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Catherine H. Miranda
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Arizona State Senate District 11
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Arizona State Senate District 27

Arizona House of Representatives District 27

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

Bachelor's

Arizona State University, 2001

Graduate

Northern Arizona University, 2004

Personal
Profession
Educator
Contact

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

Miranda (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Arizona State Senate to represent District 11. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Catherine Miranda earned a B.A. in elementary education from Arizona State University in 2001 and an M.A. in educational leadership from Northern Arizona University in 2004. Miranda's career experience includes working as an administrator with the Washington and Cartwright School Districts and as a teacher and assistant principal with the Roosevelt School District. She has been affiliated with the Legislative Advisory Committee (LAC) for the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL), and the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO).[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Miranda 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
Commerce and Public Safety
Education

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Miranda 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.


Elections

2024

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Arizona State Senate District 11

Incumbent Catherine H. Miranda defeated Joshua Ayala in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 11 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Catherine H. Miranda
Catherine H. Miranda (D)
 
72.2
 
52,106
Image of Joshua Ayala
Joshua Ayala (R) Candidate Connection
 
27.8
 
20,095

Total votes: 72,201
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 11

Incumbent Catherine H. Miranda advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 11 on July 30, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Catherine H. Miranda
Catherine H. Miranda
 
100.0
 
14,626

Total votes: 14,626
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 11

Joshua Ayala advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 11 on July 30, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Joshua Ayala
Joshua Ayala Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
4,564

Total votes: 4,564
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Miranda in this election.

2022

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Arizona State Senate District 11

Catherine H. Miranda defeated Maryn Brannies in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 11 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Catherine H. Miranda
Catherine H. Miranda (D)
 
75.2
 
37,265
Maryn Brannies (R)
 
24.8
 
12,290

Total votes: 49,555
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 11

Catherine H. Miranda defeated Junelle Cavero and Janelle Wood in the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 11 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Catherine H. Miranda
Catherine H. Miranda
 
46.9
 
8,171
Image of Junelle Cavero
Junelle Cavero Candidate Connection
 
27.1
 
4,729
Janelle Wood
 
26.0
 
4,540

Total votes: 17,440
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 11

Maryn Brannies advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 11 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Maryn Brannies
 
100.0
 
5,078

Total votes: 5,078
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 27 (2 seats)

Incumbent Diego Rodriguez and incumbent Reginald Bolding defeated Tatiana Peña in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 27 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Diego Rodriguez
Diego Rodriguez (D)
 
43.0
 
48,039
Image of Reginald Bolding
Reginald Bolding (D)
 
38.8
 
43,334
Image of Tatiana Peña
Tatiana Peña (R) Candidate Connection
 
18.1
 
20,236

Total votes: 111,609
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 27 (2 seats)

Incumbent Reginald Bolding and incumbent Diego Rodriguez defeated Catherine H. Miranda in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 27 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Reginald Bolding
Reginald Bolding
 
41.2
 
14,064
Image of Diego Rodriguez
Diego Rodriguez
 
35.4
 
12,064
Image of Catherine H. Miranda
Catherine H. Miranda
 
23.4
 
7,999

Total votes: 34,127
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 27 (2 seats)

Tatiana Peña advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 27 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tatiana Peña
Tatiana Peña Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
4,943

Total votes: 4,943
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Arizona's 7th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 7

Incumbent Ruben Gallego defeated Gary Swing in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ruben Gallego
Ruben Gallego (D)
 
85.6
 
113,044
Image of Gary Swing
Gary Swing (G)
 
14.2
 
18,706
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
301

Total votes: 132,051
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7

Incumbent Ruben Gallego defeated Catherine H. Miranda in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on August 28, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Ruben Gallego
Ruben Gallego
 
74.8
 
32,231
Image of Catherine H. Miranda
Catherine H. Miranda
 
25.2
 
10,856

Total votes: 43,087
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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2016

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Arizona State Senate 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.

Incumbent Catherine Miranda defeated Angel Torres in the Arizona State Senate District 27 general election.[2][3]

Arizona State Senate, District 27 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Catherine Miranda Incumbent 81.04% 40,085
     Green Angel Torres 18.96% 9,381
Total Votes 49,466
Source: Arizona Secretary of State


Incumbent Catherine Miranda defeated Maritza Saenz in the Arizona State Senate District 27 Democratic Primary.[4]

Arizona State Senate, District 27 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Catherine Miranda Incumbent 56.04% 6,049
     Democratic Maritza Saenz 43.96% 4,746
Total Votes 10,795



2014

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Arizona State Senate 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. Catherine Miranda defeated Aaron Marquez in the Democratic primary. Natalie Taswell was unopposed in the Republican primary. Miranda defeated Taswell in the general election.[5][6][7][8]

Arizona State Senate District 27, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngCatherine Miranda 74.3% 17,917
     Republican Natalie Taswell 25.7% 6,198
Total Votes 24,115


Arizona State Senate, District 27 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngCatherine Miranda 54.5% 5,672
Aaron Marquez 45.5% 4,733
Total Votes 10,405

