Greg Stanton
American lawyer and politician (born 1970)
Gregory John Stanton (born March 8, 1970) is an American lawyer and politician who is the U.S. representative from Arizona's 4th congressional district, 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.
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