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Alma Hernandez (Arizona)
2023 - Present
2027
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Alma Hernandez (Democratic Party) is a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 20. She assumed office on January 9, 2023. Her current term ends on January 11, 2027.
Hernandez (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Arizona House of Representatives to represent District 20. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Alma Hernandez was born in Tucson, Arizona. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Arizona. Hernandez has worked with PowerSource Tucson as program coordinator for Bridging the Gap, a program that helps women living with HIV/AIDS.[1]
In November 2018, Assemblymember Hernandez was elected to represent Arizona's 13th district. After election, Hernandez became a sitting member of the Federal Relations Committee and the Health & Human Services Committee.[2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Hernandez was assigned to the following committees:
- House Health and Human Services Committee
- Regulatory Affairs Committee
- Joint Legislative Audit Committee
2021-2022
Hernandez was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Hernandez was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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.
Elections
2024
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 (2 seats)
Incumbent Alma Hernandez and incumbent Betty Villegas won election in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alma Hernandez (D) | 51.8 | 53,288 |
| ✔ |  | Betty Villegas (D) | 48.2 | 49,530 |
| Total votes: 102,818 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 (2 seats)
Incumbent Betty Villegas and incumbent Alma Hernandez advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Betty Villegas | 50.2 | 16,710 |
| ✔ | | Alma Hernandez | 49.8 | 16,604 |
| Total votes: 33,314 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hernandez in this election.
Pledges
Hernandez signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 (2 seats)
Incumbent Alma Hernandez and incumbent Andres Cano won election in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alma Hernandez (D) | 51.3 | 40,581 |
| ✔ |  | Andres Cano (D) | 48.7 | 38,600 |
| Total votes: 79,181 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 (2 seats)
Incumbent Andres Cano and incumbent Alma Hernandez advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 20 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andres Cano | 50.6 | 18,488 |
| ✔ | | Alma Hernandez | 49.4 | 18,028 |
| Total votes: 36,516 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Doug Harding (L)
Campaign finance
2020
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 3 (2 seats)
Incumbent Alma Hernandez and incumbent Andres Cano won election in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 3 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alma Hernandez (D) | 50.3 | 49,009 |
| ✔ | | Andres Cano (D) | 49.7 | 48,505 |
| Total votes: 97,514 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 3 (2 seats)
Incumbent Alma Hernandez and incumbent Andres Cano defeated Javier Soto in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 3 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alma Hernandez | 44.8 | 18,996 |
| ✔ | | Andres Cano | 38.3 | 16,231 |
| Javier Soto | 16.9 | 7,166 | ||
| Total votes: 42,393 | |||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 3 (2 seats)
Alma Hernandez and Andres Cano defeated Beryl Baker in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alma Hernandez (D) | 46.3 | 34,577 |
| ✔ | | Andres Cano (D) | 42.2 | 31,482 |
| Beryl Baker (G) | 11.5 | 8,566 | ||
| Total votes: 74,625 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 3 (2 seats)
Andres Cano and Alma Hernandez defeated Olivia Cajero Bedford in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 3 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andres Cano | 34.9 | 10,423 |
| ✔ | | Alma Hernandez | 33.3 | 9,951 |
 | Olivia Cajero Bedford | 31.7 | 9,478 | |
| Total votes: 29,852 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Green primary election
Green primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 3 (2 seats)
Beryl Baker advanced from the Green primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 3 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Beryl Baker | 100.0 | 135 | |
| Total votes: 135 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Alma Hernandez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Alma Hernandez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Alma Hernandez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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In 2024, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 8 to June 15.
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2023
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In 2023, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 9 to July 31.
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2022
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In 2022, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 10 to June 25.
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2021
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In 2021, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 11 to June 30.
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2020
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In 2020, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 13 to May 26.
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2019
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In 2019, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 14 through May 28.
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Noteworthy events
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On April 28, 2021, Hernandez announced she tested positive for COVID-19.[3]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Arizona House of Representatives District 20 |
Officeholder Arizona House of Representatives District 20 |
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Footnotes
