Cory Grumann

    

Cory Grumann
Portrait of Grumann
Governor of Maricopa
Incumbent
Assumed office February 16, 2016
Deputy	Ted Newman
Preceded by	Thomas Palmer
Leader of the Royalist Party of Maricopa
Incumbent
Assumed office January 22, 2013
Preceded by	Joel White
Majority Leader of the Maricopa House of Councilors
In office January 4, 2012 – February 16, 2016
Preceded by	Andrew Bevin
Succeeded by	Michael Hill
Member of the Maricopa House of Councilors for the 14th district
In office August 12, 1988 – February 16, 2016
Preceded by	Tyler Ellis
Succeeded by	Deacon Horton
Personal details
Born	(1945-05-15) May 15, 1945 Parker, Maricopa, Sierra
Political party	Royalist
Spouse(s)	Angela Grumann (m. 1970)
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Phoenix
Religion	Protestant

Cory Grumann (born May 15, 1945) is a Sierran politician who is the currently serving as the Governor of Maricopa since February 16, 2016. A member of the Royalist Party, Grumann previously served as the Majority Leader of the Maircopa House of Councilors from 2012 until 2016 and has been the Leader of the Royalist Party of Maricopa since January 22, 2013.

A native to Maricopa, Grumann was born in Parker where he attended Parker High School where he graduated in 1963 and later attended the University of Phoenix in 1964 and graduated in 1969. Grumann would get involved in politics being a journalist for the The Bunker Hill Journal where he served as a prominent editor from 1971 until 1988 when he resigned to run for the Maricopa House of Councilors where he was elected in the 1988 House of Councilors election. He would represent the 14th district from 1988 up until he was elected governor in 2016 and was a prominent member for the Maricopa Royalist Party. In 2012, he was elected by the Royalist Party caucus to serve as the majority leader and in 2013 was elected to serve as the Leader of the Royalist Party of Maricopa.

Grumann ran in the 2016 Maricopa gubernatorial election against Thomas Palmer of the Democratic-Republican Party and Greg Besheer of the Libertarian Party where he won beating Palmer out by seven points. Grumann would help ensure the continuation of the Royalist Party's political dominance in Maricopa and served as an ardently conservative governor following his election. He was re-elected in the 2020 Maricopa gubernatorial election, but won by a much smaller margin inching out by a meager two points.

As governor, Grumann has been labeled Sierra's most conservative governor due to many policies that he has passed including restrictive abortion laws, curtailing LGBT rights, legalizing open carry and rolling back Medicare expansion. While Grumann enjoyed decent approval ratings early on, he has since become a highly controversial and divisive figure who has recieved criticism due to his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the province and the George Floyd protests, especially due to him openly siding with the police. As of 2020, he has the lowest approval ratings of any Sierran governor.