Mitzi Epstein

Denise Epstein

Democratic Party

Arizona State Senate District 12

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor

Warren Petersen

Prior offices

Arizona House of Representatives District 18

Successor: Christopher Mathis

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Compensation

Base salary

$24,000/year

Per diem

For legislators residing within Maricopa County: $35/day. For legislators residing outside of Maricopa County: $251.66.

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

High school

Carl Sandburg High School, 1979

Bachelor's

Bradley University, 1983

Personal

Profession

Small business owner

Contact

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Denise Epstein (Democratic Party) (also known as Mitzi) is a member of the Arizona State Senate, representing District 12. She assumed office on January 9, 2023. Her current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Epstein (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Arizona State Senate to represent District 12. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Epstein served as Senate Minority Leader from March 2023 to January 2025.

Biography

Epstein graduated from Carl Sandburg High School in 1979. Epstein earned a B.S. in computer science from Bradley University in 1983. Her career experience includes working as a small business owner, a computer programmer/analyst for Olin Corporation, and a systems analyst for Citicorp Mortgage. Epstein chaired the Yes Public Ed organization in Maricopa County, Arizona, served as vice president and legislative issues chair of the Arizona Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), volunteered with Voices for Education, and founded Arizona Parents for Public Education. Epstein was also a governing board member of the Kyrene Elementary School District from 2005 to 2008.

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Epstein was assigned to the following committees:

• Finance Committee
• Senate Rules Committee
• Legislative Council

2021-2022

Epstein was assigned to the following committees:

• House Rules Committee
• Ways and Means Committee
• Land, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs

2019-2020

Epstein was assigned to the following committees:

• House Commerce Committee
• Ways and Means Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Arizona committee assignments, 2017
• Commerce
• Ways and Means

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Arizona State Senate District 12

Incumbent Denise Epstein defeated Cara Vicini in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 12 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Denise Epstein (D)	58.1	70,499
		Cara Vicini (R)	41.9	50,796

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 121,295
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 12

Incumbent Denise Epstein advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 12 on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Denise Epstein	100.0	20,221

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 12

Cara Vicini advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 12 on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cara Vicini	100.0	17,187

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,187
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Epstein in this election.

2022

State Senate

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Arizona State Senate District 12

Denise Epstein defeated David Richardson in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 12 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Denise Epstein (D)	58.1	58,349
		David Richardson (R)	41.9	42,008

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 100,357
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 12

Denise Epstein advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 12 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Denise Epstein	100.0	26,086

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,086
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 12

David Richardson defeated Suzanne Sharer in the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 12 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Richardson	50.3	12,248
		Suzanne Sharer	49.7	12,078

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 24,326
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Endorsements

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State House

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2022

Mitzi Epstein did not file to run for re-election.

2020

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 18 (2 seats)

Incumbent Jennifer Jermaine and incumbent Denise Epstein defeated Bob Robson, Don Hawker, and Chris Wilson in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 18 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer Jermaine (D)	29.5	70,049
✔		Denise Epstein (D)	26.4	62,607
		Bob Robson (R)	23.3	55,140
	Submit photo	Don Hawker (R)	20.8	49,298
	Submit photo	Chris Wilson (Constitution Party) (Write-in)	0.0	62

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 237,156
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 18 (2 seats)

Incumbent Jennifer Jermaine and incumbent Denise Epstein advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 18 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer Jermaine	50.6	26,131
✔		Denise Epstein	49.4	25,525

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 51,656
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 18 (2 seats)

Bob Robson and Don Hawker advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 18 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bob Robson	95.3	20,838
✔	Submit photo	Don Hawker (Write-in)	4.7	1,026

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,864
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Alyssa Sheahan (R)

2018

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 18 (2 seats)

Incumbent Denise Epstein and Jennifer Jermaine defeated incumbent Jill Norgaard and Greg Patterson in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 18 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Denise Epstein (D)	28.3	52,992
✔		Jennifer Jermaine (D)	26.9	50,253
		Jill Norgaard (R)	23.7	44,269
	Submit photo	Greg Patterson (R)	21.2	39,578

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 187,092
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 18 (2 seats)

Incumbent Denise Epstein and Jennifer Jermaine defeated Ladawn Stuben in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 18 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Denise Epstein	43.7	15,486
✔		Jennifer Jermaine	37.1	13,150
		Ladawn Stuben	19.1	6,763

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,399 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 18 (2 seats)

Incumbent Jill Norgaard and Greg Patterson defeated Farhana Shifa and Don Hawker in the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 18 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jill Norgaard	44.2	16,290
✔	Submit photo	Greg Patterson	25.1	9,230
		Farhana Shifa	18.8	6,910
	Submit photo	Don Hawker	11.9	4,401

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 36,831 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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2016

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Arizona House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 30, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.

Denise Epstein and incumbent Jill Norgaard defeated incumbent Bob Robson and Linda Macias in the Arizona House of Representatives District 18 general election.

