Editing Pima County, Arizona (section)

==Government, policing, and politics==
Pima County is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors who set ordinances and run services for the areas that do not fall within any city or town's jurisdiction.

In Arizona, counties are creatures of the state, and do not have charters of their own. The county Board of Supervisors acts under powers delegated by state law, mainly related to minor ordinances and revenue collection. With few exceptions, these powers are narrowly construed. The state legislature devotes considerable time to local matters, with legislative approval required for many of the most basic local issues.

===Board of Supervisors and elected positions===
The Pima County Board of Supervisors is responsible for steering public policy in the region. The five-member board provides direction to the County Administrator, Jan Lesher,<ref>{{cite web |last1=County |first1=Pima |title=Board appoints Jan Lesher as County Administrator |url=https://webcms.pima.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=852698 |website=Pima County |access-date=December 21, 2022 |archive-date=December 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221033950/https://webcms.pima.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=852698 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the county's various departments as they work to ensure safe communities, nurture economic development, sustainably manage natural resources and protect public health. In addition to overseeing the delivery of a host of municipal services, from roads to parks and libraries and law enforcement, board members also are responsible for approving the county budget. Elected to four-year terms, board members also set the amount of taxes to be levied.

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|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! District
! Name
! First elected
! Area(s) represented
! Official Website
|-
| style="background:blue;"|
| Democratic
| District 1
| Rex Scott
| 2020
| [[Oro Valley, Arizona|Oro Valley]], [[Marana, Arizona|Marana]], Catalina Foothills
| [http://www.pima.gov/district1/ District 1]
|-
| style="background:blue;"|
| Democratic
| District 2
| [[Matt Heinz]]
| 2020
| [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]], [[Sahuarita, Arizona|Sahuarita]], [[South Tucson, Arizona|South Tucson]]
| [http://www.pima.gov/district2/ District 2]
|-
| style="background:blue;"|
| Democratic
| District 3
| Jennifer Allen
| 2024
| [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]], [[Marana, Arizona|Marana]], [[Three Points, Arizona|Three Points]], [[Sahuarita, Arizona|Sahuarita]]
| [http://www.pima.gov/district3/ District 3]
|-
| style="background:red;"|
| Republican
| District 4
| Steve Christy
| 2016
| [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]], [[Vail, Arizona|Vail]], [[Summerhaven, Arizona|Summerhaven]], [[Green Valley, Arizona|Green Valley]]
| [http://www.pima.gov/district4/ District 4]
|-
| style="background:blue;"|
| Democratic
| District 5
| [[Andrés Cano]]
| 2025{{efn|Appointed to replace [[Adelita Grijalva]].}}
| [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]], [[Sahuarita, Arizona|Sahuarita]], [[Green Valley, Arizona|Green Valley]]
| [http://www.pima.gov/district5/ District 5]
|}
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pima.gov/bos/|title=Board of Supervisors - Pima County|publisher=Pima.gov|date=April 16, 2013|access-date=October 11, 2015|archive-date=July 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707015514/http://www.pima.gov/bos/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Along with the Board of Supervisors the Arizona State Constitution allows for 7 other county elected officials.

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Office
!Name
!First elected
!References
|-
| style="background:blue;" |
|Democratic
|Assessor
|Suzanne Droubie
|2020
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asr.pima.gov/|title=Office of The Pima County Assessor|website=asr.pima.gov|access-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:blue;" |
|Democratic
|County Attorney
|Laura Conover
|2020
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pcao.pima.gov/|title=Pima County Attorney|website=pcao.pima.gov|access-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:blue;" |
|Democratic
|County Recorder
|[[Gabriella Cázares-Kelly]]
|2020
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Pima County Recorder's Office - Recorder Chronology |url=https://www.recorder.pima.gov/RecorderChronology |website=www.recorder.pima.gov}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:blue;" |
|Democratic
|County School Superintendent
|Dustin Williams
|2016
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.schools.pima.gov/about-us/meet-the-superintendent|title=Meet the Superintendent - Pima County Schools - Tucson, AZ|website=schools.pima.gov|language=en|access-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:blue;" |
|Democratic
|Sheriff
|Chris Nanos
|2020
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://editorialmac.com/about-us/meet-sheriff/|title=Pima County Sheriff's Department :: Welcome from Sheriff Napier|website=editorialmac.com|language=en|access-date=January 23, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202022748/http://editorialmac.com/about-us/meet-sheriff/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:blue;" |
|Democratic
|Treasurer
|Brian Johnson
|2024
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.to.pima.gov/|title=Home|website=to.pima.gov|language=en-gb|access-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:blue;" |
|Democratic
|Clerk of Superior Court
|Gary Harrison
|2020
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cosc.pima.gov/|title=Home|website=cosc.pima.gov/|language=en-gb|access-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref>
|}

===Pima County sheriff===
The [[Pima County Sheriff's Department]] provides court protection, administers the county jail, provides coroner service, and patrols the unincorporated parts of Pima County. It is the seventh largest sheriff's department in the nation.<ref>Pima County Sheriff wikipedia site</ref> Incorporated towns within the county with municipal police departments are Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, and Sahuarita.

===Politics===
Being home to a major population center and a major research university, Pima County is one of the most reliably Democratic counties in Arizona. After voting Democratic through 1930s and 1940s, it swung Republican following major population increase after World War II, becoming a Republican-leaning county. However, in 1964, it rejected Arizona's native son Barry Goldwater by seven points, who won statewide by one point. However, despite the county's Republican lean, Democrats would not win 40% of the vote only twice - in 1972, when [[George McGovern]] lost in a 49-state landslide and due to a balloting error in the county, the [[Socialist Workers Party (United States)|Socialist Workers Party]] came a distant third with 18% of the vote;<ref>{{Cite web|last=Seeley|first=John|date=November 22, 2000|title=Early and Often|url=https://www.laweekly.com/early-and-often-3/|access-date=September 3, 2021|website=LA Weekly|language=en-US}}</ref> and in 1980, when [[Jimmy Carter]], being largely insensitive to Western states' issues, also lost many votes to independent [[John B. Anderson]]. Following Bill Clinton's plurality victory by 12 points in 1992, all Democrats since 1996 have won the county by a majority and no Republican has come closer than six points in recapturing the county. In both 2016 and 2020, [[Donald Trump]] became the first Republican since [[Bob Dole]] in 1996 to fail to win 40% of the county's vote. However, Trump won 41.7% of the county's vote in his third presidential run in 2024.
{{PresHead|place=Pima County, Arizona|source=<ref>{{cite web|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of United States Presidential Elections|access-date=June 11, 2011|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|174,779|201,251|7,143|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|182,406|206,254|6,180|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|171,109|193,128|3,255|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|124,579|147,688|15,373|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|104,121|137,983|22,448|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|97,036|128,569|55,879|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|117,899|113,824|2,750|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|123,830|91,585|2,197|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|93,055|64,418|29,584|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|77,264|71,214|6,583|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|73,154|56,223|31,733|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|49,479|39,786|8,501|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|46,955|54,120|203|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|46,734|42,171|239|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|39,298|23,536|51|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|32,113|21,237|0|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|16,968|17,692|965|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|10,850|13,006|57|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|9,445|14,035|82|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|6,079|12,249|262|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|6,152|11,061|514|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|6,635|4,976|42|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|3,559|2,594|2,286|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,392|2,455|0|Arizona}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|2,616|2,079|227|Arizona}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|353|693|758|Arizona}}