Jane Dee Hull

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Jane Dee Hull (née Bowersock; August 8, 1935 – April 16, 2020) was an American politician and educator. She was the 20th governor of Arizona, serving from 1997 to 2003. She ascended to the office following the resignation of Fife Symington; Hull was elected in her own right in the 1998 Arizona gubernatorial election over Paul Johnson and served one term before being constitutionally term-limited in 2002, succeeded by Janet Napolitano. She was the first woman formally elected as Governor of Arizona, and the second woman to serve in the office, after Rose Mofford. She was a member of the Republican Party. Prior to becoming governor, she was also a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, House Majority Whip, Speaker of the House, and Secretary of State of Arizona, becoming the first Republican to hold the office in more than six decades.

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