Director, Democracy and Leader Initiative | Professor of Practice, Law
Rothschild was born to a Jewish family and attended Canyon del Oro High School in Oro Valley, Arizona. He later graduated from Kenyon College and the University of New Mexico School of Law.[citation needed] After graduating from law school, he served as a clerk for United States District Court Judge Alfredo Chavez Marquez. Rothschild was first elected mayor of Tucson on November 8, 2011, with 54.96% of the vote, defeating Republican Rick Grinnell (39.91%) and Green Party candidate Mary DeCamp (4.94%) after running unopposed in the Democratic primary.[3] In 2015, he was elected to a second term, running unopposed in both primary and general elections