{{Short description|American lawyer and politician (born 1955)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Jonathan Rothschild |image = Jonathan Rothschild 2013.jpg |order = 41st Mayor of Tucson |term_start = December 5, 2011 |term_end = December 2, 2019 |predecessor = Bob Walkup |successor = Regina Romero |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1955}} |birth_place = Tucson, Arizona, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Democratic |spouse = Karen Spiegel |education = Kenyon College (BA)<br>University of New Mexico (JD) }} '''Jonathan Rothschild''' (born 1955) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 41st mayor of Tucson, Arizona from 2011 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sayers |first1=Justin |title=Regina Romero declares readiness to begin 'historic journey' as Tucson's mayor |url=https://tucson.com/news/local/regina-romero-declares-readiness-to-begin-historic-journey-as-tucson/article_8e47ce89-8376-5a7d-a692-ff8f47833d81.html |website=Tucson.com |date=December 3, 2019 |accessdate=6 January 2020}}</ref> From 2001 to 2011, Rothschild was managing partner at the law firm Mesch Clark Rothschild.
==Early life and education== Rothschild was born to a Jewish family and attended Canyon del Oro High School in Oro Valley, Arizona. He later graduated from Kenyon College and the University of New Mexico School of Law.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} After graduating from law school, he served as a clerk for United States District Court Judge Alfredo Chavez Marquez.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography |url=https://www.mayorrothschild.com/meet-the-mayor/biography/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127103940/http://www.mayorrothschild.com/meet-the-mayor/biography/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 27, 2014 |publisher=City of Tucson |accessdate=21 June 2018}}</ref>
== Career == Rothschild was first elected mayor of Tucson on November 8, 2011, with 54.96% of the vote, defeating Republican Rick Grinnell (39.91%) and Green Party candidate Mary DeCamp (4.94%) after running unopposed in the Democratic primary.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/2011/11/10/citys-general-election-final-results-scott-retains-ward-4-council-seat/|title=City's General Election final results: Scott retains Ward 4 Council seat|last=Classen|first=Carolyn|date=November 10, 2011|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star|accessdate=January 22, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130217001720/http://tucsoncitizen.com/community/2011/11/10/citys-general-election-final-results-scott-retains-ward-4-council-seat/|archivedate=February 17, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2015, he was elected to a second term, running unopposed in both primary and general elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/30428656/election-rothschild-re-elected-city-council-members-hold-onto-seats|title=ELECTION: Rothschild re-elected; city council members hold seats|last=Cooper|first=Michael|date=November 3, 2015|website=Tucson News Now}}</ref><ref name="bodfield_01">{{cite news|url=http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/city-s-new-mayor-is-portrait-of-hard-work-little/article_0d0cf149-0718-5a4c-bfe7-36cedbdf14d6.html|title=City's new mayor is portrait of hard work, little flash|last=Bodfield|first=Rhonda|date=November 13, 2011|work=Arizona Daily Star|accessdate=January 22, 2013}}</ref>
He has also been an adjunct assistant professor of the University of Arizona College of Law and a past chair of the State Bar of Arizona's Committee on Examinations. He has served as treasurer of the Pima County Democratic Party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://azjewishpost.com/2011/5450/|title=Tucson lawyer launches Democratic mayoral bid|last=Wilensky|first=Sheila|date=February 10, 2011|accessdate=December 10, 2014|newspaper=Arizona Jewish Post}}</ref>
==See also== * List of mayors of the largest 50 US cities
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{C-SPAN|64458}}
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