Kris Mayes

Kristin Kay Mayes (born 1970 or 1971) is an American attorney, reporter, and politician. She is the Arizona Attorney General since 2023. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Mayes was elected in 2022, beating Republican Abraham Hamadeh by just 280 votes in one of the closest elections in the state's history. 

Mayes was a Professor of Practice at Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law and Chair of the Arizona Corporation Commission.

Mayes is openly lesbian.

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