News Did You Know: Arizona Leads The Pack With Women Governors KJZZ | By Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez Published December 26, 2014 at 9:04 AM MST Facebook LinkedIn Email Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records / handout | agencyThe "Fabulous Five" elected to top executive state positions on Inauguration Day in 1999. Arizona has had 13 Democratic governors and nine Republicans. Most of our state leaders have been men. But Did You Know Arizona is the first state to have four women governors?