page_title: Doug Ducey
section_title: Tenure
hierarchical_section_title: Doug Ducey / Governor of Arizona (2015–present) / Tenure
caption_attribution_description: Governors Mike Pence and Doug Ducey speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Mesa Convention Center in Mesa, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
context_page_description: Douglas Anthony Ducey is an American businessman and politician who is the 23rd governor of Arizona. He previously was the CEO of Cold Stone Creamery, a chain of ice cream parlors based in Scottsdale, Arizona.
  A member of the Republican party, Ducey was the state treasurer of Arizona from 2011 to 2015. On November 4, 2014, he was elected governor of Arizona; he took office on January 5, 2015. He was reelected in 2018.
context_section_description: Ducey was sworn into office on January 5, 2015. Shortly after his term began, he instituted a state employee hiring freeze in an effort to balance the state budget. In March 2015, Ducey signed a $9.1 billion budget that eliminated the state's $1.5 billion budget deficit by reducing spending without instituting a tax increase. Ducey has issued balanced budget proposals each fiscal year since 2015.
  On January 15, 2015, Ducey signed an education bill requiring high school students to pass the U.S. citizenship test in order to graduate, making Arizona the first state to require this.
  Ducey issued his first vetoes on March 30, 2015, of HB2150, an amendment to an animal cruelty law that would have excluded livestock animals from protection under that law, and HB2410, which would have prohibited police departments from establishing quotas for traffic citations.
  On March 31, 2017, Ducey signed SB1367, which requires doctors to care for babies born alive during abortions.
  On April 6, 2017, Ducey signed a major school voucher expansion bill, extending eligibility to every Arizona student.
  On September 4, 2018, it was announced that Ducey had appointed former U.S. Senator Jon Kyl to the U.S. Senate seat that was vacated upon the death of John McCain. Kyl resigned from the Senate effective December 31, 2018, and Ducey appointed former Congresswoman Martha McSally to replace him.
  On February 22, 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump appointed Ducey to the bipartisan Council of Governors.
caption: Ducey speaking at a campaign event for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in October 2016 with Indiana Governor Mike Pence, the vice-presidential nominee.
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