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Marlene Galán-Woods
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Candidate, U.S. House Arizona District 1

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Next election

November 3, 2026

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Broadcast Journalist
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Marlene Galán-Woods (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Arizona's 1st Congressional District. She declared candidacy for the general election scheduled on November 3, 2026.[source]

Biography

Marlene Galán-Woods' career experience includes working as a broadcast journalist. Galán-Woods founded the Mesa Arts Academy within the Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley. She has previously served as president of the East Valley school board.[1]

Elections

2026

See also: Arizona's 1st Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on August 4, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 1

The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 1 on November 3, 2026.


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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 1

David Redkey is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 1 on August 4, 2026.

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2024

See also: Arizona's 1st Congressional District election, 2024

Arizona's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (July 30 Democratic primary)

Arizona's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (July 30 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 1

Incumbent David Schweikert defeated Amish Shah in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 1 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of David Schweikert
David Schweikert (R)
 
51.9
 
225,538
Image of Amish Shah
Amish Shah (D)
 
48.1
 
208,966

Total votes: 434,504
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 1

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 1 on July 30, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Amish Shah
Amish Shah
 
23.5
 
17,214
Image of Andrei Cherny
Andrei Cherny
 
21.3
 
15,596
Image of Marlene Galán-Woods
Marlene Galán-Woods
 
21.2
 
15,490
Image of Conor O'Callaghan
Conor O'Callaghan Candidate Connection
 
18.5
 
13,539
Image of Andrew Horne
Andrew Horne Candidate Connection
 
12.3
 
8,991
Image of Kurt Kroemer
Kurt Kroemer Candidate Connection
 
3.2
 
2,356

Total votes: 73,186
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 1

Incumbent David Schweikert defeated Kimberly George and Robert Backie in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 1 on July 30, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of David Schweikert
David Schweikert
 
62.7
 
62,811
Image of Kimberly George
Kimberly George Candidate Connection
 
27.5
 
27,587
Image of Robert Backie
Robert Backie
 
9.8
 
9,854

Total votes: 100,252
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Libertarian primary election

No Libertarian candidates ran in the primary.

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Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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Campaign website

Galán-Woods’s campaign website stated the following:

Marlene Galán-Woods is a 35-year Arizona resident, former broadcast journalist and mother of five children. Her parents fled communist Cuba looking for a better life for their children. Their risk paid off when Marlene moved to Arizona in the 1980s— it’s where she continued her career as a broadcast journalist, where she met the love of her life, and where they would raise a family together.

While Marlene’s late husband, Grant Woods, served as Arizona’s Attorney General, Marlene was exposing corruption and holding the powerful accountable during her 20-year journalism career.

Outside of their respective careers, Marlene and Grant were dedicated to improving the lives of Arizona children, from founding the Mesa Arts Academy within the Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley, where she served as President of the school board, to spearheading a local tennis tournament that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to help underserved kids to, helping found the Phoenix Children’s Museum.

Though Marlene’s philanthropic efforts have focused on improving the lives of Arizona’s children, she has a passion for preserving and expanding the individual freedoms of all Arizonans.

She is a lifelong supporter of a woman’s right to choose and couldn’t stand by idly watching ongoing attacks on our voting rights.

So, in 2022, Marlene chaired the campaign of Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, and led a group of former journalists in calling out Republican candidates, including Kari Lake, for their attacks on the media while spreading disinformation.

Marlene’s dedication to the preservation of our democracy was recognized by Governor Katie Hobbs’, who invited Marlene to serve on her transition committee.

But her journey doesn’t end there, and today Marlene is ready to take the next step. She is running for Congress because she can’t sit back and watch our freedoms and our liberties attacked while our politicians do nothing about it. She is running to be Arizona’s voice – ensuring our priorities are represented. She will be the courageous, truthful leader Arizona has earned. [2]

—Marlene Galán-Woods' campaign website (2024)[1]

Campaign finance summary


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Marlene Galán-Woods campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2026* U.S. House Arizona District 1Candidacy Declared general$531,464 $141,335
2024* U.S. House Arizona District 1Lost primary$1,776,275 $1,776,275
Grand total$2,307,739 $1,917,610
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Marlene Galan-Woods for Congress, "Meet Marlene," accessed June 26, 2024
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


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