Arizona 2024 General Election Candidates,

Endorsements & Ballot Measures

HOW WE ENDORSE: Stonewall Democrats of Arizona has a twelve person Endorsement Committee. Candidates do not file applications nor must those endorsed have to be members of the LGBTQ community. Being a member of the LGBTQ community is obviously a plus towards endorsement however, we have found that being such does not always indicate that a candidate would necessarily be an advantage to our community were they to hold office. Many factors are considered. Committee members research candidates through their social media accounts, their websites, voting records, YouTube videos, statements, position papers and more before bringing their information before the Committee in whole for a vote.

 
EQUALITY SCORE: The Equality Scores are tabulated using such widely varied sources as questionnaires of not only our own but of groups from both the left and the right. Information gathered during the Primary Election endorsement process is also formulated into the Equality Score. Scores range from 0 to 100% with the higher the number being an indication that the candidate would be more apt to support and work toward equality for ALL people, the lower the number more apt to discriminate against segments of society. --- indicates that either scores have not yet been reached for a candidate or not enough information is available to formulate a score.

( i ) Indicates incumbent.

 

2022

In the Arizona Supreme Court there are 2 Justices up for re-election. Both are far-right politically. Neither have been friends of the LGBTQIA community and both approved the return to Arizona's 1864 Civil War era abortion laws. It is Stonewalls request that you vote to NOT retain Justices Clint Bolick or Kathryn King.

PARTY NAME   EQUALITY SCORE DATA
PRESIDENT
Democrat KAMALA HARRIS   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican DONALD TRUMP More Info 0%
  JD VANCE More Info 2%

 

U.S. SENATE
Democrat RUBEN GALLEGO   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican KARI LAKE

More Info

2%

 

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 1
Democrat AMISH SHAW   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican DAVID SCHWEIKERT More Info 0%
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 2
Democrat JONATHAN NEZ   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican ELI CRANE ( i ) More Info 0%
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 3
Democrat YASSAMIN ANSARI   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican JEFF ZINK More Info 2%
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 4
Democrat GREG STANTON ( i )   80% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican KELLY COOPER More Info 5%
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 5
Democrat KATRINA SCHAFFNER   95% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican ANDY BIGGS More Info 0%
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 6
Democrat KIRSTEN ENGEL     99% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican JUAN CISCOMANI More Info 28%
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 7
Democrat RAUL GRIJALVA ( i )   100% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican DANIEL BUTIEREZ More Info 9%
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 8
Democrat GREGORY WHITTEN   95% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican ABRAHAM HAMADEH More Info 16%
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 9
Democrat QUACY SMITH   90% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican PAUL GOSAR More Info 0%
 
CORPORATION COMMISSION
Democrat JONATHON HILL   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website  | Facebook | X
  JOSHUA POLACHECK   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | X
  YLENIA AGUILAR   90% Website | X
    Republican LEA MARQUEZ-PETERSON More Info 25%
  RACHEL WALDEN More Info 0%
  RENE LOPEZ More Info 6%

 

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 1
HOUSE
Democrat JAY RUBY   98% Website  | Facebook | X
  MARCIA SMITH   98% Website  | Facebook | X
    Republican QUANG NGUYEN ( i ) More Info 0%
  SELINA BLISS ( i ) More Info 3%
SENATE
Democrat MIKE FOGEL   98% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican MARK FINCHEM More Info 0%
 
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 2
HOUSE
Democrat STEPHANIE SIMACEK   95% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican ARI DANIEL BRADSHAW More Info 50%
  JUSTIN WILMETH ( i ) More Info 2%
SENATE
Democrat JUDY SCHWIBERT   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican SHAWNNA BOLICK ( i ) More Info 2%
 
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 3
HOUSE
Democrat RICHARD CORLIS   90% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican ALEXANDER KOLODIN ( i ) More Info 0%
  JOSEPH CHAPLIK ( i ) More Info 0%
SENATE
    Republican JOHN KAVANAGH ( i ) More Info 1%
 
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 4
HOUSE
Democrat KAREN GRESHAM   98% Website | Facebook | X
  KELLI BUTLER   99% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican MATT GRESS ( i ) More Info 30%
  PAMELA CARTER More Info 0%
SENATE
Democrat CHRISTINE MARSH ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican CARINE WERNER More Info 9%
 
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 5
HOUSE
Democrat AARON MARQUEZ   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
  SARAH LIGUORI ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
SENATE
Democrat LELA ALSTON ( i )   98% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican JOSHUA ORTEGA   10%
 
