Felecia Rotellini

Felecia Rotellini is an attorney, politician, and current Chairwoman of the Arizona Democratic Party. Rotellini spent 13 years as an assistant state attorney general before serving as the Superintendent of the Arizona State Banking Department under Governor Janet Napolitano[1]. She twice ran for attorney general in 2010 and 2014.

Felecia Rotellini
Felecia Rotellini in 2019
Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office January 27, 2018
Preceded by	Alexis Tameron
Personal details
Political party	Democratic
Education	Rocky Mountain College (BA) University of Notre Dame (JD)

Early life, education, and career

Felecia Rotellini was born in Sheridan, Wyoming[2] to Clarice (née Koebbe) and Anselmo "Sam" Rotellini[3]. Rotellini grew up on Main Street in Sheridan, Wyoming and credits her mother, who ran the office for the family business (a State Farm Insurance Agency), as her role model that showed "women were smart and could run a business."[4]

Rotellini developed an interest in politics due, in part, to her paternal grandfather who was a coal mining union organizer in the now defunct-town of Cambria, Wyoming; he would later die from black lung disease[5]. While attending Rocky Mountain College, Rotellini participated in a Girls Staters event where Senator Gale W. McGee urged the crowd to "each make a political commitment." As part of the activities of the event, Rotellini was elected as one of the "councilmen" for the mythical town of Cottonwood City.[6]

Rotellini received her bachelor's degrees in history and political science (magna cum laude) from Rocky Mountain College in 1981 and a J.D. from Notre Dame Law School in 1986[7]. She passed the State Bar of Arizona bar examination in 1986[8] and was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona on October 25, 1986[9].

Rotellini began her career working as an attorney in private practice from 1986 until 1992. She then served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Arizona from 1992 until 2005, then was the Assistant Superintendent of Arizona Department Finance Institutions from 2005 until 2006, and was appointed in 2006 as the Superintendent by Governor Janet Napolitano and served until 2009.

In August 2009, Rotellini resigned from her appointed position as Superintendent to join the Phoenix law firm of Zwillinger & Greek PC.[10]

In 2010 and 2014, Rotellini ran unsuccessfully for Arizona Attorney General.[11]

In 2018, Rotellini was elected state party chair over LD-16 Chair Scott Prior.[12][13]

Election results

Arizona Attorney General 2010[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Horne	870,483	51.9
	Democratic	Felecia Rotellini	807,185	48.1
Total votes			1,677,668	100

Arizona Attorney General 2014[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Brnovich	782,361	52.88
	Democratic	Felecia Rotellini	696,054	47.04
	Write-ins	Other	1,212	0.08
Total votes			1,479,627	100

References

1. "New head of state banking agency picked". Arizona Daily Star. 7 December 2005. p. 1 Section D. A former prosecutor of financial fraud cases was named Tuesday by Gov. Janet Napolitano as the next superintendent of the Arizona State Banking Department. Felecia Rotellini was an assistant state attorney general for 13 years before becoming an assistant superintendent at the Banking Department earlier this year.
2. https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/123542/felecia-rotellini
3. "Felecia Rotellini : I fight for my Mom".
4. "Felecia Rotellini : I fight for my Mom".
5. "A loose brick in Republicans' red wall". 25 March 2020.
6. "McGee urges 'political commitments' at Girls' State". Casper Star-Tribune. 3 June 1975. p. 11.
7. "Felecia Rotellini".
8. "UA law school grads place 1st and 2nd in State Bar examinations". The Arizona Daily Star. 17 October 1986. p. 10 Section B. Following is a list of successful candidates for the state bar. [...] Felecia A. Rotellini
9. "Felecia Rotellini".
10. https://ballotpedia.org/Felecia_Rotellini
11. https://ballotpedia.org/Felecia_Rotellini
12. "Arizona Democrats elect Felecia Rotellini as New Party Chair". 28 January 2018.
13. "Arizona governor candidate skips Democratic convention in favor of 'real voters'".
14. http://apps.azsos.gov/election/2010/General/Canvass2010GE.pdf
15. "Unofficial Results General Election". Arizona Secretary of State. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.

External links

• Felecia Rotellini at Ballotpedia
• Appearances on C-SPAN

Party political offices
Preceded by Bill Roe Acting	Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party 2018–present	Incumbent