Michele Reagan
| Michele Reagan | |
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| 20th Secretary of State of Arizona | |
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Assumed office January 5, 2015 |
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| Governor | Doug Ducey |
| Preceded by | Ken Bennett |
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October 13, 1969 Rockford, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Illinois State University (BA) |
Michele Reagan (born October 13, 1969) is an American Republican politician who is the 20th and current Arizona Secretary of State, succeeding Ken Bennett in 2015.
A native of Rockford, Illinois and a graduate of Illinois State University she first moved to Arizona in 1991 with her family and opened a FASTSIGNS.
Reagan graduated from Illinois State University and was named by the Aspen Institute to its Rodel Fellowship, a program designed to bring together elected officials who have demonstrated an outstanding ability to work responsibly across partisan divisions and bring greater civility to public discourse.
Reagan was first elected to the Arizona State House in 2002. She was first elected to the Arizona State Senate in 2010. She was named Chair of the Commerce Committee in the House, and later, Chair of the Economic Development and Jobs Creation Committee in the Senate. Michele Reagan also contributed to the formation of the first Senate Elections Committee, of which she served as Committee Chair. Michele Reagan was elected to serve as Arizona's 20th Secretary of State in 2014.
Reagan voted in support of a bill that was referred as the “birther bill” in 2011, which required candidates to prove their citizenship to the secretary of state of Arizona, and bill 1062, a controversial religious freedom bill that was vetoed by Governor Jan Brewer.
Reagan has earned her numerous awards and accolades including: Small Business Guardian from the National Federation of Independent Business, the Eye of the Eagle award from the Arizona Small Business Association and the Best Legislator in 2008 from the Arizona Capitol Times. Additionally, she was named one of the 50 most Influential Women in Arizona by AZBusiness Magazine in 2013. She has also received recognition from The Wish List, a Republican organization working to elect pro-choice Republican women, and that works closely with the Republican Majority for Choice. In 2012, she was rated 60% by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona and 50% by NARAL/Arizona Right to Choose indicating a mixed record on abortion, but was rated 0% by Planned Parenthood in 2014 indicating a pro-life record in that year.
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