# Ray Rottas

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{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name                = Ray Rottas
|birth_date          = {{birth date|1927|10|20}}
|birth_place         = [Cleveland, Ohio](/source/Cleveland%2C_Ohio), U.S.
|death_date          = {{death date and age|2011|07|11|1927|10|20}}
|office              = Member of the [Arizona Senate](/source/Arizona_Senate)
|preceded            = 
|succeeded           =
|term_start          = 1971
|term_end            = 1974
|term_start2         = 1977
|term_end2           = 1982
|office3             = 36th [Treasurer of Arizona](/source/State_Treasurer_of_Arizona)
|governor3           = [Bruce Babbitt](/source/Bruce_Babbitt)<br>[Evan Mecham](/source/Evan_Mecham)<br>[Rose Mofford](/source/Rose_Mofford)
|preceded3           = [Clark Dierks](/source/Clark_Dierks)
|succeeded3          = [Tony West](/source/Tony_West_(politician))
|term_start3         = 1983
|term_end3           = 1991
|party               = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))<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](/source/The_Arizona_Republic)|location=[Phoenix, Arizona](/source/Phoenix%2C_Arizona)|date=November 3, 1984|access-date=June 22, 2023|page=23|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} {{Closed access}}</ref>
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'''Ray Rottas''' (October 20, 1927 – July 11, 2011) was an American politician. He served as a [Republican member](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) of the [Arizona Senate](/source/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](/source/Cleveland%2C_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](/source/The_Arizona_Republic)|date=July 30, 2011|access-date=June 22, 2023}}</ref>

Rottas served in the [Arizona Senate](/source/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](/source/The_Arizona_Republic)|location=[Phoenix, Arizona](/source/Phoenix%2C_Arizona)|date=October 22, 1990|access-date=June 22, 2023|page=2|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} {{Closed access}}</ref>

Rottas served as [treasurer of Arizona](/source/State_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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Category:Republican Party Arizona state senators
Category:20th-century members of the Arizona State Legislature
Category:State treasurers of Arizona

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