Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) appointed a new justice to serve on the Arizona Supreme Court, marking the first time a Democratic administration has been given the chance to influence the state’s high court in two decades.

Hobbs nominated Judge Maria Elena Cruz, a lifelong resident of Yuma, Arizona, to the state Supreme Court. Cruz will replace Justice Robert Brutinel, who retired last year.

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