Mary Ann Mendoza
Mary Ann Mendoza (Republican Party) ran for election to the Arizona House of Representatives to represent District 9. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Mendoza completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2024
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 (2 seats)
Incumbent Lorena Austin and incumbent Seth Blattman defeated Kylie Barber and Mary Ann Mendoza in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lorena Austin (D)  | 26.5 | 39,041 |
| ✔ |  | Seth Blattman (D) | 25.0 | 36,823 |
 | Kylie Barber (R) | 24.4 | 35,895 | |
 | Mary Ann Mendoza (R) | 24.1 | 35,553 | |
| Total votes: 147,312 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 (2 seats)
Incumbent Lorena Austin and incumbent Seth Blattman advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lorena Austin | 54.2 | 10,353 |
| ✔ | | Seth Blattman | 45.8 | 8,741 |
| Total votes: 19,094 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 (2 seats)
Mary Ann Mendoza and Kylie Barber advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Ann Mendoza | 50.7 | 10,429 |
| ✔ | | Kylie Barber | 49.3 | 10,136 |
| Total votes: 20,565 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Eaton (L)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Mendoza in this election.
Pledges
Mendoza signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 (2 seats)
Lorena Austin and Seth Blattman defeated Kathy Pearce and Mary Ann Mendoza in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lorena Austin (D) | 26.5 | 30,980 |
| ✔ | | Seth Blattman (D) | 25.2 | 29,403 |
| Kathy Pearce (R) | 24.5 | 28,643 | ||
| Mary Ann Mendoza (R) | 23.8 | 27,791 | |
| Total votes: 116,817 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 (2 seats)
Lorena Austin and Seth Blattman advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lorena Austin | 57.5 | 12,018 |
| ✔ | | Seth Blattman | 42.5 | 8,880 |
| Total votes: 20,898 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 (2 seats)
Kathy Pearce and Mary Ann Mendoza advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 9 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kathy Pearce | 52.5 | 12,798 | |
| ✔ | | Mary Ann Mendoza | 47.5 | 11,561 |
| Total votes: 24,359 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mary Ann Mendoza completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mendoza's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My life was completely changed on May 12, 2014, when my Mesa Police Officer son, Sgt Brandon Mendoza, was tragically killed by a repeat illegal criminal in our state. It has become my life mission to make sure every Az resident understands the dangers and financial burden illegal immigration brings to our communities. We are all hard working and do the best we can to keep a roof over our heads and provide for our families. We don't need to be forced to financially support individuals who are here illegally.
The education of our children and grandchildren represents our future. We cannot turn a blind eye to the proper education they deserve. Education choices for your children needs to be your decision, not the state.
We need to stop looking for ways to spend state budget surplus on frivolous means. We need oversight of every dollar that is allocated at a state level. Accountability is lacking in Az.
I look forward to representing my constituents in LD 9. I am with you and will always have an open door to your concerns. We have to work together if we ever want to overcome the challenges we are facing today.
I hope I can count on your vote as Az State Representative for LD 9- Illegal Immigration: we are a country of laws and immigration laws are being ignored. We need to have the ability as a state to protect our border with Mexico if the federal government is going to abandon us on this issue. We are a very generous country when it comes to legal immigration, however, illegal immigration has become the norm and within the illegal immigration masses, we have many criminals, terrorists and dangerous individuals coming across the AZ border along with record amounts of fentanyl.
- The education of our children is a hot issue in Az. School choice is the necessary choice for parents. Although it is put out in the media that this is bankrupting our state, it is the opposite. School Choice is saving the state money. Who knows our children better than us? We know the challenges our children may be facing, and we know the best environment for them to be educated in. The oversight in our schools has forced us as parents to make better choices for our children's education system. The education system in Maricopa county is superintendent heavy and full of large salaries that are unnecessary and funds that should be going to our children.
- Az legislators have to become more solid in their representation of their constituents. We need to hold all recipients of state funds to provide full accountability on an annual basis. So much of the funds put out in grants, studies and department increases are never checked up on to prove the money is being used as allocated. We are watching this play out on a national level and you can be guaranteed this is happening on a state level.
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2022
Mary Ann Mendoza did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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