Raquel Terán

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Raquel Terán (Democratic Party) was a member of the Arizona State Senate, representing District 26. She assumed office on January 9, 2023. She left office on April 13, 2023.

Terán (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Arizona's 3rd Congressional District. She lost in the Democratic primary on July 30, 2024.

Terán was appointed to the state Senate by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on September 15, 2021, to succeed Tony Navarrete (D), who resigned after being arrested on suspicion of sexual conduct with a minor.^[1]

Terán was elected by Party leadership to serve as chair of the Arizona Democratic Party on January 23, 2021.^[2]

Terán began serving as state Senate minority leader in January 2023 and stepped down in March 2023.^[3]

Terán resigned from Arizona State Senate in April 2023 to focus on her bid for congress.^[4]

Biography

Raquel Terán was born in Douglas, Arizona, and lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Terán's career experience includes working as the state chair of the Arizona Democratic Party.^[5]

Committee assignments

2021-2022

Terán was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Terán was assigned to the following committees:

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Elections

2024

Arizona's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (July 30 Republican primary)

Arizona's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (July 30 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 3

Yassamin Ansari defeated Jeffrey Zink, Alan Aversa, and Candace Cunningham in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 3 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Yassamin Ansari (D)	70.3	85,882
	Jeffrey Zink (R)	27.3	33,323
	Alan Aversa (G)	2.4	2,907
	Candace Cunningham (G) (Write-in)	0.0	0

	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 122,112
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 3

Yassamin Ansari defeated Raquel Terán and Duane Wooten in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 3 on July 30, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Yassamin Ansari	44.6	19,087
	Raquel Terán	44.5	19,045
	Duane Wooten	10.9	4,687

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,819
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 3

Jeffrey Zink defeated Jesus Mendoza and Nicholas Glenn in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 3 on July 30, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jeffrey Zink	65.5	9,243
	Jesus Mendoza	34.3	4,840
	Nicholas Glenn (Write-in)	0.3	37

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,120
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Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. House Arizona District 3

Alan Aversa advanced from the Green primary for U.S. House Arizona District 3 on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alan Aversa	100.0	29

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29
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2022

General election

General election for Arizona State Senate District 26

Incumbent Raquel Terán won election in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 26 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Raquel Terán (D)	100.0	25,626

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,626
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 26

Incumbent Raquel Terán advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 26 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Raquel Terán	100.0	9,948

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,948
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Campaign finance

2020

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 (2 seats)

Incumbent Raquel Terán and incumbent Robert Meza won election in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Raquel Terán (D)	52.8	34,106
✔	Robert Meza (D)	47.2	30,546

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 64,652
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 (2 seats)

Incumbent Raquel Terán and incumbent Robert Meza advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 on August 4, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Raquel Terán	54.9	10,403
✔	Robert Meza	45.1	8,556

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 18,959
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Republican primary election

No Republicans filed for this race. Gary Spears ran as a write-in and received 246 votes. Write-in candidates were required to receive at least 251 votes to make the general election ballot.

Campaign finance

2018

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 (2 seats)

Raquel Terán and Robert Meza defeated Gary Spears in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Raquel Terán (D)	39.3	20,831
✔	Robert Meza (D)	37.4	19,794
	Gary Spears (R)	23.3	12,329

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 52,954
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 (2 seats)

Robert Meza and Raquel Terán defeated Alejandro Larios and Bill Brotherton in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 on August 28, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Robert Meza	31.1	5,401
✔	Raquel Terán	30.9	5,380
	Alejandro Larios	20.2	3,514
	Bill Brotherton	17.8	3,091

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,386 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 (2 seats)

Gary Spears advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gary Spears	100.0	5,281

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,281 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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2012

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2012

Terán ran in the 2012 election for Arizona State Senate District 30. She was defeated by incumbent Robert Meza in the Democratic primary on August 28, 2012. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.^[6]^[7]

**Arizona State Senate, District 30 Democratic Primary, 2012**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Robert Meza Incumbent	50.7%	4,268
Raquel Teran	49.3%	4,155
Total Votes		8,423

Campaign themes

2024

2012

Terán's campaign website listed the following issues:^[8]

End corruption at the State Capitol.

Excerpt: "Reduce the influence of lobbyists and special interests."

Rebuild our economy and create quality, high wage jobs.

Excerpt: "Support small businesses that are the economic engine of our community."

Invest in our schools and guarantee affordable higher education.

Excerpt: "Deliver early childhood education and innovative after-school programs."

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2023

In 2023, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 9 to July 31.

Arizona Free Enterprise Club: Senate and House

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Center for Arizona Policy Action

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Children's Action Alliance

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Humane Voters of Arizona

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Progress Arizona

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Secular Coalition for Arizona

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2022

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Center for Arizona Policy Action: Senate and House

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Club for Growth Foundation

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2021

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2020

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2019

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Preceded by Juan Mendez (D)	Arizona State Senate District 26 2023-2023	Succeeded by Flavio Bravo (D)
Preceded by -	Arizona State Senate District 30 2021-2023	Succeeded by Sonny Borrelli (R)
Preceded by -	Arizona House of Representatives District 30 2019-2021	Succeeded by -

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Arizona's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Mark Kelly (D)

Kyrsten Sinema (I)

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District 1

David Schweikert (R)

District 2

Eli Crane (R)

District 3

Ruben Gallego (D)

District 4

Greg Stanton (D)

District 5

Andy Biggs (R)

District 6

Juan Ciscomani (R)

District 7

Raúl Grijalva (D)

District 8

Debbie Lesko (R)

District 9

Paul Gosar (R)

Republican Party (6)

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Independent (1)

[1] AZ Central, "Raquel Terán, House member and chair of Arizona Democratic Party, to replace Tony Navarrete in Senate," September 15, 2021

[2] Associated Press, "Raquel Terán elected Arizona Democratic Party chair," January 23, 2021

[3] ]https://ktar.com/story/5465869/pair-of-arizona-senators-stepping-down-from-democratic-leadership-positions/ KTAR, "Pair of Arizona senators stepping down from Democratic leadership positions," accessed March 2, 2023]

[4] KTAR, "Democratic Arizona Sen. Raquel Terán resigns to focus on congressional run," accessed April 26, 2023

[bio-5] AZ Central, "Raquel Terán, House member and chair of Arizona Democratic Party, to replace Tony Navarrete in Senate," accessed October 5, 2021

[6] Arizona Secretary of State, "2012 Primary candidate list," accessed December 20, 2013

[7] Arizona Secretary of State, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed December 20, 2013

[8] Campaign website, Issues

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Raquel Terán

Biography

Committee assignments

2021-2022

2019-2020

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 3

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 3

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 3

Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. House Arizona District 3

2022

General election

General election for Arizona State Senate District 26

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 26

Campaign finance

2020

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 (2 seats)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 (2 seats)

Republican primary election

Campaign finance

2018

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 (2 seats)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 (2 seats)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 30 (2 seats)

2012

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

2022

2020

2012

Scorecards

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

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