Lydia Hernandez (DINO) is a
member of the Arizona House of Representatives,
representing District 24. She assumed office on
January 9, 2023. Her current term ends on
January 13, 2025. Hernandez is also an at-large
member of the Cartwright Elementary School
District Governing Board in Arizona. Her current
term ends on January 1, 2027. Hernandez ran for
election to the Arizona House of Representatives
to represent District 24. She won in the general
election on November 8, 2022. Hernandez also ran
for re-election for an at-large seat of the
Cartwright Elementary School District Governing
Board in Arizona. She won in the general
election on November 8, 2022. She was unopposed
in her 2014 re-election bid and was appointed to
retain her seat following the cancellation of
the election on September 10, 2014. Hernandez
was a Democratic candidate for District 29 of
the Arizona State Senate in 2014 and 2016.
Hernandez is running for re-election to the
Arizona House of Representatives to represent
District 24. She is on the ballot in the
Democratic primary on July 30, 2024.
"In
a
fresh
ethics
complaint
by a
House
Democrat,
a
state
lawmaker
is
accusing
fellow
Democratic
Latino
caucus
members
of
holding
her
hostage
in
her
office
for
more
than
an
hour
last
year
over
political
differences.
Rep. Lydia
Hernandez of
Phoenix
also
tried
to
lodge
a
criminal
complaint
last
month
with
Arizona
Department
of
Public
Safety
troopers
at
the
state
Capitol
about
the
incident,
which
she
claims
occurred
after
weeks
of
bullying,
bigotry
and
ageism
by
several
Democratic
lawmakers.
Her
allegations
followed
a
week
in
which
another
Democratic
representative,
Leezah
Sun,
resigned
before
an
expected
expulsion
vote
over
an
ethics
complaint
against
her."
[ .
. .
] ""They
need
to
learn
a
lesson,"
Lydia
Hernandez
said
of
the
three
women."
"Two
pro-life
Democrats
are
contradicting
the
party’s
message
that
voting
for
the
Democratic
ticket
means
protecting
abortion
from
statewide
bans.
Democrats
insist
that
voters
need
to
elect
Democrats
if
they
want
to
block
Arizona’s
abortion
bans
and
codify
Roe
v.
Wade.
However,
the
Democratic
ticket
includes
two
pro-life
candidates,
Catherine
Miranda
and Lydia
Hernandez.
When
asked
about
what
abortion
bills
will
appear
in
the
next
session,
Miranda
said
in a
text;
“let’s
speak
after
the
election!”
Hernandez
responded
to a
request
for
comment
on
abortion
on
Oct.
4 to
say
that
she
was
dealing
with
a
personal
matter
and
would
follow
up.
She
has
not
followed
up
yet
and
did
not
respond
to
another
request
for
comment."
"Hernandez has
apparently
allowed
mental
health
issues
to
cloud
her
judgment,
and
her
lack
of
character,
empathy,
decency
and
prudence
makes
it
extremely
difficult
to
fathom
the
possibility
of
respect
for
her
as
Chair
of
our
National
Hispanic
Council,"
"“There’s
a
lot
of
people
who’ve
been
in
office
…
who
haven’t
had
a
good
experience
with Hernandez,”
said
Campbell,
who
was
in
House
leadership
during
Hernandez’s
term
at
the
Legislature.
Campbell
said
the
personal
attacks
may
be a
strategic
move
for
Hernandez.
She’s
at a
vast
financial
disadvantage
to
Quezada,
having
raised
about
$650
to
Quezada’s
roughly
$53,000,
according
to
the
most
recent
campaign
finance
reports.
Social
media
attacks
can
serve
as a
distraction
from
the
real
issues,
of
which
Campbell
said
Quezada
is a
far
better
representative
of
LD29.
Democratic
campaign
consultant
Ben
Scheel
said Hernandez
is
often
on
the
wrong
side
of
issues
important
to
Democrats:
She’s
a
pro-life,
and
in
2014,
she
endorsed
Gov.
Doug
Ducey
and
Secretary
of
State
Michele
Reagan
in
races
against
Democrats."
"Lydia
Hernández...made
her
opposition
to
reproductive
rights
known
in
2013
when
she
signed
the Center
for
Arizona
Policy statement denouncing Roe
v.
Wade."
"Lydia Hernandez took a pledge that could restrict a woman's right to a safe, legal abortion" "When Hernandez took that pledge, she told us right then and there that she believes politicians should make deeply personal medical decisions for every Arizona woman."
Stonewall Democrats of Arizona denounce Lydia Hernández
PRESS RELEASE
Stonewall Democrats of Arizona
3 May, 2014
On Wednesday, April 31, 2014 the West Side Town Hall Steering Committee held a bipartisan candidate debate for legislative candidates in district 29 (a Phoenix LD). During the event Francisco Mendoza, a top financial donor and campaign manager for LD 29 State House Rep. Lydia Hernández, asked "when it comes to preferences, and we have children here so I will not say the word, when it comes to those love preferences, do you prefer the same gender?" While questions of this sort are common among the Tea Party, they are out of place amongst Democrats. A person’s orientation should have no bearing in regards elected office. She did not at that time, nor since, distance herself or her campaign from these comments and has not denounced them or her manager in any way. Stonewall has repeatedly attempted to contact Rep. Hernández in regards this issue but with no results. In consideration of these comments and others, the failure of Rep. Hernández to denounce Mr. Mendoza and reject his comments, Stonewall Democrats of Arizona, as of today (May 3) denounce LD-29 State Representative Lydia Hernández and support the candidacy of State Rep. Martin Quezada for State Senate LD-29.
"The chairwoman of the Democrats in Legislative District 13 in west Phoenix is facing state and county investigations looking into allegations that she forged petition signatures on political-candidacy documents for herself and two other women.
The investigations into Lydia Hernandez's petitions for two races were prompted by complaints filed by Sen. Steve Gallardo, D-Phoenix, earlier this month. The claim will likely intensify tension between the two, who sit on the Cartwright Elementary School District governing board and are critical of each other's leadership.
In a letter sent last week to Secretary of State Ken Bennett, Gallardo accused Hernandez of submitting 53 forged signatures on two Arizona House candidacy petitions: one for herself and a second on behalf of another candidate, Martha Garcia, in District 13, which spans Avondale, Tolleson and Maryvale."
"Lydia Guzman, who is the leader of Somos America, said she learned recently that a July 28th broadcast of the local public radio show on KJZZ, “Here and Now,” featured a phone interview about immigration with a woman who claimed she was Guzman of Somos America.
But Guzman said she did not give the interview.
“It was Lydia Hernandez,” Guzman said she realized after listening to the recording. “Throughout the interview on NPR, the guy kept saying ‘Lydia Guzman’ and throughout that whole time, she didn’t say she was Lydia Hernandez.”"
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