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Tanairi Ochoa-Martinez
Tanairi Ochoa-Martinez was an at-large member of the Alhambra Elementary School District in Arizona. She assumed office in 2016.
Ochoa-Martinez (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Arizona House of Representatives to represent District 29. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 29 (2 seats)
Incumbent Steve Montenegro and James Taylor defeated Tanairi Ochoa-Martinez and Thomas Tzitzura in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 29 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Steve Montenegro (R) | 30.3 | 66,301 |
| ✔ |  | James Taylor (R) | 29.9 | 65,431 |
| Tanairi Ochoa-Martinez (D) | 20.4 | 44,776 | ||
| Thomas Tzitzura (D) | 19.4 | 42,535 | ||
| Total votes: 219,043 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 29 (2 seats)
Tanairi Ochoa-Martinez and Thomas Tzitzura advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 29 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tanairi Ochoa-Martinez | 54.6 | 12,373 | |
| ✔ | Thomas Tzitzura | 45.4 | 10,304 | |
| Total votes: 22,677 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Raymer (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 29 (2 seats)
Incumbent Steve Montenegro and James Taylor defeated Amy Heusted in the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 29 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Montenegro | 54.5 | 22,153 |
| ✔ | | James Taylor | 45.3 | 18,382 |
| Amy Heusted (Write-in) | 0.2 | 85 | ||
| Total votes: 40,620 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Austin Smith (R)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ochoa-Martinez in this election.
2020
The general election was canceled. Jose Conchas Jr., incumbent Garthanne Ocampo, and incumbent Tanairi Ochoa-Martinez were elected without opposition to three at-large seats on the Alhambra Elementary School District Governing Board. Their names did not appear on the general election ballot.
2016
Three of the five seats on the Alhambra Elementary School District school board were up for at-large general election on November 8, 2016. Incumbent Adam Lopez Falk filed for re-election and faced three challengers: Jason Hammond, Garthanne Ocampo, and Tanairi Ochoa-Martinez. Falk won another term on the board and was joined in his victory by Ochoa-Martinez and Ocampo. There was no primary.[1][2]
Results
| Alhambra Elementary School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year terms, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Tanairi Ochoa-Martinez |
28.27% | 6,280 |
| Adam Falk Incumbent |
27.38% | 6,084 |
| Garthanne Ocampo |
23.69% | 5,263 |
| Jason Hammond | 20.66% | 4,591 |
| Total Votes (100) | 22,218 | |
| Source: Maricopa County Recorder, "Final Results," accessed December 7, 2016 | ||
Endorsements
Ochoa-Martinez was endorsed by the Alhambra District Education Association.[3]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tanairi Ochoa-Martinez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Tanairi Ochoa-Martinez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
