Betty Villegas | |
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| Member of the ArizonaHouseofRepresentatives from the 20th district | |
| Assumed office July 31, 2023 Servingwith Alma Hernandez | |
| Preceded by | Andrés Cano |
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| Political party | Democratic |
Betty Villegas is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives for the 20th district since July 2023. She was a member of the Pima County Board of Supervisors in 2020.
Villegas is from Tucson,Arizona. [1] In 2016,she retired from the Pima County,Arizona government as a housing program manager of the community development and neighborhood conservation. [2] In 2020,she joined the Pima County Board of Supervisors after the death of Richard Elias. [2]
A Democrat,she was appointed to the Arizona House of Representatives to succeed Andrés Cano in July 2023. [2] [1]
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