Greg Stanton | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2023 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromArizona | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Kyrsten Sinema |
| Constituency | 9th district (2019–2023) 4th district (2023–present) |
| 60thMayor of Phoenix | |
| In office January 3, 2012 – May 29, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Phil Gordon Thelda Williams (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Kate Gallego Thelda Williams (interim) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gregory John Stanton (1970-03-08)March 8, 1970 (age 55) Long Island,New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Marquette University (BA) University of Michigan (JD) |
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| Website | House website Campaign website |
Gregory John Stanton (born March 8, 1970) is an American lawyer and politician who is theU.S. representative fromArizona's 4th congressional district, serving since 2019. ADemocrat, he was previouslymayor ofPhoenix from 2012 to 2018, and was on thePhoenix City Council from 2000 until 2009.
Stanton was elected mayor in2011 and reelected in2015. He was first elected to Congress in 2018, and was re-elected in 2020, 2022, and 2024.
Stanton was born on Long Island, New York. His family moved to Arizona and he graduated fromCortez High School in west Phoenix in 1988.[1][2] He then attendedMarquette University and graduatedmagna cum laude with a B.A. in history and political science in 1992 and was a member ofPhi Beta Kappa.[3] In 1995, Stanton earned his J.D. from theUniversity of Michigan Law School.[4] He then worked as an education attorney from 1995 to 2000.[1] In 2014, Stanton became an adjunct professor atArizona Summit Law School.[5]
Stanton was elected to thePhoenix City Council for 6th district in 2000, 2001, and 2005 and served until 2009.[1] This district included the affluent PhoenixBiltmore Area centered around theBiltmore Fashion Park andArcadia areas, as well as non-contiguousAhwatukee.[6]
From 2009 to 2011, Stanton served as Deputy Attorney General of Arizona, under Attorney GeneralTerry Goddard.[7]
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 ofLuke Air Force Base.[8]
Stanton was mayor of Phoenix from 2012 to 2018. During his2011 campaign for mayor, questions arose over the legality of nearly $70,000 in contributions from Stanton's former treasurer Mindy Shields.[9] Stanton opposed theembezzlement prosecution of Shields and fired her in October 2010.[10]
On August 30, 2011, Stanton andRepublican candidate Wes Gullett were the top two candidates in the Phoenix mayoral primary, with Stanton getting about 38% of the vote and Gullett 20%.[11][12][13]
Stanton advocated against the2013 federal budget sequestration by meeting with members of Congress multiple times.[14]
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 expandlight rail, bike lanes, and sidewalks while reducing the city's greenhouse gas emissions.[15] Stanton resigned on May 29, 2018, to run for Congress.[16]
After incumbent RepresentativeKyrsten Sinema decided to run for theU.S. Senate in 2018, to replace retiring U.S. SenatorJeff Flake, Stanton – who was term-limited as mayor – decided to run for Sinema's seat.[17] 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.[18]
In 2020, Stanton was unopposed in the Democratic primary and defeated Republican nominee Dave Giles in the general election with 61% of the vote.[19]
Stanton ran for reelection inArizona's 4th congressional district afterredistricting and defeated Republican nominee Kelly Cooper in the general election with 56% of the vote.[20]
For the118th Congress:[21]
In an interview a few weeks after the November 2011 mayoral election, Stanton stated his support for repealing the city food tax.[25] He also supported public pension reforms, including more employee contributions to their retirement funds and longer work experience before retirement benefits.[25] 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.[26]
As a Representative, Stanton supported theEquality Act, a bill that would expand the federalCivil Rights Act of 1964 to bandiscrimination based onsexual orientation andgender identity.[27]
On October 1, 2020, Stanton co-signed a letter to Secretary of StateMike Pompeo that condemnedAzerbaijan's offensive operations against theArmenian-populated enclave ofNagorno-Karabakh, denouncedTurkey's role in theNagorno-Karabakh conflict, and called for an immediate ceasefire.[28]
Stanton opposed the 2022overturning ofRoe v. Wade, calling it "a dark, dark day for our country" and saying the Supreme Court had an "extreme, ideological agenda".[29]
On July 11, 2024, Stanton called forJoe Biden to withdraw from the2024 United States presidential election.[30]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Greg Stanton | 59,066 | 100% | |
| Total votes | 59,066 | 100% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Greg Stanton | 159,583 | 61.09% | |
| Republican | Steve Ferrara | 101,662 | 38.91% | |
| Total votes | 261,245 | 100% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Greg Stanton (incumbent) | 83,443 | 100% | |
| Total votes | 83,443 | 100% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Greg Stanton (incumbent) | 217,094 | 61.06% | |
| Republican | Dave Giles | 135,180 | 38.04% | |
| Total votes | 352,274 | 100% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Greg Stanton (incumbent) | 148,941 | 56.01% | |
| Republican | Kelly Cooper | 116,521 | 43.09% | |
| Independent | Stephan Jones (write-in) | 36 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 265,498 | 100% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Greg Stanton (incumbent) | 176,428 | 52.74% | |
| Republican | Kelly Cooper | 152,052 | 45.45% | |
| Green | Vincent Beck-Jones | 6,065 | 1.81% | |
| Total votes | 334,545 | 100% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
Stanton is married to Nicole Stanton, an attorney for a cannabis company.[32] They married in 2005 and have two children.[33] They separated in 2016 but were back together by 2019.[34][33]Stanton is Catholic.[35]
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Mayor of Phoenix 2012–2018 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromArizona's 9th congressional district 2019–2023 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromArizona's 4th congressional district 2023–present | Incumbent |
| U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial) | ||
| Preceded by | United States representatives by seniority 228th | Succeeded by |
