Diego Rodriguez (Arizona politician)

{{Short description|American politician}}

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|name = Diego Rodriguez

|image = Diego Rodriguez by Gage Skidmore.jpg

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|state_house = Arizona

|district = 27th

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|term_start = January 14, 2019

|term_end = December 16, 2021

|predecessor = Rebecca Rios

|successor = Marcelino Quiñonez

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|party = Democratic

|residence = Laveen, Arizona, U.S.

|education = University of Notre Dame (BBA)
University of Arizona (JD)

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Diego Rodriguez is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives for the 27th district from 2019 to 2021. He was elected in 2018 to succeed State Representative Rebecca Rios, who instead ran for the Arizona Senate.{{cite web |url=https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/11/07/arizona-house-senate-remain-under-republican-control-again/ |title=House, Senate remain under Republican control – again |work=The Arizona Capitol Times |access-date=January 14, 2019 |date=November 7, 2018 |author=Campbell, Katie}}

Rodriguez graduated from the University of Notre Dame, and eventually relocated to Arizona, where he graduated from the James E. Rogers College of Law and later started his own law firm.{{cite web |url=https://www.diego4ld27.com/ |title=About Diego Rodriguez |access-date=January 14, 2019 |publisher=Diego Rodriguez for LD 27 |archive-date=July 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709190408/https://www.diego4ld27.com/ |url-status=dead }} In 2021, he resigned from the House and declared his candidacy for the 2022 Arizona Attorney General election.{{Cite web|date=2021-11-13|title=Phoenix representative Diego Rodriguez resigns during attorney general run|url=https://ktar.com/story/4766658/phoenix-representative-diego-rodriguez-resigns-during-attorney-general-run/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=KTAR.com}} He announced he was withdrawing from the Attorney General election on April 1, 2022.{{cite web |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2022/04/01/former-lawmaker-diego-rodriguez-suspends-arizona-attorney-general-run/7246071001/ |title=Former lawmaker Diego Rodriguez suspends campaign for attorney general |publisher=The Arizona Republic |date=April 1, 2022}}