Terry Goddard

Terry Goddard
24th Attorney General of Arizona
In office January 6, 2003 – January 3, 2011
Governor	Janet Napolitano Jan Brewer
Preceded by	Janet Napolitano
Succeeded by	Tom Horne
53rd Mayor of Phoenix
In office January 2, 1984 – February 16, 1990
Preceded by	Margaret Hance
Succeeded by	Paul Johnson
Personal details
Born	Samuel Pearson Goddard III (1947-01-29) January 29, 1947 (age 77) Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Monica Goddard
Education	Harvard University (BA) Arizona State University, Tempe (JD)
Website	Official website
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Navy
Years of service	1970–1972 (Active) 1969, 1973–1998 (Reserve)
Rank	Commander
Unit	United States Navy Reserve

Samuel Pearson "Terry" Goddard III (born January 29, 1947) is an American attorney and politician who served as the mayor of Phoenix, Arizona from 1984 to 1990 and as the 24th attorney general of Arizona from 2003 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Goddard served on the Central Arizona Water Conservation District from 2001 to 2003. He has twice run for governor of Arizona, in 1990 and in 2010.^[1] After leaving office as attorney general, he led his own law firm, Goddard Law Office, PLC. He declined to run for governor for a third time in 2014 and was instead the Democratic nominee for Secretary of State of Arizona in the 2014 elections,^[2] losing to Republican state senator Michele Reagan. Goddard was a potential candidate for governor in 2018 and chose not to run.^[3]