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| Office | Governor |
| Honorific | Governor - Abbr: Gov. |
| Type | Appointment |
| Filing Deadline | June 01, 1997 - 12:00pm Central |
| Polls Open | September 05, 1997 - 06:00am Central |
| Polls Close | September 05, 1997 - 11:00pm Central |
| Term Start | September 05, 1997 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | January 03, 1999 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | Wishful Thinking |
| Last Modified | Paul 🇺🇦 October 14, 2023 01:25am |
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Republican J. Fife Symington became governor in 1989, but he also encountered legal problems. In 1994 Symington reached a settlement in a lawsuit with the government over charges that as a director of a savings and loan association he had engaged in actions that violated conflict-of-interest laws. Symington paid no money under the settlement and maintained his innocence. Symington was indicted again by a federal grand jury in June 1996 on multiple counts of fraud and extortion. In September 1997 a federal jury convicted Symington on seven felony counts for repeatedly misstating his net worth to financial institutions to obtain loans. By Arizona state law he was forced to resign his position as governor because of the felony convictions. He was succeeded in office by Arizona's secretary of state, Republican Jane Dee Hull. Symington was sentenced to two and a half years in prison and five years' probation, but remained free pending the outcome of an appeal. In 1999 Symington's convictions were overturned by a federal appeals court because a juror had been improperly dismissed during his trial.
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