Best Of Tucson®
Best Public Servant
Bob Walkup
Readers Pick
Personable and optimistic, Mayor Robert E. Walkup's ability to appear an honest, "regular guy" at a time when everybody thinks politicians are lying weasels gives him the vote. Far from being the typical stoic, bureaucracy-riddled circus-act hack we love to hate, Walkup is less a politician then he is a citizen--probably because he is a newcomer to politics. A onetime aerospace executive, Walkup's first campaign in 1999 as a Republican was against pro-Democratic odds in Tucson, and he won--becoming the first Republican mayor since 1987. Tucsonans love underdogs, no matter what the political persuasion.
Runners up:
2. Kathleen Dunbar3. Raul Grijalva
Previously in Best Of Tucson®
- 2012 Best Public Servant - Gabrielle Giffords
- 2011 Best Public Servant - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
- 2010 Best Public Servant - Rep. Raúl Grijalva
- 2009 Best Public Servant - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
- 2008 Best Public Servant - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
- 2007 Best Public Servant - Rep. Raúl Grijalva
- 2006 Best Public Servant - Rep. Raúl Grijalva
- 2005 Best Public Servant - Raúl Grijalva
- 2004 Best Public Servant - Raúl Grijalva
- 2002 Best Public Servant - Mayor Bob Walkup
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