John B. Nelson

Infobox Officeholder
name= John Nelson


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order= 48th
office= Mayor of Phoenix
term_start= March 17, 1994
term_end= March 28, 1994
predecessor= Paul Johnson (politician)
successor= Thelda Williams
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profession=Politician, Engineer
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John B. Nelson is an American Republican politician, former mayor of Phoenix, Arizona and a current member of the Arizona House of Representatives.

In 1983, Nelson was elected to his first term as a council member representing what was then district 4 in Phoenix. In 1994, sitting mayor Paul Johnson had resigned from his office in accordance with Arizona law when he chose to run for the office of governor. As vice-mayor, Nelson assumed the position and duties of mayor for a short period between March 17 and March 28 of that year, until the council had selected an interim replacement in councilwoman Thelda Williams.

Nelson won his fourth term on the city council as well as his third term as vice mayor in 1999. In 2000, however, he resigned his position in order to run for a seat in the state House of Representatives, winning his election and beginning his first term in the legislature in 2001 representing district 17. Following a redistricting, Nelson went on to win election in District 12 in 2002, where he and fellow representative Jerry Weires (as Arizona legislative districts are represented by 2 members) won reelection in 2004 and ran unopposed in 2006.

Nelson is not seeking reelection in 2008, and is running for senator in his district.

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External links

[http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=41&Legislature=48 Official profile]