Governor of Arizona
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The Arizona Governor's power is established by Article 5 of the Arizona Constitution. They are elected for four year terms, but may not serve more than two consecutive terms (part of a term counts as a full term). The governor must be at least 25 years old, have been a US citizen for ten years and an Arizona citizen for five years. The governor has a line-item veto on money appropriations, but otherwise the veto power and procedure is the same as for the president of the United States. (However, they can not veto emergency measures or bills that were voted for by the people in a referendum.) In the event of a vacancy in the office, the Arizona Secretary of State, if elected, succeeds to the office (otherwise the next elected state officer succeeds). If impeached the governor is suspended, and the next elected officer in the line of succession becomes acting governor.
There have been 21 people who have served as governor, in 25 distinct terms. Arizona is one of only two states to have elected women of both parties to the governorship, is the only state where a woman has succeeded a woman as governor, and has had the most female governors in the country with three.
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