Endorsements

In 2014, Miranda's endorsements included the following:[9]

2012

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2012

Miranda won re-election in the 2012 election for Arizona House of Representatives District 27. She and incumbent Ruben Gallego defeated Reginald Bolding in the Democratic primary on August 28, 2012. She won the general election on November 6, 2012.[10][11]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 27, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRuben Gallego Incumbent 40.5% 27,522
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngCatherine Miranda Incumbent 39.2% 26,683
     Republican Daniel Coleman 14.8% 10,088
     Green Angel Torres 5.4% 3,702
Total Votes 67,995
Arizona House of Representatives, District 27 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngRuben Gallego Incumbent 38.1% 4,996
Green check mark transparent.pngCatherine Miranda Incumbent 36.6% 4,800
Reginald Bolding 25.4% 3,334
Total Votes 13,130

2010

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2010

Miranda faced Cloves Campbell Jr. (incumbent), Sandra Gonzales, Cristy Lopez, Ruben Gallego and Jim Munoz in the August 24 primary. Gallego and Miranda advanced with 4,149 and 3,476 votes, respectively. They then defeated Michael Gular (R) and Angel Torres in the general election on November 2, 2010.[12][13]

Arizona House of Representatives, District 16 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Catherine H. Miranda (D) 19,197
Green check mark transparent.png Ruben Gallego (D) 18,365
Michael Gular (R) 8,551
Angel Torres (G) 2,532
Arizona House of Representatives, District 16 Democratic Primary (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Ruben Gallego (D) 3,656
Green check mark transparent.png Catherine H. Miranda (D) 3,106
Cloves Campbell Jr. (D) 2,866
Jim Munoz, Jr. (D) 2,038
Sandra Gonzales (D) 1,744
Cristy Lopez (D) 765

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Catherine H. Miranda did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Catherine H. Miranda did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Catherine H. Miranda did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2014

Miranda's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[14]

Education

  • Excerpt: "Our children are our future. I believe that funding education properly and focusing on STEM and workforce development is the manner in which this issue should be tackled. This would ensure that our students become great representatives of Arizona’s educational system and that they are well prepared to make a positive impact in their communities."

Business

  • Excerpt: "I support legislation that would create jobs by eliminating unnecessary regulations and providing small businesses with tax incentives."

Healthcare

  • Excerpt: "In regards to healthcare, we have to work on outreach to constituents to educate them about their benefits and how to fully participate under the Affordable Care Act. My duty as a State Representative is to ensure that my constituents understand all opportunities presented to them by local and federal government – healthcare being a prime one."

Veteran Services

  • Excerpt: "As the daughter of a veteran, I fully understand and believe in the necessity to create programs that help veterans receive job training. These programs must also have an education component that gives our veterans the opportunity to pursue education if they so desire, giving them the resources they need to thrive."

Political courage tests

Though she was invited to respond to the Arizona Catholic Conference's 2010 Candidate Survey, Miranda, along with all Democrats competing in the 16th District, declined to respond.

Miranda completed the Arizona Educations Network's 2010 Legislator Education Survey on July 11, 2010, and reported the following positions:

Education

"As we stabilize funding we need to make sure the funding that is for Education is put in the effective areas for student achievement."

"Not only will I work to increase funding for K-12 public schools, I will make sure I voice the importance of putting those funds towards areas that will create gains in student achievement; such as full day kindergarten, smaller classrooms, smaller schools (schools within schools), after school tutoring for struggling students and support for teachers performance."

"Arizona needs an educational reform. It is important to have national standards that focus on preparing our students for our global economy. It is most important to have prepared teachers to teach these standards. Our teacher preparation programs at our universities need to be included when designing or reforming our educational system in Arizona."

Miranda also indicated support for abolishing vouchers and for placing income limits on families who receive taxpayer assistance to meet tuition costs. She has also stated an intent to work for restoring funding for adult GED services.

Taxation

"In 2010 we have relied on sales tax by 54%. This hurts the working families and focus needs to be on structural balance of all revenue sources."

In addition to the above quotes response she provided to the Arizona Educator's Network, Miranda favors taxing Internet purchases and any products made with added sugar.[15]

Budget

"If the goal is not to structure all 3 revenue sources with a balanced outcome, then the efforts weaken towards a stable economy. Structural balance is key."

Campaign finance summary


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Catherine H. Miranda campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Arizona State Senate District 11Won general$80,660 $67,830
2022Arizona State Senate District 11Won general$76,180 $54,041
2020Arizona House of Representatives District 27Lost primary$24,663 N/A**
2018U.S. House Arizona District 7Lost primary$31,241 $28,722
2016Arizona State Senate, District 27Won $75,855 N/A**
2014Arizona State Senate, District 27Won $44,759 N/A**
2012Arizona State House, District 27Won $14,270 N/A**
2010Arizona State House, District 16Won $39,909 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Vince Leach (R)
Arizona State Senate District 11
2023-Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Arizona House of Representatives District 27
2011-2015
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Arizona State Senate District 27
-2019
Succeeded by
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