What is Phil Gordon (politician)?
{{Infobox Officeholder |name = Phil Gordon |image = Phil Gordon by Gage Skidmore.jpg |office = 58th [[List of mayors of Phoenix|Mayor of Phoenix]] |term_start = January 2, 2004 |term_end = January 3, 2012 |predecessor = [[Skip Rimsza]] |successor = [[Greg Stanton]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|4|18}} |birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |alma_mater = [[University of Arizona]]<br>[[Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law|Arizona State University]] }} '''Phil Gordon''' (born April 18, 1951) is an [[United States|American]] politician. He served as the 51st mayor of [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], [[Arizona]] from 2004 to 2012. Gordon is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. The former city councilman was elected mayor in the non-partisan mayoral race on September 9, 2003, garnering 72 percent of the vote, and re-elected on September 11, 2007, with 77 percent of the vote.<ref>[http://phoenix.gov/ELECTION/summ0903.html SUMMARY OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL ELECTION SEPTEMBER 9, 2003<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403205340/http://phoenix.gov/ELECTION/summ0903.html |date=April 3, 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/09/10/daily25.html?surround=lfn Phoenix Business Journal, September 2007]</ref><ref>[http://www.topix.com/phoenix/2007/09/gordon-sweeps-mayors-race-sales-tax-increase-passes Gordon sweeps mayor's race, sales tax increase passes - Topix<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Phil}} [[Category:1951 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Jewish American politicians]] [[Category:Mayors of Phoenix, Arizona]] [[Category:Politicians from Chicago]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]]