{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Ray Rottas |birth_date = {{birth date|1927|10|20}} |birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2011|07|11|1927|10|20}} |office = Member of the Arizona Senate |preceded = |succeeded = |term_start = 1971 |term_end = 1974 |term_start2 = 1977 |term_end2 = 1982 |office3 = 36th Treasurer of Arizona |governor3 = Bruce Babbitt<br>Evan Mecham<br>Rose Mofford |preceded3 = Clark Dierks |succeeded3 = Tony West |term_start3 = 1983 |term_end3 = 1991 |party = Republican<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/121686790/|title=Labor, right-to-work group spar over 2 ballot issues|work=The Arizona Republic|location=Phoenix, Arizona|date=November 3, 1984|access-date=June 22, 2023|page=23|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> }}
'''Ray Rottas''' (October 20, 1927 – July 11, 2011) was an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the Arizona Senate.<ref name="a">{{Citation|title=Acts, Resolutions, and Memorials|date=1977|publisher=McNeil Company}}</ref>
== Life and career == Rottas was born in Cleveland, Ohio.<ref name="b">{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/azcentral/name/raymond-rottas-obituary?id=21346373|title=Raymond Rottas Obituary (2011)|work=The Arizona Republic|date=July 30, 2011|access-date=June 22, 2023}}</ref>
Rottas served in the Arizona Senate<ref name="a" /> from 1971 to 1974 and again from 1977 to 1982.<ref name="b" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/122451952/|title=Secretary-of-state race low-key|work=The Arizona Republic|location=Phoenix, Arizona|date=October 22, 1990|access-date=June 22, 2023|page=2|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref>
Rottas served as treasurer of Arizona from 1983 to 1991.<ref>{{Citation|title=Arizona Blue Book|page=71|date=2000|publisher=Secretary of State}}</ref>
Rottas died on July 11, 2011, at the age of 83.<ref name="b" />
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