Paradise Valley is a desert and mountain town in Arizona east of state capital Phoenix,which is its suburb. It is Arizona's wealthiest municipality. The town is known for its luxury golf courses,shopping,expensive real estate,and restaurant scene. According to the 2020 census,its population was 12,658. Despite its relatively small area and population compared to other municipalities in the Phoenix metropolitan area,Paradise Valley is home to eight full-service resorts,making it one of Arizona's premier tourist destinations.
Jill Schupp is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Missouri Senate,representing the 24th district consisting of the western suburbs of St. Louis from 2015 to 2023. Previously,Schupp represented the 88th district in the Missouri House of Representatives. On December 3,2019,she announced she would run for Missouri's 2nd congressional district in 2020.
Eric Meyer is a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives. He served in the legislature for four consecutive two-year terms since first elected in the 2008 general election and served as Minority Leader from 2014 until 2016. Prior to becoming politically active,Meyer was Director of Emergency Medicine at Providence Medical Center in Portland,Oregon.
Kate Brophy McGee is an American politician and was a Republican member of the Arizona Senate representing District 28 from 2017 to 2021. Brophy McGee previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives.
Debra Kay Lesko is an American politician who has represented Arizona's 8th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2018. The district is in the West Valley portion of the Phoenix metropolitan area and includes Glendale,Surprise,Sun City,Peoria,and part of western Phoenix. A member of the Republican Party,Lesko previously served in the Arizona State Legislature from 2009 to 2018.
Maria Mazzeo Syms is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 28 from 2017 to 2019. Syms is an Arizona Assistant Attorney General,a Paradise Valley Town Councilwoman and a former Assistant United States Attorney. She was also on the Paradise Valley planning Commission from 2003 until 2013.
Kelli Butler is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 28 in 2016,until 2023. She is a member of the Maricopa County Community College District Governing Board. She is also the owner and office manager at Butler Family Dental.
Janet Buckner is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Colorado Senate who represents District 29,which includes a part of Aurora in Arapahoe County. During the 2020 reapportionment process,Buckner's residence moved from senate district 28 to senate district 29. Earlier,she represented District 28 from January 2021 to January 2023. Before her state senate tenure,she was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives. She represented District 40,which covered a portion of Arapahoe County,from July 15,2015,to January 13,2021.
The 2018 Arizona State Legislature elections were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018. A primary election took place on August 28,2018. Voters in all 30 legislative districts of the Arizona Legislature elected one state senator and two state representatives. The elections coincided with the elections of other offices,including for governor and the United States Senate.
Kathy Hoffman is an American educator,speech-language pathologist,and politician who served as the Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she took her oath of office with her hand placed on top of the book Too Many Moose,which holds special significance for her and her former students.
LaWanna "Lou" Miles Shurtliff was an American politician who served in the Utah House of Representatives from 1999 through 2008,and was elected again in 2018. She had just won her 2020 election before her unexpected death,and never took office for that term.
Laurie Bruce Hutchison Dolan is an American educator and politician who serves as a member of the Washington House of Representatives for the 22nd legislative district. Prior to her election to the State House,Dolan worked as the policy director for Washington Governor Christine Gregoire and made two unsuccessful runs for a seat in the State Senate.
Megan Elizabeth Dahle is an American politician serving as a member of the California State Assembly. A Republican,she represents the 1st State Assembly district,which encompasses all or part of 9 counties in the northeastern corner of California,from Lake Tahoe to the Oregon border,including the northern Sierra Nevada region.
General elections were held in the U.S. state of Washington on November 3,2020. A primary was held on August 4. This election cycle is notable as it was only the second in state history in which Democrats won the top three statewide elections by double digits. The first was the 1936 election,in the middle of the Great Depression. As of 2023,this was the last time Republicans won any statewide election in Washington.
Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh is an American politician,businesswoman,and former educator who is a member of the California State Senate from the 23rd district. Elected in 2020,she is the first Republican Latina state senator in California's history.
Beverly Pingerelli is an American politician and educator serving as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 28th district. She previously represented the 21st district. Elected in 2020,she assumed office on January 11,2021.
Judy Schwiebert is an American politician and educator serving as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 2nd district. Elected in 2020 to the 20th district,she assumed office on January 11,2021. She ran for reelection in 2022 for the 2nd district,as a result of redistricting.
Missy Warren McGee is an American politician,representing the 102nd district in the Mississippi House of Representatives since 2017.
John Mannion is an American politician. A Democrat,he is currently a member of the New York State Senate representing the 50th district. He was first elected in 2020. Prior to becoming a state senator,Mannion was a biology teacher. Mannion was elected to the 50th district of the New York State Senate in 2020,defeating Republican Angi Renna and becoming the first Democrat to hold the seat in more than 50 years.
Consuelo Hernandez is an American politician. She is a Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 21 in 2022. She is president of the Sunnyside Unified School District.
