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Michael Butts
Michael Butts is an at-large member of the Roosevelt Elementary School District in Arizona. He assumed office on January 1, 2025. His current term ends on January 1, 2029.
Butts ran for election for an at-large seat of the Roosevelt Elementary School District in Arizona. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Butts (Democratic Party) also ran for election to the Arizona House of Representatives to represent District 11. He was disqualified from the Democratic primary scheduled on July 30, 2024.
Butts completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Michael Butts was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He earned a high school diploma from Winton Woods High School, a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in 2012, and a graduate degree from Northern Arizona University in 2020. His career experience includes working as an elementary education administrator.[1][2]
Elections
2024
School board
See also: Roosevelt Elementary School District, Arizona, elections (2024)
General election
General election for Roosevelt Elementary School District, At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Roosevelt Elementary School District, At-large on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Victoria Castro-Corral (Nonpartisan)  | 19.4 | 15,820 |
| ✔ |  | Michael Butts (Nonpartisan) | 17.5 | 14,265 |
| ✔ |  | Tatiana Peña (Nonpartisan) | 16.4 | 13,328 |
 | James Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) | 15.8 | 12,888 | |
 | Christianne Ortega (Nonpartisan) | 12.6 | 10,250 | |
 | Sandra Jerez (Nonpartisan) | 10.7 | 8,746 | |
 | Hannibal Muhammad (Nonpartisan) | 7.3 | 5,989 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 215 | ||
| Total votes: 81,501 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Butts in this election.
State House
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 (2 seats)
Incumbent Oscar De Los Santos and incumbent Junelle Cavero defeated Cesar Aleman and Joseph Dailey in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Oscar De Los Santos (D) | 37.4 | 47,727 |
| ✔ |  | Junelle Cavero (D) | 34.8 | 44,318 |
 | Cesar Aleman (R) | 14.0 | 17,786 | |
 | Joseph Dailey (R) | 13.8 | 17,654 | |
| Total votes: 127,485 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 (2 seats)
Incumbent Oscar De Los Santos and incumbent Junelle Cavero defeated Izaak Ruiz in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Oscar De Los Santos | 47.0 | 11,592 |
| ✔ | | Junelle Cavero | 36.2 | 8,922 |
 | Izaak Ruiz | 16.8 | 4,148 | |
| Total votes: 24,662 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Butts (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 (2 seats)
Joseph Dailey and Cesar Aleman advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Dailey | 54.4 | 3,886 |
| ✔ | | Cesar Aleman | 45.6 | 3,257 |
| Total votes: 7,143 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Butts in this election.
2022
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 (2 seats)
Oscar De Los Santos and incumbent Marcelino Quiñonez defeated Tatiana Peña in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Oscar De Los Santos (D) | 41.1 | 30,524 |
| ✔ |  | Marcelino Quiñonez (D) | 40.4 | 30,009 |
| Tatiana Peña (R) | 18.5 | 13,744 | |
| Total votes: 74,277 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Oscar De Los Santos | 26.8 | 7,723 |
| ✔ | | Marcelino Quiñonez | 22.2 | 6,403 |
 | Naketa Ross | 19.0 | 5,477 | |
| Michael Butts | 12.5 | 3,584 | |
| Wesley Leasy | 10.9 | 3,140 | ||
| Shams Abdussamad | 8.5 | 2,453 | ||
| Total votes: 28,780 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Shawn Pearson (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 (2 seats)
Tatiana Peña advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 11 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tatiana Peña | 100.0 | 5,178 |
| Total votes: 5,178 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
School board
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michael Butts completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Butts' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- All students deserve the opportunity to demonstrate academic excellence. All students deserve adapted curriculum to meet their individual learning needs.
- All teachers deserve to receive compensation commensurate with their education, teaching experience and current industry market rates.
- All parents deserve the opportunity to participate in academic improvement conversations.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
State House
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Michael Butts did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Michael Butts completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Butts' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- As a father and husband, I understand the importance of commitment to building lifelong relationships. I am community leader that is committed to being visible, accessible and transparent.
- As a servant leader, I value the spirit of collaboration and endeavor to listen to all voices and opinions. Together we can resolve the current challenges we have here in Arizona.
- As your representative, I pledge to do all that I possibly can to bring your concerns to the State Capitol so that our laws reflect our collective cultures.
As a former officer, I plan to support both our law enforcement and our community by investing funds toward mental and substance abuse responders.
Support law enforcement officers with increased and ongoing training in community policing techniques.
Support investment and increased mental health and PTSD counseling and treatment for our officers.
Criminal Justice Reform
Greater citizen and private oversight of police and corrections agencies with greater ability and power to investigate police misconduct.
Support police and sentencing reforms that have disproportionate rates of incarceration for minority populations, while eliminating Department of Corrections contracts for private prisons.
Support drug policy reform aimed at keeping nonviolent drug offenders out of prisons and in treatment programs
Education
Increase school funding and pay for teachers, with heavier investment in title one schools.
Ensure adequate and fair school choice models and schools are accessible to all districts, particularly title one choices.
Invest in programs aimed at the physical and mental well-being of our students through extra-curricular activities, counseling, and healthy eating.
Neighborhoods / Quality of Life
Invest in programs designed to keep rents affordable while investing in our most vulnerable neighborhoods.
Penalize negligent property owners who facilitate sub-standard rental properties which don’t meet current codes and standards.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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