Former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has been appointed as the next U.S. ambassador for Serbia.
Brnovich served as attorney general from 2015 to 2023. In 2022, he ran an unsuccessful campaign for the U.S. Senate, losing in the Republican primary.
As he was running for senate, Brnovich concealed multiple reports from his office that showed there were no voting irregularities or fraud in Arizona during the 2020 presidential election, although he released a report casting doubt on Biden’s victory in Arizona.
Current AG Kris Mayes publicized the reports, resulting in her statement that the 2020 election “was conducted fairly and accurately by elections officials.”
Brnovich was elected as the attorney general in 2017 after beating now Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne in the primary and winning against Democrat Felecia Rotellini later that year.
As AG, he mainly focused on consumer protection and advocacy through refunds after the disbursement of faulty products.
One of his notable accomplishments was a multimillion dollar settlement with Theranos to refund more than 76,000 Arizonans after the company administered around 1.5 million unreliable blood tests.
President Donald Trump announced the selection of Brnovich on Friday. His appointment needs to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
Brnovich is the son of Serbian immigrants who travelled from the former Yugoslavia.
-
In November, Phoenix unanimously approved its middle housing ordinance to comply with a state law that passed in 2024. The ordinance allows multifamily housing in downtown, including in once protected historic neighborhoods. -
Negotiators are focusing on a five-year agreement for sharing water from the shrinking river. Experts say that would provide some much-needed flexibility. -
Democratic Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari of Arizona introduced a trio of bills — including one called the Drain ICE Act, which would rescind the $75 billion a GOP-crafted spending bill earmarked for the agency last year. -
A pair of education groups are proposing a ballot initiative to rein in Arizona's universal school voucher program — which has ballooned to a nearly billion-dollar-a-year expense since first approved in 2022. -
A new lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union contends that the state can’t stop “advanced practice clinicians” — like nurse practitioners — from performing abortions in Arizona.
