Arizona’s Democracy Champions

In recognition of their support for preserving and improving Arizona’s democracy, Better Ballot AZ has endorsed the following candidates for the 2026 elections.

Municipal

Tempe City Council

• Bobby Nichols
• Brooke St.George

Flagstaff City Council

• Austin Aslan
• Khara House

Avondale City Council

• Max White

State

AZ State Senate

• Christine Dargon, LD1
• Christine Marsh, LD5
• Jason LaForest, LD5
• Lauren Kuby, LD8
• Laura Huber, LD25
• Eric Stafford, LD29

AZ State House

• Karen Gresham, LD4
• Sarah Liguori, LD5
• Lorena Austin, LD9
• Chris Mathis, LD18
• Miranda Lopez, LD21
• Alberto Flores, LD24
• Christine Scianna, LD29
• Brian McMahan, LD30

Federal

US House of Representatives

• Bernadette Green-Placentia, CD-8

How do we select our Democracy Champions?

Better Ballot AZ contacts all eligible candidate campaigns in each jurisdiction and requests that they submit responses to our questionnaire. Our organization then decides to endorse if their responses indicate their commitment to support implementing RCV to improve democratic practices, increase turnout, lower costs and increase voter satisfaction along with working to uphold free and fair elections generally.