Democratic Party of Arizona
Democratic Party of Arizona | |
Basic facts | |
Location: | Phoenix, Ariz. |
Type: | Political party |
Affiliation: | Democratic |
Top official: | Yolanda Bejarano, Chair |
Website: | Official website |
The Democratic Party of Arizona is the Arizona political party affiliate of the national Democratic Party. The group is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
Party chair
Yolanda Bejarano was elected chairman in January 2023.[1]
Party leadership
The website for the Arizona Democratic Party lists the following individuals as the party's state leadership as of November 2024:[2]
- Yolanda Bejarano, Chair
- Paul Eckerstrom, First vice chair
- Lisa Sanor, Secretary
- Rick McGuire, Treasurer
- Bonnie Heidler, Senior vice chair
- Diane McMahan, Vice chair
- April Ignacio, Vice chair
- Will Knight, Vice chair
- Lupe Conchas, Vice chair
- Shanna Leonard, Vice chair
- Robert Branscomb, Vice chair
- Damián Preciado, Equity moderator
- Luis Heredia, National Committee Member
- Debbie Nez-Manuel, National Committee Member
- Mark Robert Gordon, National Committee Member
- Marisol Garcia, National Committee Member
- Kate Gallego, National Committee Member
- Clara Pratte, National Committee Member
- Elisabeth Tyndall, Chair of the Council of County Chairs
For more information on the party's full leadership and staff, please click here.
Party platform
For complete information on the party's platform, please click here.
Party rules and bylaws
For complete information on the party's bylaws, please click here.
Party candidates
Note: The following table lists candidates who filed to run for office with this political party in a given year. The list may not be comprehensive if the state's official filing deadline has not passed. This list may not populate if no candidates have filed to run with this political party. The table lists non-presidential candidates who filed to run for office with this political party in a given year. For more information on presidential candidates and elections, please click here.
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2024
Arizona
Noteworthy events
Censure of Kyrsten Sinema (2022)
On January 22, 2022, the Arizona Democratic Party voted to formally censure Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D) for voting against a filibuster rules change that would have allowed the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act amendment to pass with only 50 votes. She and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) were the only Democrats in the chamber to vote against the rule change. Writing for the Arizona Republic, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez said: "The censure has no practical effect but does deliver a strong message of condemnation and reflects the will of the party's most active and loyal members."[3]
A spokeswoman for Sinema released a statement responding to the censure, saying, "During three terms in the U.S. House, and now in the Senate, Kyrsten has always promised Arizonans she would be an independent voice for the state — not for either political party."[3]
See also
- List of political parties in the United States
- Political parties in Arizona
- Democratic Party
- Arizona
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Arizona Democratic Party Website
- Arizona Democratic Party on Facebook
- Arizona Democratic Party on Twitter
Footnotes
- ↑ The Associated Press, "Yolanda Bejarano elected Arizona Democratic Party chair," accessed April 16, 2024
- ↑ Arizona Democratic Party, "Party Leaders," accessed November 25, 2024
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Arizona Republic, "Sen. Kyrsten Sinema censured by Arizona Democratic Party executive board over filibuster vote," January 22, 2022