Arizona Solicitor General won’t investigate state senator’s residency

Sen. Carlyle Begay
Sen. Carlyle Begay

By Alia Beard Rau | The Arizona Republic

The Arizona Solicitor General has declined to investigate allegations that new state Sen. Carlyle Begay, a Democrat, does not meet the residency requirements for the job.

Solicitor General Robert Ellman sent a letter Monday to attorney Tom Ryan, stating he would not seek action against Begay.

“The facts concerning Mr. Begay’s current residence and length of residence are disputed and cannot be resolved without additional investigation or discovery,” Ellman wrote, adding that the state constitution and state statute on this issue are “ambiguous if not contradictory.”

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