Grant Woods

Grant Woods
22nd Attorney General of Arizona
In office
January 7, 1991 – January 4, 1999
Governor Fife Symington
Jane Dee Hull
Preceded by Robert K. Corbin
Succeeded by Janet Napolitano
Personal details
Born (1954-05-19) May 19, 1954
Elk City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political party Republican
Education Occidental College (BA)
Arizona State University (JD)

Grant Woods (born May 19, 1954) served as Attorney General of Arizona from 1991 until 1999. Woods was a supporter of John McCain in his race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination against J.D. Hayworth in 2010.[1] Woods was McCain's chief of staff when he was a congressman.

Background and Career

Woods pays a tribute to John McCain

Grant Woods was the son of Arizona developer Joe Woods.[2]

Woods, considered a moderate-to-liberal Republican, was attorney general from 1991 to 1999. In the 1980s, Woods was the first congressional chief of staff for the late U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and was a longtime friend and confidant of McCain's.

Grant has been elected to the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, which is limited to the top 500 trial lawyers in the world.

During the U.S. Presidential election of 2016 he has been the only Arizona Republican to have held high office to endorse the Democratic candidate for President, Hillary Clinton. Regarding the two presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton he wrote, “Hillary Clinton is one of the most qualified nominees to ever run for president. Donald Trump is the least qualified ever. The stakes are too high to stand on the sideline. I stand with Hillary Clinton for president.”

Woods delivered a eulogy at Senator McCain's funeral in 2018. Jon Kyl was appointed to succeed McCain, but said he would not run for re-election. A special election will be held in 2020; Woods is considering running for the seat as a Democrat.[3]

Electoral history

Arizona Attorney General election 1994
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Grant Woods 838,265 80.2
Libertarian John E. Karow 207,710 19.8
Republican hold Swing
Arizona Attorney General election 1990[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Grant Woods 603,534 58.5
Democratic Georgia Staton 426,726 41.4
Libertarian Bernie Lumbert (write-in) 337 .01
Republican hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ King, James (8 April 2010). "Grant Woods Fuels J.D. Hayworth "Dracula-Gate" With Awesome Twitter Post".
  2. ↑ Altavena, Lily (9 March 2018). "Prominent East Valley developer Joe Woods dead at 84". Arizona Republic. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "McCain's former chief of staff says he's considering Senate bid as a Democrat". The Washington Times. September 5, 2018.
  4. ↑ https://azsos.gov/sites/default/files/canvass1990ge.pdf
Legal offices
Preceded by
Robert K. Corbin		 Attorney General of Arizona
1991–1999		 Succeeded by
Janet Napolitano


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