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Ariz. takes action vs. firms

Arizona Daily Star 7.16.09 12:00 AM | Prosecutors announced legal actions Wednesday against alleged sham loan-modification consultants.
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