Lorena Austin
State Representative, District 9, AZ
2026 Endorsement
Lorena Austin is a fifth-generation Arizonan whose family has been rooted in their district for over 100 years. A grandchild of farmworkers and a child of civil rights activists, Lorena is the first Chicane, non-binary person elected to a state legislature in the United States, and in their first term, secured $40 million for tuition assistance through the Arizona Promise Program. They are running to make sure that their community is represented by someone who understands the needs of working people.