Jonathon has spent the past 18 years at Arizona State University, working on several NASA space missions focused on Mars, Jupiter, and asteroids. He has earned a master's degree in Aerospace Engineering and a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences, both from ASU. Jonathon’s extensive engineering experience gives him a deep understanding of the challenges facing our power generation and water distribution infrastructure. His expertise in geology is particularly valuable for addressing groundwater management issues, especially in rural communities where it is crucial. Jonathon’s goal is to leverage his engineering and scientific expertise to advocate for you, ensuring that hardworking Arizonans are protected from unnecessary and excessive rate hikes.

Clara Pratte is a member of the Navajo Nation and grew up on the nation in a small town called Lupton on the Arizona / New Mexico border. Her family did not have access to utilities or running water until she was in middle school so this race, to oversee Arizona’s utilities, is personal. Clara built her career on public service and is now a successful small business owner and entrepreneur as well as a mom to two boys. Her career spans decades of successful work advocating for tribal communities and small businesses, including serving under three U.S. Presidents and four Navajo Nation Presidents. Clara is running to lower costs for Arizonans, restore integrity to the Arizona Corporation Commission, strengthen consumer protections, and ensure Arizona urgently harnesses its clean energy potential before it’s too late.

Terry Leyba Ruiz is a third-generation Arizonan raised in South Phoenix by her father born in the mining town of Miami, Arizona and her mother born in the farming community of Randolph, Arizona. She attended public schools, and earned degrees from Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University, as a first-generation college student. Dr. Ruiz’ entire career has been focused on ensuring that our students succeed, whether as a math teacher in public middle school, high school, and college, or as President of Glendale Community College. Dr. Ruiz is endorsed by former Superintendent Kathy Hoffman.

Kevin was born and raised in Southern Arizona. He attended public elementary and middle school in northeastern Tucson, then followed family tradition to attend Salpointe High School. Following college, he served as a 5th grade public school teacher in the East Side of San Jose, California, and interned for Representative Gabby Giffords, helping with constituent communication in Congress. More recently, has founded a small business to create affordable housing. In the legislature, he has worked to deliver practical solutions that lower costs, make housing more affordable, and strengthen public education for families across the state.

Hollace “Holly” Lyon, Colonel (retired), spent 26 years in the U.S. Air Force, commanding twice. She forged consensus on complex negotiations while assigned at both NATO HQ and the Pentagon—including saving the Air Force $100 million. She taught middle school prior to her service, and afterwards tackled complex business challenges as an IT consultant. Since moving to Arizona in 2008, Holly served as a Judicial Nominating Commissioner, chaired campaigns securing over $14 million for school district overrides and a bond, and helped raise over $1 million for local nonprofits. She is committed to public service that delivers real results.

Vote NO on retention for Jeffrey Sklar!

Sklar is a Tucson-based judge who backed right-wing operatives in their efforts to shield from accountability the so-called “fake electors” who sought to overturn the 2020 election. Sklar was appointed to the bench twice by Republican Doug Ducey. He previously served as a corporate litigator in Arizona and California, where he worked to protect large corporations from accountability for monopolistic behavior and other wrongdoing.

Vote NO on retention for Sean Brearcliffe!

Brearcliffe is a corporate lawyer-turned-judge with a long record of partisan political donations that raise serious questions about his ability to be impartial. Within two weeks of his appointment to the bench by Gov. Doug Ducey, Brearcliffe donated $1,000 to Ducey’s campaign — creating the appearance of a pay-for-play appointment that Brearcliffe has refused to answer questions about. According to reporting from the Arizona Republic, Brearcliffe was the only sitting judge who made contributions to Ducey’s campaign. While on the Court of Appeals, Brearcliffe has donated hundreds of dollars to state and national Republican candidates, including Juan Ciscomani and Donald Trump. Before becoming a judge, Brearcliffe had a lengthy career in which he primarily defended corporations.

Blanket ban on local policies monitoring vehicle miles traveled, which are used to help civil engineers decide where to fix roads, add lanes, or improve public transit.

Constitution already bans racial preferences in hiring, contracting, and education, and 142 adds broad new restrictions. Censors what can be said in our schools and institutions relating to race, ethnicity, intersectionality, gender identity, or sexual orientation, or any related practices or concepts the legislature chooses to ban. A power grab by a state legislature that wants to drag us backwards.

Caps municipal sales taxes on food for home consumption at 2% and requires voter approval for new or increased food taxes; cities and towns already above 2% are frozen at their current rate rather than rolled back. The Arizona League of Cities and Towns calls Prop 316 a “meaningful compromise” on food taxes, that would allow cities and towns to “retain their existing resources, so city services are not negatively impacted.”

It labels even low-level dealers terrorists while offering no real solutions.Think of the consequences.

This bill requires local voter approval before a municipal government can use traffic enforcement cameras, which increasingly include automated license plate recognition (ALPR) technology, like that used by Flock. The state government would be entirely prohibited from using new traffic enforcement cameras systems not already in place. Any technology that tracks the movement of cars and people throughout our streets is prone to abuse.