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Sally Ann Gonzales
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Democratic Party

Arizona State Senate District 20
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Arizona House of Representatives District 3
Arizona State Senate District 3
Successor: John Kavanagh

Compensation

Base salary

$24,000/year

Per diem

For legislators residing within Maricopa County: $35/day. For legislators residing outside of Maricopa County: $251.66.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Graduate

University of Arizona, 1995

Contact

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Sally Ann Gonzales (Democratic Party) is a member of the Arizona State Senate, representing District 20. She assumed office on January 9, 2023. Her current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Gonzales (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Arizona State Senate to represent District 20. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Sally Ann Gonzales earned a master's degree in education from the University of Arizona in 1995. Gonzales has served as the president of the Guadalupe Community Development Corporation.[1] Gonzales served on the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Council from 1992 to 1998.

Elections

2024

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Arizona State Senate District 20

Incumbent Sally Ann Gonzales won election in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 20 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sally Ann Gonzales
Sally Ann Gonzales (D)
 
100.0
 
65,214

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 65,214
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 20

Incumbent Sally Ann Gonzales advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 20 on July 30, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sally Ann Gonzales
Sally Ann Gonzales
 
100.0
 
20,253

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 20,253
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gonzales in this election.

2022

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Arizona State Senate District 20

Incumbent Sally Ann Gonzales defeated Eric Perkins in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 20 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sally Ann Gonzales
Sally Ann Gonzales (D)
 
99.9
 
49,966
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Eric Perkins (D) (Write-in)
 
0.1
 
31

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 49,997
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 20

Incumbent Sally Ann Gonzales advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 20 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sally Ann Gonzales
Sally Ann Gonzales
 
100.0
 
23,318

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 23,318
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Campaign finance

2020

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Arizona State Senate District 3

Incumbent Sally Ann Gonzales won election in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 3 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sally Ann Gonzales
Sally Ann Gonzales (D)
 
100.0
 
62,785

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 62,785
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 3

Incumbent Sally Ann Gonzales advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 3 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sally Ann Gonzales
Sally Ann Gonzales
 
100.0
 
25,471

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 25,471
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Arizona State Senate District 3

Sally Ann Gonzales won election in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 3 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sally Ann Gonzales
Sally Ann Gonzales (D)
 
100.0
 
45,529

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 45,529
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 3

Sally Ann Gonzales defeated Betty Villegas in the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 3 on August 28, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sally Ann Gonzales
Sally Ann Gonzales
 
55.4
 
10,632
Image of Betty Villegas
Betty Villegas
 
44.6
 
8,547

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 19,179
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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2016

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Arizona House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 30, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.[2]

Incumbent Sally Ann Gonzales and incumbent Macario Saldate defeated Edward Cizek, III in the Arizona House of Representatives District 3 general election.[3][4]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 3 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Sally Ann Gonzales Incumbent 50.15% 41,706
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Macario Saldate Incumbent 37.64% 31,299
     Green Edward Cizek, III 12.21% 10,150
Total Votes 83,155
Source: Arizona Secretary of State


Incumbent Macario Saldate and incumbent Sally Ann Gonzales were unopposed in the Arizona House of Representatives District 3 Democratic Primary.[5]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 3 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Macario Saldate Incumbent
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Sally Ann Gonzales Incumbent


2014

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Arizona House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 28, 2014. Incumbents Sally Ann Gonzales and Macario Saldate were unopposed in the Democratic primary and were unchallenged in the general election. Patricia Flores (R) filed to run but withdrew before the primary.[6].[7][8][9][10]

2012

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2012

Gonzales won re-election in the 2012 election for Arizona House of Representatives District 3. She and incumbent Macario Saldate ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on August 28, 2012. She won the general election on November 6, 2012.[11][12]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 3, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSally Ann Gonzales Incumbent 53.9% 35,795
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngMacario Saldate Incumbent 46.1% 30,662
Total Votes 66,457

2010

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2010

Gonzales and Macario Saldate won the August 24 primary. They then defeated Republican Robert I. Compton, Green Party candidate Kent Solberg, and Independent Gene Chewning in the November 2 general election.[13][14]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 27 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Sally Ann Gonzales (D) 23,623
Green check mark transparent.png Macario Saldate (D) 22,791
Robert I. Compton (R) 14,266
Kent Solberg (G) 5,778
Gene Chewning (I) 4,526
Arizona House of Representatives, District 27 Democratic Primary (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Sally Ann Gonzales (D) 3,967
Green check mark transparent.png Macario Saldate (D) 3,388
Bob Gilby (D) 2,980
Dustin Cox (D) 2,867
John Kromko (D) 2,839
Eric Carbajal Bustamante (D) 2,723
Sami Hamed (D) 2,276
John Bernal (D) 2,225

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Sally Ann Gonzales did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Sally Ann Gonzales did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Sally Ann Gonzales did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Gonzales was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Gonzales was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Gonzales was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Arizona committee assignments, 2017
• Energy, Environment and Natural Resources
• Judiciary and Public Safety

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Gonzales served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Gonzales served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Gonzales served on these committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Campaign finance summary

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Sally Ann Gonzales campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Arizona State Senate District 20Won general$3,000 $14,372
2022Arizona State Senate District 20Won general$16,997 $5,232
2020Arizona State Senate District 3Won general$5,400 N/A**
2018Arizona State Senate District 3Won general$29,828 N/A**
2016Arizona House of Representatives, District 3Won $4,739 N/A**
2014Arizona State House, District 3Won $4,050 N/A**
2012Arizona State House, District 3Won $2,300 N/A**
2010Arizona State House, District 27Won $37,081 N/A**
2002Arizona State House, District 27Lost $0 N/A**
2000Arizona State Senate, District 10Lost $18,205 N/A**
1998Arizona State House, District 10Won $16,262 N/A**
1996Arizona State House, District 10Won $5,637 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Personal

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Gonzales and her husband, Luis, have five children.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ LinkedIn, "Sally Ann Gonzales," accessed March 18, 2023
    2. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar & Upcoming Events," accessed January 11, 2016
    3. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "General election ," accessed September 9, 2016
    4. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed November 11, 2016
    5. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information - Primary Candidate List," accessed June 3, 2016
    6. ↑ arizonadailyindependent.com, "Candidate challenges," June 12, 2014
    7. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed August 27, 2014
    8. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election," May 27, 2014
    9. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed September 11, 2014
    10. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed August 3, 2015
    11. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2012 Primary candidate list," accessed December 20, 2013
    12. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed December 20, 2013
    13. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2010 Primary results," accessed December 20, 2013
    14. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "General election results," accessed December 13, 2013
    15. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ARA

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    Paul Boyer (R)     		Arizona State Senate District 20
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    John Kavanagh (R)
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    -     		Arizona House of Representatives District 3
    2011-2019    		 Succeeded by
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