resigned to run for governor. In 1988, he was elected president of the National League of Cities. In 1990, Goddard sought and won the Arizona Democratic Party's nomination for Governor of Arizona, but was defeated in a runoff by Fife Symington, who, after winning a second term, resigned in 1997 amid charges of bank fraud. Goddard again sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 1994, losing the primary to Eddie Basha Jr. Goddard served as Arizona State Director for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1995 to 2002 and in 2000, he was elected to the Central Arizona Water Conservation District, which oversees the Central Arizona Project, where he currently serves at the President. In the non-partisan election in which the top five candidates are elected, Goddard came first, with 403,568 votes (19.74%). In 2002, Goddard decided to enter the race for Attorney General of Arizona to succeed fellow Democrat Janet Napolitano, who was running for governor. He was elected that year with a greater margin than Napolitano received for governor, receiving over 50% of the vote; he and a number of other candidates for office that year ran publicly financed campaigns under Arizona's Clean Elections program. Goddard was re-elected to the office of attorney general in 2006 with 60% of the vote. After Napolitano resigned to become United States Secretary of Homeland Security in January 2009 and was succeeded by Secretary of State Jan Brewer, Goddard was next in line to succeed Brewer. Although the secretary of state is ordinarily next in line to succeed the governor, new Secretary of State Ken Bennett had been appointed and was not eligible, so Goddard was next in line to succeed Brewer. Arizona Attorney General, 2003–2011 Goddard's stated focus as Attorney General was cybercrime, consumer protection, predatory lending and foreclosures, and deceptive advertising. He also worked to reduce teen use of the drug methamphetamine, and partnered with Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff to investigate and prosecute suspected polygamists and government abuse of the neighboring communities of Colorado City, Arizona and Hildale, Utah. This led to the capture of polygamist leader and self-proclaimed prophet Warren Jeffs. A hallmark accomplishment during his tenure was his settlement with Western Union over wire transfers involving human smuggling. He cited this settlement often during the 2010 general election. One of his last acts as Arizona's Attorney General was to cease negotiations with Bank of