Hull explores the legality of third term

Sunday, 12 December 1999
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PHOENIX (AP) - Gov. Jane Hull is asking attorneys to check into whether she might seek a third term.
The state Constitution limits a governor to serving two consecutive terms, including ``any part of a term served.''
Hull was secretary of state in 1997 when she succeeded Gov. Fife Symington, who resigned after a federal jury convicted him of bank and wire fraud. She served the rest of Symington's term and was elected outright in 1998.
She said Friday she has not asked Attorney General Janet Napolitano for a formal opinion because both Napolitano, a Democrat, and Republican Grant Woods, attorney general when Hull became governor, are thought to have an interest in running.
Retiring U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon also is considering a bid for governor in 2002.
``Whether or not she seeks a third term will not affect whether I run for governor,'' Salmon said Friday.
Woods said Hull is ``completely within bounds'' in examining the issue but that he concluded informally when Hull took office that her partial term counts.


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