  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 6
HOUSE
Democrat MAE PESHLAKAI ( i )   98% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Facebook | X
  MYRON TSOSIE ( i )   98% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    - - -
    Republican LLOYD JOHNSON More Info 0%
  RICH KING   10%
SENATE
Democrat THERESA HATATHLIE ( i )   98% Website | Facebook
 
  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 7
HOUSE
Democrat KEVIN CHIQUETE   95% Website | Facebook
  NANCY HARTL   93% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican DAVID MARSHALL  ( i ) More Info 0%
  WALT BLACKMAN More Info 3%
SENATE
Democrat HALEY CREIGHTON   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook
    Republican WENDY ROGERS ( i ) More Info 0%
 
  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 8
HOUSE
Democrat JANEEN CONNOLLY   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
  BRIAN GARCIA   98% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook
    Republican CADEN DARROW More Info 20%
SENATE
Democrat LAUREN KUBY   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican ROXANA HOLZAPFEL More Info 2%
 
  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 9
HOUSE
Democrat LORENA AUSTIN ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
  SETH BLATTMAN ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican KYLIE BARBER More Info 0%
  MARY ANN MENDOZA More Info 0%
SENATE
Democrat EVA BURCH ( i )   98% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican ROBERT SCANTLEBURY More Info 0%
 
  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 10
HOUSE
Democrat HELEN HUNTER   88% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican MATT GREER More Info 5%
  RALPH HEAP More Info 0%
SENATE
Democrat ROBERT DOYLE   90% Website
    Republican DAVID FARNSWORTH ( i ) More Info 50%
 
  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 11
HOUSE
Democrat JUNELLE CAVERO   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
  OSCAR DE LOS SANTOS ( i )   95% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican CESAR IVAN ALEMAN   10%
  JOSEPH CHARLES DAILEY   10%
SENATE
Democrat CATHERINE MIRANDA ( i )   50% Website | X
    Republican JOSHUA AYALA More Info 9%
 
  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 12
HOUSE
Democrat STACEY TRAVERS ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
  PATTY CONTRERAS ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website
    Republican LAWRENCE HUDSON More Info 9%
SENATE
Democrat MITZI EPSTEIN ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican CARA VICINI More Info 9%
 
  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 13
HOUSE
Democrat BRANDY REECE   95% Website | Facebook | X
  NICHOLAS GONZALES   95% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican JEFF WENINGER More Info 0%
  JULIE WILLOUGHBY ( i ) More Info 0%
SENATE
Democrat SHARON LEE WINTERS   95% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican J.D. MESNARD ( i ) More Info 10%
 
  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 14
HOUSE
    Republican KHYL POWELL More Info 7%
  LAURIN HENDRIX ( i ) More Info 0%
SENATE
Democrat ELIZABETH BROWN   98% Website | Facebook
    Republican WARREN PETERSEN ( i ) More Info 0%
 
  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 15
HOUSE
Democrat BARBARA BENEITONE   99% Website | Facebook
    Republican MICHAEL WAY More Info 9%
  NEAL CARTER  ( i ) More Info 0%
SENATE
Democrat ALAN SMITH   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican JAKE HOFFMAN ( i ) More Info 0%
 
  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 16
HOUSE
Democrat KEITH SEAMAN ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican CHRIS LOPEZ   10%
  TERESA MARTINEZ  ( i ) More Info 0%
SENATE
Democrat STACEY SEAMAN   90% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican T.J. SHOPE ( i ) More Info 2%
 
  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 17
HOUSE
Democrat KEVIN VOLK   98% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican CORY MCGARR  ( i ) More Info 2%
  RACHEL JONES  ( i ) More Info 0%
SENATE
Democrat JOHN MCLEAN   98% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican VINCE LEACH More Info 3%
 
  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 18
HOUSE
Democrat NANCY GUTIERREZ ( i )   98% Website | Facebook | X
  CHRIS MATHIS ( i )   98% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican LEONARD ROSENBLUM More Info 9%
SENATE
Democrat PRIYA SUNDARESHAN ( i )   90% Website | Facebook | X
 
  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 19
HOUSE
Democrat GREGG FROSTROM   90% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican GAIL GRIFFIN  ( i ) More Info 8%
  LUPE DIAZ  ( i ) More Info 0%
SENATE
Democrat BOB KARP   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook
    Republican DAVID GOWAN ( i ) More Info 0%
 
