Melody Hernandez
Melody Hernandez (Democratic Party) was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 8. She assumed office on January 9, 2023. She left office on January 13, 2025.
Hernandez (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Arizona State Senate to represent District 8. She did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on July 30, 2024.
Biography
Melody Hernandez's career experience includes working as a paramedic.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Hernandez was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Hernandez was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Arizona State Senate District 8
Lauren Kuby defeated Roxana Holzapfel in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lauren Kuby (D)  | 60.6 | 53,111 |
 | Roxana Holzapfel (R) | 39.4 | 34,528 | |
| Total votes: 87,639 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 8
Lauren Kuby defeated Ivan Pemberton in the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 8 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lauren Kuby | 99.9 | 14,762 |
| Ivan Pemberton (Write-in) | 0.1 | 13 | ||
| Total votes: 14,775 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Melody Hernandez (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 8
Roxana Holzapfel advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 8 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Roxana Holzapfel | 100.0 | 9,366 |
| Total votes: 9,366 | |||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 8 (2 seats)
Incumbent Melody Hernandez and incumbent Athena Salman defeated Caden Darrow and Bill Loughrige in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 8 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Melody Hernandez (D) | 31.7 | 40,378 |
| ✔ |  | Athena Salman (D) | 30.9 | 39,386 |
 | Caden Darrow (R) | 18.7 | 23,848 | |
 | Bill Loughrige (R) | 18.6 | 23,725 | |
| Total votes: 127,337 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 8 (2 seats)
Incumbent Melody Hernandez and incumbent Athena Salman advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 8 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Melody Hernandez | 50.1 | 14,840 |
| ✔ | | Athena Salman | 49.9 | 14,758 |
| Total votes: 29,598 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 8 (2 seats)
Bill Loughrige and Caden Darrow advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 8 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Loughrige | 52.4 | 9,194 |
| ✔ | | Caden Darrow | 47.6 | 8,355 |
| Total votes: 17,549 | |||
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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 26 (2 seats)
Melody Hernandez and incumbent Athena Salman defeated Seth Sifuentes and Bill Loughrige in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 26 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Melody Hernandez (D) | 34.2 | 46,266 |
| ✔ | | Athena Salman (D) | 33.2 | 44,981 |
 | Seth Sifuentes (R) | 16.5 | 22,316 | |
| Bill Loughrige (R) | 16.1 | 21,760 | |
| Total votes: 135,323 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 26 (2 seats)
Incumbent Athena Salman and Melody Hernandez defeated Debbie Nez Manuel and Patrick Morales in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 26 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Athena Salman | 34.2 | 10,973 |
| ✔ | | Melody Hernandez | 26.2 | 8,399 |
 | Debbie Nez Manuel | 24.5 | 7,866 | |
 | Patrick Morales | 15.1 | 4,839 | |
| Total votes: 32,077 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 26 (2 seats)
Bill Loughrige and Seth Sifuentes advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 26 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Loughrige | 55.3 | 6,063 |
| ✔ | | Seth Sifuentes | 44.7 | 4,896 |
| Total votes: 10,959 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
Melody Hernandez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Melody Hernandez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2024
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2023
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In 2023, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 9 to July 31.
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2022
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In 2022, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 10 to June 25.
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2021
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In 2021, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 11 to June 30.
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See also
2024 Elections
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