Nikki Lee

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Nikki Lee

Democratic Party

Tucson City Council Ward 4

Tenure

2019 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

5

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Last elected

November 7, 2023

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Nikki Lee (Democratic Party) is a member of the Tucson City Council in Arizona, representing Ward 4. She assumed office on December 2, 2019. Her current term ends in 2027.

Lee (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Tucson City Council to represent Ward 4 in Arizona. She won in the general election on November 7, 2023.

Elections

2023

See also: City elections in Tucson, Arizona (2023)

General election

General election for Tucson City Council Ward 4

Incumbent Nikki Lee defeated Ross Kaplowitch in the general election for Tucson City Council Ward 4 on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nikki Lee (D)	64.6	60,165
	Submit photo	Ross Kaplowitch (R)	35.2	32,768
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	162

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 93,095
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tucson City Council Ward 4

Incumbent Nikki Lee advanced from the Democratic primary for Tucson City Council Ward 4 on August 1, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nikki Lee	98.7	4,763
		Other/Write-in votes	1.3	62

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,825
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brett Murphy (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tucson City Council Ward 4

Ross Kaplowitch advanced from the Republican primary for Tucson City Council Ward 4 on August 1, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Ross Kaplowitch	98.8	4,329
		Other/Write-in votes	1.2	52

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,381
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lee in this election.

2019

See also: City elections in Tucson, Arizona (2019)

General election

General election for Tucson City Council Ward 4

Nikki Lee defeated Michael Hicks and Cara Bissell in the general election for Tucson City Council Ward 4 on November 5, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nikki Lee (D)	57.5	57,013
		Michael Hicks (R)	37.6	37,254
		Cara Bissell (G)	4.8	4,790
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	94

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 99,151
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tucson City Council Ward 4

Nikki Lee advanced from the Democratic primary for Tucson City Council Ward 4 on August 27, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nikki Lee	98.9	5,240
		Other/Write-in votes	1.1	59

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,299
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Tucson City Council Ward 4

Michael Hicks advanced from the Republican primary for Tucson City Council Ward 4 on August 27, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Hicks	100.0	4,203

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,203
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Green primary election

Green primary for Tucson City Council Ward 4

Cara Bissell advanced from the Green primary for Tucson City Council Ward 4 on August 27, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cara Bissell	92.3	12
		Other/Write-in votes	7.7	1

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13
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2018

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 10 (2 seats)

Incumbent Kirsten Engel and Domingo DeGrazia defeated incumbent Todd Clodfelter and Joshua Reilly in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 10 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kirsten Engel (D)	35.5	49,163
✔		Domingo DeGrazia (D)	30.8	42,716
		Todd Clodfelter (R)	27.9	38,697
	Submit photo	Joshua Reilly (G)	5.7	7,896

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 138,472
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 10 (2 seats)

Incumbent Kirsten Engel and Domingo DeGrazia defeated Nikki Lee and Catherine Ripley in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 10 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kirsten Engel	39.4	16,895
✔		Domingo DeGrazia	21.0	9,000
		Nikki Lee	20.0	8,585
		Catherine Ripley	19.6	8,421

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,901 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 10 (2 seats)

Incumbent Todd Clodfelter advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 10 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Todd Clodfelter	100.0	18,673

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,673 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Green primary election

Green primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 10 (2 seats)

Joshua Reilly advanced from the Green primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 10 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Joshua Reilly	100.0	25

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Nikki Lee did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

Nikki Lee did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.

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