Lorena Austin

Rep. Lorena Austin is a fifth-generation Arizonan from Mesa running for reelection to the Arizona House this fall. Lorena is the grandchild of farmworkers, a child of civil rights activists, and the first Chicane, non-binary person elected to a state legislature in the United States. In their first term, Lorena secured $40 million for tuition assistance through the Arizona Promise Program. They’re on the ballot to ensure their community is represented by someone who understands the needs of working people.

This year, Democrats have their best chance to flip the Arizona Legislature in sixty years, and retaining key blue districts like Lorena’s is critical to achieving that goal.

After decades of GOP control, 2026 is a historic opportunity to flip the Arizona legislature from red to blue, and Democrats could gain full control of state government..

Arizona is one of our best opportunities in 2026 to flip chambers, and we could gain full control of state government for the first time in Arizona in 60 years. After years of steady gains and holding our ground, the favorable midterm environment in 2026 can be the year that puts us over the top into new majorities and unlocks significant progress for more than 7.5 million Arizonans.

GOP majorities in both chambers have rubber-stamped Trump’s disastrous agenda and pushed the limits of MAGA extremism – the stakes couldn’t be higher to capitalize on the historic opportunity to flip control of both chambers for the first time in decades.