Val Romero

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Val Romero

Nonpartisan

Tucson Unified School District, At-large

Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 8, 2022

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Tucson, Ariz.

Religion

Christian

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Val Romero is an at-large member of the Tucson Unified School District in Arizona. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Romero (independent) ran for election to the Pima County Board of Supervisors to represent District 5 in Arizona. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Val Romero was born in Tucson, Arizona.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Pima County, Arizona (2024)

General election

General election for Pima County Board of Supervisors District 5

Incumbent Adelita Grijalva defeated Val Romero in the general election for Pima County Board of Supervisors District 5 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adelita Grijalva (D)	73.3	54,700
		Val Romero (Independent)	26.2	19,524
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	375

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 74,599
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Pima County Board of Supervisors District 5

Incumbent Adelita Grijalva advanced from the Democratic primary for Pima County Board of Supervisors District 5 on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Adelita Grijalva	99.0	19,418
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	196

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,614
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2021

See also: City elections in Tucson, Arizona (2021)

General election

General election for Tucson City Council Ward 6

Incumbent Steve Kozachik defeated Val Romero in the general election for Tucson City Council Ward 6 on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Kozachik (D)	66.0	56,259
		Val Romero (Independent)	33.4	28,446
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	581

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 85,286
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Tucson City Council Ward 6

Incumbent Steve Kozachik defeated Miranda Schubert and Andres Portela in the Democratic primary for Tucson City Council Ward 6 on August 3, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Kozachik	56.0	5,695
		Miranda Schubert	28.4	2,885
		Andres Portela	15.3	1,557
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	31

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,168
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Campaign themes

2024

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2021

Val Romero completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Romero'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.

Aloha, My name is Val Romero, a Tucson Native, a Father, a Grampa and Local Business owner. I Graduated for Salpointe Catholic High School in 1989. Arizona Grill & Hearth started in 1995, Many years being on the front lines, Currently, my Daughter Megan is running our operations. I am involved in many Community organizations and Community Fundraising organizations. Our Message is Simple, We are promoting "Unity in our Community"

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?

• Prioritize Public Safety in our community, Including better funding and increased recruitment for the Tucson Police Department.
• Focus on Tucson's Infrastructure, including fixing roads & incentives for infill and improving vacant buildings
• Committed to supporting our Tucson Business community.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

It has to start with Prioritizing Public Safety in our community, From that we will decrease Crime, boost city security, and other positive results

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

On A National Level, other than History and audio books about Tomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln. Ronald Reagan, Wise, funny, personable and he knew the level of government needed to be limited (Quote from his inaugural Speech) "Government is not the solution to our problem, Government is the problem."

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