Doug Ducey is the son of Madeline Scott and Douglas Roscoe, a former member of the Toledo Police Department.
46 Facts About Doug Ducey
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Doug Ducey's parents divorced and in 1975 his mother married businessman Michael Ducey, to whom she remained married until 1981.
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Michael Doug Ducey adopted Roscoe and his siblings in 1976; Roscoe's last name was legally changed to his adoptive father's.
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Doug Ducey graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance.
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Doug Ducey worked as the CEO of Cold Stone Creamery from 1995 to 2007.
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Doug Ducey became the lead investor and served as chairman of the board for iMemories from 2008 to 2012.
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In 2010 Doug Ducey was elected state treasurer of Arizona, replacing Dean Martin.
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Doug Ducey served as the western region vice president for the National Association of State Treasurers, and was the president of the Western State Treasurers' Association.
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In 2010, Doug Ducey opposed Proposition 204, an effort to create a permanent 1-cent-per-dollar sales tax for public education, transportation and health services.
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Doug Ducey formally launched a campaign to defeat the proposition, saying, "we don't need the money" and "this money still does nothing to improve education".
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In July 2013 Doug Ducey filed the paperwork necessary to explore the possibility of running for governor.
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Doug Ducey received the endorsement of conservatives such as Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee, as well as Governor Scott Walker and former Senator Jon Kyl.
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Doug Ducey was endorsed by several organizations, including Arizona Right to Life and the Concerned Women for America.
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In March 2015, Doug Ducey signed a $9.1 billion budget that eliminated the state's $1.5 billion budget deficit by reducing spending without instituting a tax increase.
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Doug Ducey has issued balanced budget proposals each fiscal year since 2015.
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On January 15,2015, Doug Ducey signed an education bill requiring high school students to pass the US citizenship test in order to graduate, making Arizona the first state to require this.
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Doug Ducey issued his first vetoes on March 30,2015, of HB2150, an amendment to an animal cruelty law that would have excluded livestock animals from protection under that law, and HB2410, which would have prohibited police departments from establishing quotas for traffic citations.
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On March 31,2017, Doug Ducey signed SB1367, which mandates that doctors treat babies born alive during abortions or induced early deliveries.
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On September 4,2018, it was announced that Doug Ducey had appointed former US Senator Jon Kyl to the US Senate seat that was vacated upon the death of John McCain.
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Kyl resigned from the Senate effective December 31,2018, and Doug Ducey appointed former Congresswoman Martha McSally to replace him.
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In January 2021, Doug Ducey announced that he would not seek the Republican nomination for the US Senate in the 2022 election.
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In 2015, Doug Ducey led the campaign to pass Proposition 123, putting $3.5 billion into K-12 education over 10 years.
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Also in 2018, Doug Ducey signed a 20-year extension of Proposition 301, a voter-approved initiative passed in 2000 and championed by then-Governor Jane Hull.
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In 2017, Doug Ducey implemented the first-ever dedicated funding for school counselors and the establishment of the Arizona Teachers Academy, a partnership with Arizona State University, University of Arizona, and Northern Arizona University that enables future Arizona public school teachers to graduate with a teaching degree debt-free.
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On January 16,2015, Doug Ducey signed the American Civics Act, which requires that all Arizona students pass a basic civics test before graduating from high school.
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In 2018, Doug Ducey proclaimed September 25 the inaugural Sandra Day O'Connor Civics Celebration Day, in honor of Sandra Day O'Connor's dedication to civics and her swearing-in to the Supreme Court on September 25,1981.
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In March 2022, Doug Ducey signed two transgender-related bills into law.
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Doug Ducey was a major proponent of AZ Prop 123, which slowly took more money from the state land trust to settle a lawsuit that a judge ruled deprived students and teachers of adequate education funding as mandated by Arizona voters.
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In January 2016, Doug Ducey appointed Clint Bolick to the Arizona Supreme Court.
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In September 2019, Doug Ducey controversially appointed Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery to the Arizona Supreme Court.
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The nomination occurred after Doug Ducey replaced several members of the state's judicial nominating commission, who had refused to submit Montgomery's name for a vacancy earlier in the year.
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In July 2021, Doug Ducey appointed his former deputy general counsel, Kathryn Hackett King, to succeed Gould on the Supreme Court.
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Doug Ducey has appointed several judges to state appellate and trial courts.
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Doug Ducey opposed a 2016 ballot measure to legalize cannabis for recreational use in Arizona.
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Doug Ducey stated that he didn't think "any state became stronger by being stoned" and helped raise funds in support of the initiative's opposition campaign.
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Doug Ducey issued executive orders directing the state health department to issue emergency rules to protect residents living in nursing homes and group homes.
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On March 30,2020, Doug Ducey issued a stay-at-home order for one month until April 30.
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Doug Ducey was criticized for the state's failure to require social distancing, mask wearing and other restrictions.
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On June 29,2020, Doug Ducey ordered some businesses that had reopened, including bars, gyms, and waterparks, to close for 30 days.
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One such group, Arizonans for Liberty, a largely conservative group believing that Doug Ducey infringed on personal freedoms with lockdowns in late March 2020, filed on May 1,2020; the group did not publish estimates of the number of signatures collected, but failed to collect enough signatures to initiate a recall.
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On March 3,2021, Doug Ducey ordered all Arizona schools to offer in-person learning by March 15, with exceptions for counties with high transmission rates, including Pinal, Coconino, and Yavapai.
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Later in the year, Doug Ducey challenged an Arizona school district that required unvaccinated students who had been exposed to COVID-19 to quarantine for 10 days.
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Doug Ducey said that schools that required mask wearing would be excluded from new education grants.
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In 2021, Doug Ducey signed legislation that would prevent mail-in voters from fixing missing signatures on their ballots after election day.
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On December 21,2022, Doug Ducey reached an agreement with the Biden administration to stop building and begin dismantling the border wall.
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Doug Ducey met his wife, Angela, while attending Arizona State University.