- Arizona’s top Democratic leadership left the state while President Joe Biden stopped by for a visit, leaving the Republican state treasurer as acting governor for a brief period.
- On Wednesday, Arizona State Treasurer Kimberly Yee (R) released a statementsaying that she would be acting governor but didn’t offer a reason.
- When Biden arrived in Arizona, he was met on the tarmac as he deplaned from Air Force One by Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego (D), as the congressional Democrats from the state were in Washington, D.C., amid the possible government shutdown.
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