Janice Kay "Jan" Drinkwine Brewer was the 22nd Republican Governor of Arizona. Her father died of lung disease when she was eleven years old. Brewer became governor in 2009, succeeding former Gov. Janet Napolitano after she resigned to join the cabinet of President Barack Obama. Brewer was serving as Arizona Secretary of State at the time of Napolitano's departure.

Long active in state politics, Brewer began her political career in 1982 when she was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives. Serving in that chamber until 1987, Brewer then joined the Arizona State Senate for the next ten years. In 1996, Brewer was elected the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, serving as Chair in 1998 and 2001. She was next elected Arizona Secretary of State in 2002, where she served until being elevated to the governorship in 2009.

Brewer is Arizona's fourth female governor and third consecutive female governor. In the 2010 midterm election, she won election to a full term as Arizona's chief executive.

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