Jan Brewer

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governor human member of the Republican Party (United States) politician

Jan Brewer is an American Republican politician who served as the 22nd governor of Arizona from 2009 to 2015.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Jan Brewer canonical	3
Janice Kay Brewer	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1212979 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jan Brewer
Context triple: [Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, signedBy, Jan Brewer]

A. Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson was an American politician and diplomat who served as governor of New Mexico, U.S. congressman, and a prominent international negotiator and envoy.
B. Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott is an American Republican politician and attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Texas since 2015.
C. Janet Napolitano
Janet Napolitano is an American politician and lawyer who served as governor of Arizona and later as the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security under President Barack Obama.
D. Lance Briggs
Lance Briggs is a former NFL linebacker best known for his long, Pro Bowl–caliber career with the Chicago Bears.
E. David Paterson
David Paterson is an American politician who served as the 55th governor of New York and was the state's first Black and first legally blind governor.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jan Brewer
Target entity description: Jan Brewer is an American Republican politician who served as the 22nd governor of Arizona from 2009 to 2015.

A. Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson was an American politician and diplomat who served as governor of New Mexico, U.S. congressman, and a prominent international negotiator and envoy.
B. Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott is an American Republican politician and attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Texas since 2015.
C. Janet Napolitano
Janet Napolitano is an American politician and lawyer who served as governor of Arizona and later as the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security under President Barack Obama.
D. Lance Briggs
Lance Briggs is a former NFL linebacker best known for his long, Pro Bowl–caliber career with the Chicago Bears.
E. David Paterson
David Paterson is an American politician who served as the 55th governor of New York and was the state's first Black and first legally blind governor.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	governor ⓘ human ⓘ member of the Republican Party (United States) ⓘ politician ⓘ
advocated for	border security ⓘ state-level immigration enforcement ⓘ
appointed by	succeeded Janet Napolitano as Governor of Arizona ⓘ
assumed office	2009-01-21 (as Governor of Arizona) ⓘ
country of citizenship	United States of America ⓘ
date of birth	1944-09-26 ⓘ
elected in	2010 Arizona gubernatorial election ⓘ
end time	2015 (term as Governor of Arizona) ⓘ
endorsed	Donald Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election ⓘ Mitt Romney in the 2012 United States presidential election ⓘ
ethnic group	White American ⓘ
familyName	Brewer ⓘ
givenName	Janice ⓘ
known for	conservative immigration policies ⓘ opposition to the Affordable Care Act (with later support for Medicaid expansion in Arizona) ⓘ
left office	2015-01-05 (as Governor of Arizona) ⓘ
lived in	Glendale, Arizona ⓘ Phoenix, Arizona ⓘ
member of	National Governors Association ⓘ
name	Jan Brewer self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Janice Kay Brewer
notable work	Support and signing of Arizona SB 1070 ⓘ
number of children	3 ⓘ
occupation	politician ⓘ
ordinal number	22nd Governor of Arizona ⓘ
place of birth	Hollywood, California, United States ⓘ surface form: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
political party	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
position held	Governor of Arizona ⓘ Member of the Arizona House of Representatives ⓘ Member of the Arizona Senate ⓘ Member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors ⓘ Arizona Secretary of State ⓘ surface form: Secretary of State of Arizona
preceded by	Janet Napolitano ⓘ surface form: Janet Napolitano (as Governor of Arizona)
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
residence	Arizona ⓘ
sex or gender	female ⓘ
signature	signature of Jan Brewer ⓘ
spouse	John Leon Brewer ⓘ
start time	2009 (term as Governor of Arizona) ⓘ
succeeded by	Doug Ducey (as Governor of Arizona) ⓘ
supported	SB 1070 ⓘ surface form: Arizona SB 1070

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act → signedBy → Jan Brewer ⓘ

Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act → governorAtSigning → Jan Brewer ⓘ

Jan Brewer → name → Jan Brewer self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Janice Kay Brewer

SB 1070 → signedBy → Jan Brewer ⓘ

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