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Pima Community College District 3
Tenure

2024 - Present

Term ends

2030

Years in position

0

Predecessor
Prior offices
Pima County Constable Precinct 8

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Monticello High School

Associate

SUNY Sullivan, 2009

Bachelor's

Binghamton University, 2009

Personal
Profession
Manager
Contact

Kristen Randall is a member of the Pima Community College District in Arizona, representing District 3. She assumed office on December 13, 2024. Her current term ends in 2030.

Randall ran for election to the Pima Community College District to represent District 3 in Arizona. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Randall completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Kristen Randall earned a high school diploma from Monticello High School, an associate degree from SUNY Sullivan in 2009, and a bachelor's degree from Binghamton University in 2009. Her career experience includes working as a manager.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Pima County, Arizona (2024)

General election

General election for Pima Community College District 3

Kristen Randall defeated incumbent Maria Garcia in the general election for Pima Community College District 3 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Kristen Randall (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
56.2
 
38,131
Maria Garcia (Nonpartisan)
 
42.7
 
28,978
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
754

Total votes: 67,863
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Endorsements

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2020

See also: Municipal elections in Pima County, Arizona (2020)

General election

General election for Pima County Constable Precinct 8

Incumbent Kristen Randall won election in the general election for Pima County Constable Precinct 8 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Kristen Randall (D)
 
97.4
 
30,515
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.6
 
820

Total votes: 31,335
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Pima County Constable Precinct 8

Incumbent Kristen Randall advanced from the Democratic primary for Pima County Constable Precinct 8 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Kristen Randall
 
99.6
 
12,232
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
49

Total votes: 12,281
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Republican primary election

No Republicans filed for this race. Ron De Souza ran as a write-in and received 129 votes. Write-in candidates were required to receive at least 226 votes to make the general election ballot.[2]

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Candidate Connection

Kristen Randall completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Randall's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am a community college graduate, and my eldest son is a current PCC student. By day, I work as a scientist. While being a single parent going to college was challenging, it made me realize I can do anything I put my mind to. I want to ensure other students have the same opportunities I did by achieving an advanced education.
  • It is important to reduce barriers to an advanced education by helping students address real-life issues that can make enrollment and program completion difficult. PCC can help students address and overcome some of these barriers.
  • After the recession, state funding was withdrawn. It is time to build a coalition to regain that funding source so we can build programs, take care of our staff and faculty, and address infrastructure needs without raising tuition and taxes.
  • We need to work with all stakeholders to ensure our academic transfer track and workforce track are attracting interested students and are designed for the future.
Education, housing, and science. I’m passionate about making sure everyone has access to an advanced education no matter what challenges they face. We can face them together.
Louis Kahn, architect. While he was a quirky guy, he shows us that you can achieve your dream at any age. A relatively unknown architect, he didn’t become famous for his incredibly inspiring works until he was in his fifties.
The Shawshank Redemption, anything Shakespeare, the BCP, Matilda, anything by Brene Brown, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Lysistrata, Getting to Yes.
Honestly, kindness, compassion, and competency. Lacking even one of these characteristics can make for unbalanced policy.
I’m a hard worker, I’m determined, I research, and I believe talking to people, even if you disagree, is so important.
It is important that a PCC board member is always working for the betterment of the institution. Because of the complexity of the college and the college’s role in the community, it is important to balance the needs of various stakeholders: the students, faculty and staff, college administration, the business community, minority groups, those who are underserved, those who might be easily left behind, our rural communities, the constituents, parents and caregivers, and the various foundations who support the good work of PCC.
I’d like to make the world just a little brighter, make education more accessible, and I’d like to make sure my kids and everyone’s kids have every opportunity I did.
The Iraq War was pretty significant. I can’t remember how old I was, but I was very young.
There’s too many. But I’d say Roald Dahl’s book Matilda struck a nerve with me early on. As a bookish, awkward kid, it really spoke to me.
I’m going to go with Marvel’s Ultimate Phoenix/Jean Grey
This question is evil. If I think about it too hard, it’ll get stuck in my head again!
I struggled being a single Mom going to college. I had to work two jobs while going to school full time, but it made me so grateful for what I had and for what I have today.
To work with the chancellor on strategic vision, approve the budget, vote up or down tuition or property tax increases or decreases, outreach to the community, and be the college’s more ardent supporter.
The short answer is every resident of District three. The more complicated answer is everyone whose life has been, will be, or could be touched by PCC.
Listen first. Then, when I’m done listening, listen some more. I am a trained mediator, and listening is such an important skill.

It’s then important to ask questions and start engaging deeply. Meaningful conversation is so nuanced and can be incredibly valuable.

While support for these diverse groups starts with listening, it eventually leads to action. I’ve never been afraid of trying new things, or exploring other methods to try and improve a process or program.
I think meeting face to face is important, and I would make myself available to whomever would want to meet. That’s the passive answer. Th e more active answer is that I would also seek stakeholders out. Given that I believe almost everyone in Pima County District 3 is a stakeholder, I would do this by making sure I reach out to groups for meetings. Maybe I get a few minutes to chat at the Aho WPCCC meeting twice a year. Or I can visit the community center at Tucson Estates. Or go to a brunch at the Donna Liggins Community Center. Or speak at the Arivaca Old Schoolhouse.

It’s about going out into the community where people are, and teaching them about what PCC is all about and how a stronger PCC means a stronger community.
Good teaching is engaging, and it can be modified to include students with different learning styles. Board member Theresa Riel talked about her experience teaching and how she could find how to teach each student. This is impressive and inspiring.
I would like to see support for the academic/transfer track as well as for the workforce track. For the workforce track, we need to ensure we are working closely with local industry leaders to build the programs we’ll need for tomorrow’s jobs.
As I mentioned before, we need to build a coalition to go after state funding.
We need to take threats seriously. When there is an issue that doesn’t involve violence, it might be appropriate to offer mediation. Otherwise, it is important that anyone involved in a situation that could turn violent has a warm handoff to victim’s services and information about obtaining a retraining order. Once a party has been granted an order, the college should do whatever it can to ensure the order is followed and facilitate any safety measures.
A campaign to promote the assistance program and mental health resources should be made very visible. While these resources are available to all, many might not know about them or know they are free. If the current offerings are not robust enough, the college should look into providing more resources to those who need more help.
I’m bad at telling jokes, I like observational humor best!
Arizona List, Southern Arizona Leadership Council
Supportive, warm, accommodating, modern, and supportive. My community college felt like a family, which was one of the reasons why I thrived there. I wasn’t just a nameless face in a crowd, I was a valued member of a community within a community.
My son was a student during the pandemic, and PCC went above and beyond to provide online classes. They fairly quickly started to offer in-person classes to students and faculty who felt comfortable, which was good for my son who had been quarantined for nearly a year.
While these are college kids, parents will want to be involved. I would hope to meet and talk with many parents who have sent their children to PCC. Their input matters, even if their children are adults!
We already have a new chancellor (yay!), but it would be great to highlight the ways that working for PCC is great. As we look to strengthen and build programs, we’ll need the faculty and staff to support those expansions. We also need to make sure wages and benefits are competitive, so we can continue to attract and retain talent.
Democracy dies in darkness. Transparency and accountability are so important it’s nearly sacred. I believe even PCC can be more open and transparent, and would like to have a Board newsletter available quarterly to keep folks engaged.

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2020

Kristen Randall did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 2, 2024
  2. Pima.gov, "Partisan Signature Requirements - Primary Election - August 4, 2020," accessed September 24, 2020