Greg Stanton

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American lawyer and politician (born 1970)

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Field	Value
name	Greg Stanton
image	Greg Stanton official portrait (118th Congress).jpg
caption	Official portrait, 2023
state	Arizona
term_start	January 3, 2019
predecessor	Kyrsten Sinema
constituency	(2019–2023)
(2023–present)
office1	60th Mayor of Phoenix
term_start1	January 3, 2012
term_end1	May 29, 2018
predecessor1	Phil Gordon
Thelda Williams (interim)
successor1	Kate Gallego
Thelda Williams (interim)
birth_name	Gregory John Stanton
birth_date
birth_place	Long Island, New York, U.S.
party	Democratic
spouse
children	2
education	Marquette University (BA)
University of Michigan (JD)
signature	Signature of Greg Stanton.svg
website

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Gregory John Stanton (born March 8, 1970) is an American lawyer and politician who is the U.S. representative from , serving since 2019. A Democrat, he was previously mayor of Phoenix from 2012 to 2018, and was on the Phoenix City Council from 2000 until 2009.

Stanton was elected mayor in 2011 and reelected in 2015. He was first elected to Congress in 2018, and was re-elected in 2020, 2022, and 2024.

Early life, education, and career

Stanton was born on Long Island, New York. His family moved to Arizona and he graduated from Cortez High School in west Phoenix in 1988. He then attended Marquette University and graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in history and political science in 1992 and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1995, Stanton earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. He then worked as an education attorney from 1995 to 2000. In 2014, Stanton became an adjunct professor at Arizona Summit Law School.

Early political career

Phoenix City Council

Stanton was elected to the Phoenix City Council for 6th district in 2000, 2001, and 2005 and served until 2009. This district included the affluent Phoenix Biltmore Area centered around the Biltmore Fashion Park and Arcadia areas, as well as non-contiguous Ahwatukee.

State Attorney General's Office

From 2009 to 2011, Stanton served as Deputy Attorney General of Arizona, under Attorney General Terry Goddard.

He helped cut off funding for the cartels who were trafficking people and drugs, fought against the predatory payday lending industry, helped to eliminating mortgage fraud and negotiated a settlement between to protect the future of Luke Air Force Base.

Mayor of Phoenix

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On August 30, 2011, Stanton and Republican candidate Wes Gullett were the top two candidates in the Phoenix mayoral primary, with Stanton getting about 38% of the vote and Gullett 20%.

Stanton advocated against the 2013 federal budget sequestration by meeting with members of Congress multiple times.

Stanton was reelected on August 25, 2015. In 2017, Governing magazine named Stanton one of its Public Officials of the Year for his efforts to expand light rail, bike lanes, and sidewalks while reducing the city's greenhouse gas emissions. Stanton resigned on May 29, 2018, to run for Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2018

After incumbent Representative Kyrsten Sinema decided to run for the U.S. Senate in 2018, to replace retiring U.S. Senator Jeff Flake, Stanton – who was term-limited as mayor – decided to run for Sinema's seat. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary, and defeated Republican nominee Steve Ferrara 61% to 39% after a campaign during which he stressed his problem-solving experience as mayor.

2020

In 2020, Stanton was unopposed in the Democratic primary and defeated Republican nominee Dave Giles in the general election with 61% of the vote.

2022

Stanton ran for reelection in Arizona's 4th congressional district after redistricting and defeated Republican nominee Kelly Cooper in the general election with 56% of the vote.

Committee assignments

For the 118th Congress:

Caucus memberships

New Democrat Coalition
- Chair of the Immigration Task Force
Black Maternal Health Caucus{{cite web|title=Caucus Members |author=|url=https://blackmaternalhealthcaucus-underwood.house.gov/about-caucus/caucus-members|format=|publisher=Black Maternal Health Caucus|date=|accessdate=23 June 2025}}
Congressional Equality Caucus

Political positions

In an interview a few weeks after the November 2011 mayoral election, Stanton stated his support for repealing the city food tax. He also supported public pension reforms, including more employee contributions to their retirement funds and longer work experience before retirement benefits. In March 2013, Stanton decided against repealing the food tax due to projections that ending the tax would cause layoffs of nearly 99 police officers and 300 other city employees.