  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 20
HOUSE
Democrat ALMA HERNANDEZ ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
  BETTY VILLEGAS ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Facebook
SENATE
Democrat SALLY ANN GONZALES ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Facebook | X
 
  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 21
HOUSE
Democrat CONSUELO HERNANDEZ ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook
  STEPHANIE STAHL HAMILTON ( i ) 100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
  Website | Facebook
    Republican CHRISTOPHER KIBBEY   15%
SENATE
Democrat ROSANNA GABALDON ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
 
  LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 22
HOUSE
Democrat ELDA LUNA-NAJERA ( i )   95% - - -
  LUPE CHAVIRA CONTRERAS ( i ) 100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
  Facebook | X
    Republican BLAINE GRIFFIN More Info 10%
  DIANA JONES More Info 8%
SENATE
Democrat EVA DIAZ ( i )   98% Website | Facebook
    Republican STEVE ROBINSON   15%
 
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 23
HOUSE
Democrat MARIANA SANDOVAL ( i )   98% Website | Facebook | X
  MATIAS ROSALES   95% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican MICHELE PENA ( i ) More Info 50%
SENATE
Democrat BRIAN FERNANDEZ ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican MICHELLE ALTHERR More Info 0%
 
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 24
  HOUSE
Democrat ANNA ABEYTIA   98% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Facebook | X
  LYDIA HERNANDEZ ( i ) More Info 3%
SENATE
Democrat ANALISE ORTIZ   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
 
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 25
HOUSE
Democrat BILL OLEAR   98% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican MICHAEL CARBONE ( i ) More Info 0%
  NICKOLAS KUPPER More Info 90%
SENATE
    Republican TIM DUNN More Info 10%
 
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 26
HOUSE
Democrat CESAR AGUILAR ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
  QUANTA CREWS ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican SKYLA EDWARDS   10%
  FRANK ROBERTS   10%
SENATE
Democrat FLAVIO BRAVO ( i )   90% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican VICTOR HARRIS   10%
 
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 27
HOUSE
Democrat DEBORAH HOWARD   90% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican LISA FINK More Info 0%
  TONY RIVERO More Info 0%
SENATE
Democrat JOSHUA ABBOTT   98% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican KEVIN PAYNE More Info 0%
 
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 28
HOUSE
Democrat BARBARA FIKE   98% Website | Facebook
    Republican DAVID LIVINGSTON ( i ) More Info 0%
  BEVERLY PINGERELLI ( i ) More Info 1%
SENATE
    Republican FRANK CARROLL ( i ) More Info 1%
 
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 29
HOUSE
Democrat TANAIRI OCHOA-MARTINEZ   90% Website | Facebook
  THOMAS ZITZURA   90% - - -
    Republican STEVE MONTENEGRO ( i ) More Info 0%
  JAMES TAYLOR More Info 8%
SENATE
Democrat ERIC STAFFORD   90% Website | Facebook
    Republican JANAE SHAMP More Info 0%
 
LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT 30
HOUSE
Democrat MONICA TIMBERLAKE   98% - - -
    Republican LEO BIASIUCCI ( i ) More Info 0%
  JOHN GILLETTE ( i ) More Info 3%
SENATE
Democrat J'AIME MORGAINE   89% Facebook | X
    Republican HILDY ANGIUS More Info 0%
COUNTY ELECTIONS

MARICOPA COUNTY

 
ASSESSOR
Democrat GREG FREEMAN   95% Website | Facebook
    Republican EDDIE COOK   10%
 
ATTORNEY
Democrat TAMIKA WOOTEN   95% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican RACHEL MITCHELL More Info 10%
 
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DISTRICT 1
Democrat JOEL NAVARRO   95% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican MARK STEWART   10%
 
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DISTRICT 2
Democrat JULIE CIENIAWSKI   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website
    Republican THOMAS GALVIN ( i )   24%
 
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DISTRICT 3
 Democrat DANIEL VALENZUELA   95% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican KATE BROPHY MCGEE More Info 2%
 
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DISTRICT 4
Democrat DAVID SANDOVAL   95% Website | Facebook |  X
    Republican DEBBIE LESKO More Info 0%
 
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DISTRICT 5
Democrat STEVE GALLARDO   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican CYNTHIA NIEMANN   10%
 
RECORDER
Democrat TIM STRINGHAM   95% Website | X
    Republican JUSTIN HEAP More Info 0%
 
SHERIFF
Democrat TYLER KAMP   95% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican JERRY SHERIDAN More Info 5%
 
SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT
Democrat DR. LAURA METCALFE   95% Website | Facebook | X
    Republican STEVE WATSON   6%

PIMA COUNTY

ASSESSOR
Democrat SUZANNE DROUBIE   100% Website | Facebook
 
ATTORNEY
Democrat LAURA CONOVER ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
 
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DISTRICT 1
Democrat REX SCOTT ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican STEVE SPAIN   10%
 
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DISTRICT 2
Democrat   MATT HEINZ ( i ) More Info 50% ENDORSEMENT RESCINDED OCT. 10, 2024
    Website | Facebook | X
    Republican JOHN BACKER   10%
 
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DISTRICT 3
Democrat JENNIFER ALLEN   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook
    Republican JANET WITTENBRAKER More Info 10%
 
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DISTRICT 4
Democrat VANESSA BECHTOL   98% Website | Facebook
    Republican STEVE CHRISTY ( i ) More Info 12%
 
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DISTRICT 5
Democrat ADELITA GRIJALVA ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
    Independent VAL ROMERO More Info 5%
 
PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, DISTRICT 5
Nonpartisan LUIS GONZALES ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
  RICKY HERNANDEZ   ---
  FRED RONSTADT   ---
 
SHERIFF
Democrat CHRIS NANOS ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook
    Republican HEATHER LAPPIN   9%
 
SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT
Democrat DUSTIN WILLIAMS ( i )   99% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
 
TREASURER
Democrat BRIAN JOHNSON   95% Website | Facebook
    Republican JOHN CHRISTOPHER ACKERLEY   10%
 
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, PRECINCT 4
Democrat CHARLENE PESQUIERA ( i )   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Facebook

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY

 
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DISTRICT 2
Democrat RUDY MOLERA ( i )   98% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    X
    Republican GERARD NAVARRO   10%

YUMA COUNTY

 
ASSESSOR
Democrat BRIAN DE LA HOYA   90% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Facebook
    Republican STEVEN SEALE   10%
GLENDALE

NON-PARTISAN

 
COUNCILMEMBER - CACTUS DISTRICT
  LUPE CONCHAS   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook

PHOENIX

NON-PARTISAN

 

MAYOR
  KATE GALLEGO   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
 
CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 7
  EMILIO AVILA SOLIS   99%
  MARTYN BRIDGEMAN   ---
  ANNA HERNANDEZ   99%
  LISA PEREZ   ---
  MARCELINO QUIÑONEZ   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
    Website | Facebook | X
CENTRAL ARIZONA WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
NON-PARTISAN
    TERRY GODDARD   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
       
    HEATHER MACRE   100% --ENDORSED BY STONEWALL--
      Website | Facebook

BALLOT MEASURES

Title Suggested Vote
Proposition 133: HCR 2033 – Relating to primary elections. NO
   
Proposition 134: SCR 1015 – Relating to initiatives and referenda. NO
   
Proposition 135: HCR 2039 – Relating to the governor's emergency powers. NO
   
Proposition 136: SCR 1041 – Relating to ballot measures. NO
   
Proposition 137: SCR 1044 – Relating to the judiciary department. NO
   
Proposition 138: SCR 1040 – Relating to wages. NO
   
Proposition 139 – Relating to the fundamental right to an abortion. YES

A “yes” vote shall have the effect of creating a fundamental right to abortion under Arizona’s constitution. The State will not be able to interfere with this fundamental right before fetal viability unless it has a compelling reason and does so in the least restrictive way possible. Fetal viability means the point in the pregnancy when, in the good-faith judgment of a treating health care professional, the fetus has a significant likelihood of survival outside the uterus. Throughout the pregnancy, both before and after fetal viability, the State will not be able to interfere with the good-faith judgment of a treating health care professional that an abortion is necessary to protect the life or health of the pregnant individual. The State will not be able to penalize any person for aiding or assisting a pregnant individual in exercising the right to an abortion.

   
Proposition 140 – Relating to elections. NO
   
Proposition 311: SCR 1006 – Relating to first responders. NO
   
Proposition 312: HCR 2023 – Relating to property tax. NO
   
Proposition 313: SCR 1021 – Relating to child sex trafficking sentencing. YES

A “yes” vote shall have the effect of eliminating the current sentencing ranges for a Class 2 child sex trafficking conviction. The sentence for a person convicted of a Class 2 felony for child sex trafficking would be imprisonment for natural life without the possibility of release.

   
Proposition 314: HCR 2060 – Relating to responses to harms at the border. NO
   
Proposition 315: SCR 1012 – Relating to rulemaking NO
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