Arizona House of Representatives, District 18 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Denise Epstein	30.37%	52,002
	Republican	Jill Norgaard Incumbent	29.56%	50,613
	Republican	Bob Robson Incumbent	27.78%	47,569
	Green	Linda Macias	12.29%	21,039
Total Votes				171,223
Source: Arizona Secretary of State

Denise Epstein ran unopposed in the Arizona House of Representatives District 18 Democratic Primary.

Arizona House of Representatives, District 18 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Denise Epstein  (unopposed)

Incumbent Bob Robson and incumbent Jill Norgaard were unopposed in the Arizona House of Representatives District 18 Republican Primary.

Arizona House of Representatives, District 18 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Bob Robson Incumbent
	Republican	Jill Norgaard Incumbent

2014

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Arizona House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 28, 2014. Denise Epstein was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Bob Robson and Jill Norgaard defeated John King and David Pheanis in the Republican primary. Robson and Norgaard defeated Epstein in the general election. Scott Ryan (I) was removed from the ballot.

Arizona House of Representatives District 18, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jill Norgaard	34.6%	32,863
	Republican	Bob Robson Incumbent	33.3%	31,587
	Democratic	Denise "Mitzi" Epstein	32.1%	30,480
Total Votes				94,930

Arizona House of Representatives, District 18 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jill Norgaard	32.3%	11,324
Bob Robson Incumbent	30.2%	10,594
John King	20.5%	7,210
David Pheanis	17%	5,963
Total Votes		35,091

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Denise Epstein did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Denise Epstein completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Epstein's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

We need better funding for education, more affordable housing options, high quality jobs, and sustainable water solutions. As your current House Representative and a computer systems analyst, I am a problem-solver with a successful track record. In 2021, I led a statewide team to develop and pass bipartisan solutions for Arizona’s Unemployment Insurance system. The results are better benefits for workers and lower tax rates for employers. As a former school board member, I am known for listening to parents, teachers, and students, and I speak up at the Capitol for the support our schools need in order to offer an excellent education and keep qualified educators. As a small business owner, I know first-hand that public policies must provide a supportive environment for your business to compete and grow. I push for fiscal responsibility and government integrity: our tax dollars belong in our pockets and in the programs that help our community, not in the pockets of cronies and special interests. Practical solutions are possible without raising taxes, if we work together. In the AZ Senate, I will continue listening, collaborating and leading to stop the partisan games and build on Arizona’s strengths.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Education - Our community expects high quality public schools to support property values and local businesses today and to prepare our children to meet the unknowns of tomorrow with skills and confidence. Public education is the foundation of a thriving economy, freedom, and quality of life. We must educate the whole child. Neither a child nor a school should be reduced to one test score. Our schools need arts, PE, technology, school counselors, as well as rigorous courses in English, math, science and social studies. Arizona teachers and students deserve respect and support. Mitzi will work to ensure we’re investing in schools that are high quality, equitable and accountable.
• Economy-Having worked in the financial sector and in technology, Mitzi uses her experience and knowledge to take a critical eye to proposed legislation. “I leverage my own experience and skills with the knowledge of an ever-growing network of experts in technology and finance. Together, we do the work to balance support for innovations with protections for consumers,” Mitzi explains. In the senate, Mitzi will ensure local small businesses are supported, corporations are accountable to the community while given space to innovate, and above all, that as taxpayers, every resident enjoys the balance between keeping our hard-earned income while contributing fairly to the community services that ensure a high quality of life.
• Fiscal Responsibility - Taxpayers deserve results from their investment in government projects. To know how our dollars are performing we must have transparency and accountability. Mitzi is highly respected in the legislature for her careful attention to detail and to budgets. “How will it affect you?” Mitzi asks real people all the time. Mitzi has experience using analyses and metrics to understand the impacts of proposals before voting them into law. The government shouldn’t be allowed to spend millions of taxpayer dollars on partisan games, whether on farcical election audits or partisan vanity projects.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Arizona students and teachers deserve our respect and support. Sadly, the current budget for K12 schools is enough to meet inflation, but not much more. We need rigorous STEM and CTE classes offered in every school to prepare a competitive workforce. Our students need more counselors, psychologists, and social workers to help them learn career and life skills. Our teachers need a worthy wage so that every child can learn with a great teacher, reducing the teacher shortage.

Our American system of public education provides many benefits, but if we ruin it, we will ruin the foundations of our economy and our pursuit of happiness.

 This year, Republican legislators pushed for dangerous kinds of censorship and book banning.  Also, they passed a very expensive voucher system for taxpayers to pay for all students in private school and other activities, on top of paying for public schools. There are many dangers in this Republican voucher system in addition to its increased cost to taxpayers.

This huge new voucher system is likely to drain away most of the new funding in the budget for K12 schools, leaving all the students in public schools with less, again.

With public schools, we have laws to protect children’s safety, and to assure they are learning based in evidence and truth. Parents and students have rights in public schools, by law. To support a bright future, we should work on continuous improvement in our public schools and invest in public education.

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2020

Denise Epstein did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Denise Epstein participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on August 12, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Denise Epstein's responses follow below.

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

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My top three priorities are education, jobs, and health and safety.

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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?

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For over 25 years I have advocated for strong public education. Assuring that every child has the opportunity to reach his potential is in the best interest of our economy and our quality of life, in addition to being important for each and every child.

