{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Jerry P. Weiers |image = Jerry Weiers (53952927063) (cropped).jpg |caption = Weiers in 2024 |office = Mayor of Glendale, Arizona |term_start1 = January 2013 |term_end1 = |predecessor1 = Elaine Scruggs |successor1 = |state_senate = |district2 = |term_start2 = |term_end2 = |predecessor2 = |successor2 = |state_house3 = Arizona |district3 = 12th |term_start3 = January 2005 |term_end3 = January 2013 |predecessor3 = Bill Arnold |successor3 = Darin Mitchell (in District 13 after redistricting) |state_house4 = |district4 = |term_start4 = |term_end4 = |predecessor4 = |successor4 = |birth_date = |birth_place = South Dakota, United States<ref name="Weiers">{{Cite web|url= https://www.glendaleaz.com/your_government/city_council/mayor_jerry_weiers |title= Mayor Jerry P. Weiers - City of Glendale |language= en |access-date= 2024-09-03}}</ref> |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |relatives = Jim Weiers (brother) |spouse = |children = |alma_mater = |profession = Politician |website = }}
'''Jerry P. Weiers'''<ref name="Weiers" /> is an American politician, who's currently serving as the mayor of Glendale, Arizona, a position he has held since January 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jerry_Weiers | publisher=Ballotpedia | title=Jerry Weiers | accessdate=February 24, 2019}}</ref><ref name=Glendale>{{cite web |url=https://www.glendaleaz.com/Mayor/AboutMayorWeiers.cfm |publisher=City of Glendale, Arizona |title=Office of the Mayor – About Mayor Weiers |accessdate=February 24, 2019}}</ref> Prior to that, Weiers served four consecutive terms in the Arizona House of Representatives, representing Arizona's 12th District.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/88/rec/1 |publisher=State of Arizona| title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2005 Volume 1, Forty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 226 | accessdate=January 3, 2019 |pages=ix–x}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/104/rec/1 |publisher=State of Arizona| title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2007 Volume 1, Forty-Eighth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 214 | accessdate=January 3, 2019 |pages=ix–x}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/96/rec/2 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2009 Volume 1, Forty-Ninth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 113 | accessdate=January 13, 2019 |pages=ix–x}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/120/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2011 Volume 1, Fiftieth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 237 | accessdate=February 16, 2019 |pages=ix–x}}</ref>
A Republican,<ref name="azleg">{{Cite web|url= https://www.azleg.gov/house-member/?legislature=49&session=91&legislator=1114 |title= House Member |language= en |website= Arizona State Legislature |access-date= 2024-09-03}}</ref> Weiers first moved from his home state South Dakota<ref name="Weiers" /> to Arizona in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.jerryweiers.com/jerry-weiers |title= Jerry Weiers {{!}} Weiers |language= en |website= Jerry Weiers official website |access-date= 2024-09-03}}</ref> He has made history in the Arizona State Legislature by serving alongside his brother Jim Weiers, becoming first brothers in Arizona history to serve together in the state legislature.<ref name="azleg" />
== Personal life == Jerry Weiers had a brother, who was also an Arizona local politician and fellow State Legislature member, Jim Weiers<ref name="azleg" /> (1953–2024).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.azpm.org/p/news-articles/2024/4/20/219955-jim-weiers-former-speaker-of-the-arizona-house-dies-at-70/ |title=Jim Weiers, former speaker of the Arizona House, dies at 70 |publisher=Arizona PBS |accessdate=April 21, 2024 |date=April 20, 2024 |work=KJZZ |author=Schaudt, Sky}}</ref>
Weiers has been married for more than three decades to his wife Sandy. They have one daughter. Weiers also lived in Alaska and two years in New Mexico.<ref name="azleg" />
==See also== * 2012 Glendale, Arizona mayoral election * 2016 Glendale, Arizona mayoral election * List of mayors of Glendale, Arizona
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