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John McLean (Arizona)
John McLean (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Arizona State Senate to represent District 17. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
McLean completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
McLean was killed on November 15, 2024.[1]
Biography
John McLean was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona in 1975 and a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1980. His career experience includes working as an aerospace engineer and CEO.[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Arizona State Senate District 17
Vince Leach defeated John McLean in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 17 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Vince Leach (R)  | 51.0 | 77,714 |
 | John McLean (D) | 49.0 | 74,669 | |
| Total votes: 152,383 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 17
John McLean advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 17 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John McLean | 100.0 | 26,428 |
| Total votes: 26,428 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 17
Vince Leach defeated incumbent Justine Wadsack in the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 17 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vince Leach | 52.7 | 19,363 |
 | Justine Wadsack | 47.3 | 17,409 | |
| Total votes: 36,772 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
McLean received the following endorsements.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
John McLean completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by McLean's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Ten years into his career in California, John and his wife started a family and decided to return to Tucson to raise their children in our wonderful community which offered good schools and an outstanding quality of life. He has lived in Pima County for over thirty-three years.
Shortly after returning to Tucson, John opened an office of Arete Associates to develop cutting-edge technologies for national security. Starting with a staff of two, the business grew rapidly, soon generating over $30M in annual revenue and employing over 75 skilled professionals. The business thrived because of the quality of the workforce grounded by the University of Arizona. John is a proven business leader who has brought nearly $1B of economic activity to Tucson over Arete’s thirty-year history.
John knows the value of public service, giving back to the community through volunteer service, advocacy, and philanthropy in education, environmental sustainability, animal welfare, and quality of life in our community. He has served on the Board of four Arizona-based non-profits.- John’s success is largely due to the inspiring and dedicated public school teachers who guided him from elementary school through high school. John chose to return to Tucson so that his children could similarly benefit from an outstanding public education. Unfortunately, decades of underfunding have made it difficult for many of our most dedicated teachers to make a career in education. Good schools with outstanding teachers are the foundation of our society and that’s why John will fight to raise educator pay in the legislature.
- Government should not interfere with anyone's personal health care decisions which should remain between her and her doctor. Arizonans deserve to have access to the full range of reproductive health care including abortion access, contraception, and IVF. The state has no business criminalizing patients and health care professionals when seeking care. John will fight to ensure women's reproductive freedom in Arizona.
- Arizona has an adequate supply of water for the future, but only if our shared water resources are used wisely. Current groundwater policies allow foreign and out-of-state companies to pump unlimited amounts of water for export. Rather than spending billions of taxpayer dollars on a pipe-dream to import water, Arizona should implement common-sense approaches to limit the export of water. Managed wisely, Arizona does have enough water to suport our important agricultural economy, while providing resources for continued growth in other areas.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ FOX 10 Phoenix, “Arizona state Senate candidate killed in car crash" accessed November 22, 2024
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 31, 2024
