Aaron Lieberman is an American politician who served as an Arizona State Representative for the 28th district from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he resigned from office to run for

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Early life, education, and career

Lieberman was born in

Tempe, Arizona Tempe ( ; ''Oidbaḍ'' in O'odham language, O'odham) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2020 population of 180,587. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in t ...

, and raised in Phoenix. He studied at

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before founding Jumpstart, an education nonprofit, and Acelero Learning. In 2015, Lieberman returned to Arizona, becoming a philanthropist and the CEO of a surgery center in Phoenix.

Politics

During the

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, Lieberman defeated incumbent Republican State Representative

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in Arizona's 28th legislative district, a Phoenix-area seat.

2022 Arizona gubernatorial election

In June 2021, Lieberman announced that he would run for Governor of Arizona in next year's election. He resigned from the House in September. Throughout the campaign, Lieberman trailed fellow candidate

Katie Hobbs Kathleen Marie Hobbs (born December 28, 1969) is an American politician serving since 2023 as the 24th governor of Arizona. A member of the Democratic Party, she was secretary of state of Arizona from 2019 to 2023 and a member of the Arizona Le ...

. He dropped out of the race on May 27, 2022, pledging to support a Democratic candidate.

References

External links

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