Montenegro to Serve as Arizona State House Speaker, Petersen Holds onto State Senate Presidency

Arizona State President Warren Petersen

The Arizona state Legislature is seeing some new leadership in its upcoming session.

In private meetings in and around the capitol on Tuesday, members voted on their picks to run the show. State Rep. Steve Montenegro will succeed outgoing Speaker Ben Toma. Montenegro won with 18 votes and ran against State Rep. Joseph Chaplik and current Majority Leader Leo Biasiucci.

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