As a Representative, Stanton supported the Equality Act, a bill that would expand the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

On October 1, 2020, Stanton co-signed a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that condemned Azerbaijan's offensive operations against the Armenian-populated enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, denounced Turkey's role in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and called for an immediate ceasefire.

Stanton opposed the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, calling it "a dark, dark day for our country" and saying the Supreme Court had an "extreme, ideological agenda".

On July 11, 2024, Stanton called for Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 United States presidential election.

Electoral history

Personal life

Stanton is married to Nicole Stanton, an attorney for a cannabis company. They married in 2005 and have two children. They separated in 2016 but were back together by 2019. Stanton is Catholic.

References

"Phoenix Mayor & City Council candidates – arizona elections – azcentral.com".
Holden, Mary L.. (January 4, 2013). "CEO Series: One-on-One with Mayor Greg Stanton". My Life Magazine.
NEWS, Allison Hurtado AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS. (2011-10-28). "Debate asks candidates to think about sustainability".
Lundquist, Paulette. (2018-12-05). "Stanton".
[https://noticiasmicrojuris.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/arizonasummitsuit.pdf Paula Lorena vs. Arizona Summit Law School, LLC; Infilaw Corporation; Stephanie and Jason Lee; Scott and Jane Doe Thompson; John and Jane Does 1-100; Black Corporations 1-100; White Partnerships 1-100, Quarles & Brady LLP] 99 (United States District Court for the District of Arizona May 28, 2015).
"How Greg Stanton, a Fair-Haired, Blue-Politicked Lawyer, Became Phoenix's Next Mayor". Phoenix New Times.
(January 1, 2019). "STANTON, Greg".
(November 4, 2018). "Greg Stanton U.S. Representative AZ-04". The New Deal.
Bui, Lynh. (July 21, 2011). "Phoenix mayoral candidate Greg Stanton's funds in question". [[The Arizona Republic]].
Gersema, Emily. (February 27, 2011). "Phoenix candidate wants to drop embezzling case". [[The Arizona Republic]].
Bui, Lynh. (September 1, 2011). "Phoenix mayor race: Stanton, Gullett jump right into runoff campaign". [[The Arizona Republic]].
Bui, Lynh. (November 8, 2011). "Greg Stanton claims victory over Wes Gullett in Phoenix election". [[The Arizona Republic]].
Bui, Lynh. (January 4, 2012). "Stanton sworn in as new Phoenix mayor".
(November 17, 2012). "Into the mind of ... Greg Stanton". [[The Arizona Republic]].
(1 December 2017). "Greg Stanton, Phoenix". Governing.
Boehm, Jessica. "It's official: Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton resigns to run for Congress".
(October 5, 2017). "Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton announces run for Congress".
"Greg Stanton defeats Steve Ferrara in Arizona's 9th Congressional District race".
"State of Arizona – Official Canvass – 2020 General Election".
"2022 Primary Election". Arizona Secretary of State.
"Greg Stanton". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
"Members". New Democrat Coalition.
"About the CEC". CEC.
(November 25, 2011). "Into the mind of Greg Stanton". [[The Arizona Republic]].
Gardiner, Dustin. (March 21, 2013). "Stanton backs off repeal of food tax". [[The Arizona Republic]].
(May 17, 2019). "House Debate on the Equality Act". [[C-SPAN]].
(October 2, 2020). "Senate and House Leaders to Secretary of State Pompeo: Cut Military Aid to Azerbaijan; Sanction Turkey for Ongoing Attacks Against Armenia and Artsakh". The Armenian Weekly.
(24 June 2022). "This is a dark, dark day for our country, and the Supreme Court. For 50 years the Court had recognized the constitutional right to an abortion—and in the pursuit of an extreme, ideological agenda it has rolled out the red carpet for states to criminalize women and their doctors.".
(July 11, 2024). "Arizona U.S. Rep. Stanton calls on Biden to withdraw from the race".
"2020 Primary Election".
(May 18, 2021). "Nicole Stanton, Cannabis Counsel and Congressman's Wife, Talks Recent Harvest Acquisition". Phoenix New Times.
(21 April 2019). "Nicole Stanton's Phoenix ties to finding love, leadership and leveraging success".
"Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and wife Nicole Stanton separate".
[https://www.pewforum.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2021/01/01.04.21_faith_on_the_hill_detailed.table_.update.pdf Religious affiliation of members of 117th Congress]

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