AZ Gov. Doug Ducey never mentioned first Latino Arizona Supreme Court justice’s race

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By Robert Robb, The Arizona Republic (1.5 minute read) the arizona republic

Last week, Gov. Doug Ducey appointed the first Latino to the Arizona Supreme Court, John R. Lopez IV.

What was most refreshing about it was that Ducey sought neither political credit nor acclaim for having done so.

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Any Democratic politician, steeped in identity politics, doing likewise would have launched a self-congratulatory parade, full of ponderous pronouncements about breaking barriers and bending the arc of history.

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