address. speaker bowers, president phan, house leaders peterson and fernand fernandez, senate leaders gray and bradley, chief justice, members of the legislature and judiciary, my fellow arizonans, thank you so much for the warm welcome. it s great to be back. allow me to start with a question. show of hands. who here today in this chamber was born somewhere other than the state of arizona? as you can see, there s a lot of us. i ll always be a kid from toledo, and we have folks here from all over the country and all over the world. it s uniquely arizona. we choose to move here, live here, make this home, and we re not alone. as we stand here today, more than 70% of our adult citizens were born somewhere else. so were some of our greatest state icons. leaders like secretary of the air force, barbara barrett. trail blazers like raul castro. legends like jerry colangelo. quiet saints like bill bidwell. giants like sandra day o connor. and heroes like john mccain and pat tillma
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