By Kiera Riley | State Affairs
David Marshall can keep his new job as Navajo County Recorder despite concerns about professional overlap with his previous term as a legislator, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled.
After Marshall resigned from the Legislature and accepted an appointment from the Navajo County Board of Supervisors to serve as its recorder, Attorney General Kris Mayes sued, arguing a violation of the constitution given his term’s official end date in January 2027.
Per the state constitution, “(n)o member of the legislature, during the term for which he shall have been elected or appointed shall be eligible to hold any other office or otherwise be employed by the state of Arizona.”
But in a decision issued Tuesday, Judge David McDowell put the question to bed, finding Marshall’s resignation officially ended his status as a member of the Legislature.