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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Denise Epstein answered the following:

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow and why?

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I admire and look up to school board members, especially those who serve for more than one term when their school districts need them. I served on the Kyrene School Board for 1 term of 4 years, and there were many good candidates interested in the volunteer job at the end of my term so I finished my turn. It takes a great deal of time and skill to listen to the thousands of parents, teachers, and community members to include the whole community in decisions. Our school districts in my community are particularly good an including everybody in decisions, and yet there is always room for improvement. I admire school board members who continue to strive for improvement in their outreach to the community, and improvement in their results in educating the whole child.

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Is there a book, essay, film, or something else that best describes your political philosophy?

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See my website, my Facebook page, and my Twitter account. I write a lot, and I've shared it there.

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What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

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Outreach and honesty are two traits that are imperative to being effective as an elected official. I believe that it is my duty to represent the people of my district, and the only way to do that well is to reach out to them actively and listen. It's imperative to be honest with voters, constituents, and colleagues. I have been completely transparent with voters on many issues.

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Both sitting legislators and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?

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There certainly are many stories I've heard as your state representative. The most recent one was fairly simple. A voter at the door told me about his home-based business making cupcakes. In Arizona, a "cottage bakery" is not allowed to sell foods made with dairy, so they cannot make butter-cream frosting. That is a big barrier to getting the business started. As we talked, I wondered if that is a law that should be re-evaluated. I have invited him to work with me on the project of learning more about cottage bakery laws in Arizona, and our collaboration might lead to a pilot program to try some easing of regulations while monitoring the results to assure consumers are safe. Or, we may find that the laws are there for some very good public health reasons. I'll include this person-- along with other small business owners -- because their expertise is important to the process of developing a new program or changing laws about their businesses.

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2016

Epstein's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Grow our Economy

• Excerpt: "Grow the Innovation Economy by supporting small business start-ups and continuing to attract companies like Intel and Apple with an educated workforce and reliable infrastructure."
• Excerpt: "The Innovation Economy will produce quality jobs, with great pay and a ladder for advancement. Those jobs will make positive ripple effects in the economy for all of Arizona."

Support Quality Education

• Excerpt: "Measure what matters. Our students are tested enough! We must also count what prepares students for life, like arts career and technical skills, world languages, and Advanced Placement (AP) courses."
• Excerpt: "Protect public education with real school choice! Empower parents to be involved in their child's education."

Campaign finance summary

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Denise Epstein campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Arizona State Senate District 12	Won general	$91,730	$106,958
2022	Arizona State Senate District 12	Won general	$176,531	$148,235
2020	Arizona House of Representatives District 18	Won general	$115,194	N/A**
2018	Arizona House of Representatives District 18	Won general	$120,056	N/A**
2016	Arizona House of Representatives, District 18	Won	$127,168	N/A**
Grand total			$630,680	$255,193
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal 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
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2024

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2023

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2022

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2021

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2020

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2019

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2018

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2017

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In 2017, the 53rd Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 9 through May 4. Americans for Prosperity Arizona Legislators are scored on their stances on conservative fiscal policy. Center for Arizona Policy: Senate and House Voting Records Legislators' votes are recorded by the Center for Arizona Policy on bills related to family issues. Children's Action Alliance Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to family issues. Humane Voters of Arizona Legislators are scored on their stances on animal issues. Secular Coalition for Arizona: Senate and House Voting Records Legislators are scored on their stances on secular policy. The American Conservative Union Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues. Tucson Metro Chamber Legislators are scored on their support of business policies.

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Preceded by Warren Petersen (R)	Arizona State Senate District 12 2023-Present	Succeeded by -
Preceded by -	Arizona House of Representatives District 18 2017-2023	Succeeded by Christopher Mathis (D)

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Current members of the Arizona State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Warren Petersen

Majority Leader:Janae Shamp

Minority Leader:Priya Sundareshan

Senators

District 1

Mark Finchem (R)

District 2

Shawnna Bolick (R)

District 3

John Kavanagh (R)

District 4

Carine Werner (R)

District 5

Lela Alston (D)

District 6

Theresa Hatathlie (D)

District 7

Wendy Rogers (R)

District 8

Lauren Kuby (D)

District 9

Kiana Sears (D)

District 10

David Farnsworth (R)

District 11

Catherine Miranda (D)

District 12

Denise Epstein (D)

District 13

Javan Mesnard (R)

District 14

Warren Petersen (R)

District 15

Jake Hoffman (R)

District 16

Thomas Shope (R)

District 17

Vince Leach (R)

District 18

Priya Sundareshan (D)

District 19

David Gowan (R)

District 20

Sally Gonzales (D)

District 21

Rosanna Gabaldón (D)

District 22

Eva Diaz (D)

District 23

Brian Fernandez (D)

District 24

Analise Ortiz (D)

District 25

Tim Dunn (R)

District 26

Flavio Bravo (D)

District 27

Kevin Payne (R)

District 28

Frank Carroll (R)

District 29

Janae Shamp (R)

District 30

Hildy Angius (R)

Republican Party (17)

Democratic Party (13)