Lela Alston | |
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Member of the Arizona Senate from the 5th district | |
Assumed office January 9, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Sonny Borrelli |
Member of the Arizona Senate from the 24th district | |
In office January 14,2019 –January 9,2023 | |
Preceded by | Katie Hobbs |
Succeeded by | Anna Hernandez |
Member of the ArizonaHouseofRepresentatives from the 24th [1] district | |
In office January 14,2013 –January 14,2019 Servingwith Ken Clark | |
Succeeded by | Jennifer Longdon |
Member of the ArizonaHouseofRepresentatives from the 15th district | |
In office January 10,2011 –January 14,2013 Servingwith Katie Hobbs | |
Preceded by | Adam Driggs |
Member of the Arizona Senate from the 20th district | |
In office January 1977 –January 1995 | |
Preceded by | Bill McCune |
Succeeded by | Mary Hartley |
Personal details | |
Born | Phoenix,Arizona,U.S. | June 26,1942
Political party | Democratic |
Residence(s) | Phoenix,Arizona |
Alma mater | Phoenix College University of Arizona Arizona State University |
Website | lelaalstonaz |
Lela Alston [2] (born June 26,1942) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Arizona State Senate representing District 5 since January 9,2023. She previously represented District 24 from 2019 to 2023,and served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019,and from 2011 to 2013 in the District 11 seat,and non-consecutively in the Arizona State Legislature from 1977 until 1995 in the Arizona Senate.
Alston attended Phoenix College and earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona,and Arizona State University.
In 1977,Alston voted for a 122-page bill which was consisted of the biggest overhaul of the state's criminal code since 1910. In this vote,she voted for the statute which re-numbered an 1864 abortion ban that contained no exceptions for rape or incest. [3] In a 2024 statement,Alston said "it was just a bunch of numbers that we were transferring over."
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