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Stephanie Simacek
2023 - Present
2027
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2025 - Present
2027
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Stephanie Simacek (Democratic Party) is a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 2. She assumed office on January 13, 2025. Her current term ends on January 11, 2027.
Simacek is also an at-large member of the Deer Valley Unified School District in Arizona. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Simacek (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Arizona House of Representatives to represent District 2. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Stephanie Simacek earned a bachelor's degree from Portland State University and a graduate degree from Grand Canyon University. Her career experience includes working as a teacher.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 2 (2 seats)
Stephanie Simacek and incumbent Justin Wilmeth defeated Ari Bradshaw and Tom Simes in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Stephanie Simacek (D) | 30.3 | 47,797 |
| ✔ |  | Justin Wilmeth (R) | 29.8 | 46,943 |
 | Ari Bradshaw (R)  | 29.7 | 46,809 | |
 | Tom Simes (Independent) | 10.1 | 15,947 | |
| Total votes: 157,496 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 2 (2 seats)
Stephanie Simacek advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 2 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stephanie Simacek | 100.0 | 14,072 |
| Total votes: 14,072 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 2 (2 seats)
Incumbent Justin Wilmeth and Ari Bradshaw defeated Danielle Hagen in the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 2 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Justin Wilmeth | 54.5 | 14,896 |
| ✔ | | Ari Bradshaw | 45.3 | 12,382 |
| Danielle Hagen (Write-in) | 0.2 | 43 | ||
| Total votes: 27,321 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Neil DeSanti (R)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Simacek in this election.
2022
See also: Deer Valley Unified School District, Arizona, elections (2022)
General election
General election for Deer Valley Unified School District, At-large (2 seats)
Stephanie Simacek and Paul Carver defeated Tony Bouie and Craig Beckman in the general election for Deer Valley Unified School District, At-large on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stephanie Simacek (Nonpartisan) | 27.3 | 38,837 |
| ✔ | Paul Carver (Nonpartisan) | 26.3 | 37,366 | |
| Tony Bouie (Nonpartisan) | 24.1 | 34,269 | ||
 | Craig Beckman (Nonpartisan) | 22.0 | 31,259 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 380 | ||
| Total votes: 142,111 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Melody Holehan‐Kopas (Nonpartisan)
- David Alvarado (Nonpartisan)
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Stephanie Simacek completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Simacek's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am driven by a passion for public education, I believe it is what holds our communities together through one common goal, our children, our future. With that said, I believe every child deserves the right to equal access to public education no matter their race, ethnic background, religion, gender, socioeconomic status, or citizenship.
In order for our students to be prepared for the future we need to take action. This begins at a local community level. We must elect leaders that represent the best interests of ALL of our DVUSD community. I was recently named a public school proud candidate by SOS Arizona. Our teachers, staff and students are what makes this district one of the best in Arizona. However, we are losing teachers, students and staff due to pay shortages, overcrowding of classrooms, lack of resources for ALL learner types and an overall respect for the teaching profession in general. We have a responsibility as a community to come together, so everyone in DVUSD is thriving in their learning environments.- I am a DVUSD parent, former teacher, and current substitute.
- There are many topics that need to be addressed for our district including teacher pay, smaller class sizes, and the importance of qualified teacher retention, please know these are at the top of my list because they have a trickle down benefit for both students and staff.
- In regards to special education, we have a shortage of teachers and staff in these areas but improvements that include smaller class sizes and liveable wages, will help these positions to get filled. We need to invest in more paras, therapists, (OT, PT, Speech) so our SPED teachers have more support.
- State funding
- Special Education
- Gifted Services
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Arizona House of Representatives District 2 |
Officeholder Arizona House of Representatives District 2 |
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