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Lorena Austin

Lorena Austin

Democratic · Arizona · 2026 · Incumbent

Running for Arizona House District 9, Arizona

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Increase per-pupil education funding and teacher pay
  • Address rising housing costs displacing Mesa residents
  • Sustainable water management amid Arizona's drought
Biography

Austin is an Arizona state representative and a fifth-generation Arizonan whose grandparents owned and operated Albert's Market in Mesa for more than twenty years, per the campaign site. Austin holds a degree in U.S. and Mexican regional immigration policy from Arizona State University and has worked with Verizon's Innovative Learning Program and spent a decade with the Maricopa County Community College District, per the campaign site.

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