What Republican governor was once stationed 15 miles from his state capital of Phoenix, Arizona?
Luke Air Force Base Luke Air Force Base (IATA: LUF, ICAO: KLUF, FAA LID: LUF) is a United States Air Force base located seven miles (11 km) west of the central business district of Glendale, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. It is also about 15 mi west of Phoenix, Arizona.
Arizona gubernatorial election, 1942 The 1942 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1942. Incumbent Governor Sidney Preston Osborn ran for reelection, and easily defeated a challenge from former Governor Robert Taylor Jones in the Democratic primary, who Osborn also defeated in 1940.