Tom Horne | |
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19th and 23rd Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction | |
Assumed office January 2, 2023 | |
Governor | Katie Hobbs |
Preceded by | Kathy Hoffman |
In office January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2011 | |
Governor | Janet Napolitano Jan Brewer |
Preceded by | Jaime Molera |
Succeeded by | John Huppenthal |
25th Attorney General of Arizona | |
In office January 3, 2011 – January 5, 2015 | |
Governor | Jan Brewer |
Preceded by | Terry Goddard |
Succeeded by | Mark Brnovich |
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 24th district | |
In office January 1997 – January 2001 Serving with Barbara Leff | |
Preceded by | Ernest Baird Sue Grace |
Succeeded by | Stephen Tully |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Charles Horne March 28, 1945 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Martha (died 2019) |
Children | 5 (1 deceased) |
Education | Harvard University (BA, JD) |
Thomas Charles Horne (born March 28, 1945)[1] is a Canadian-American politician, attorney, businessman, and activist who has served as the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction since 2023 and previously from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was Attorney General of Arizona from 2011 to 2015. Horne ran for reelection as Attorney General but lost to Mark Brnovich in the 2014 Republican primary.
He returned to the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2023, having been elected to that office in the 2022 election.