Dear Sierra Club Friends,

Arizona’s Primary Election is around the corner – and it is an important one. Remember you need not be registered with a party to vote in the Primary, but you must indicate for an early ballot or at the polls the party Primary in which you would like to vote. Sierra Club’s Grand Canyon (Arizona) Chapter has been busy reviewing questionnaires and vot-ing records, conducting interviews, and making recommendations for endorsements listed in this voter guide to assist you with selecting the strongest environmental candidates.

We hope this guide is useful, but please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about the candidates or about what else you can do to help support them. We encourage you to help canvass, phonebank, or whatever else you can do to help elect environmentally-friendly candidates to the Legislature and Congress.

We also want to thank you for your continued support of Sierra Club and our Chapter’s work in Arizona to keep our public lands public and protected, to promote clean air and water, and to address climate change by supporting a timely transition to solar, wind, and energy-efficiency programs. You make our work possible. Electing people to office at the federal, state, and local level who support environmental protection is critical to our advocacy work.

Please review this guide and use it to help with your decisions in this important election. We will make additional recommendations for the General Election and send out a voter guide for that. Also note that there are some races in which we made no endorsement and where there are several pro-environment candidates.

Thank you for voting, acting to support good candidates, and helping make a difference for Arizona and the country.

Warm regards,

Dale Volz, Political Chair

Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter2018 Voter Guide

The Grand Canyon Chapter’s extensive endorsement process includes evaluating candidates’ completed questionnaires, reviewing voting records (for incumbents and previously elected officials) and community and civic participation, and, in some cases, conducting personal interviews with the can-didates. All endorsements are approved by elected Chapter leaders (Executive Committee). The recommendations in this guide reflect the Chapter’s belief that the candidates under-stand the importance of environmental issues, will work to protect the future of Arizona’s natural treasures, and will rep-resent the public honorably as elected officials.

About the Endorsement Process

Ocotillo flower. Photo courtesy of Sky Jacobs & Jessica Lee.

There’s much to be done before the elections! If you would like to get active and help elect environmentally-friendly candidates, contact

Dale Volz at (480) 892-5102 or political.chair@grandcanyon.sierraclub.org or the Grand Canyon

Chapter office at (602) 253-8633 or grand.canyon.chapter@sierraclub.org.

Your help is needed!

Long before his election to the U.S. House of Representatives, Representative Gallego was a strong advocate for action on climate change. He spoke up consistently for solar energy and a timely transition away from fossil fuels, including with various veterans’ groups. As a veteran, he sees clearly how climate change is a threat to our national security and has been a persistent advocate for taking action, challenging his colleagues in the House to do more to address it now. He believes the U.S. should be a leader on this serious issue and should work with other countries as part of the Paris Climate Accord. Gallego has fought and consistently voted against legislation and riders that would harm our air, wa-ter, lands, and wildlife. Sierra Club enthusiastically endorses Representative Ruben Gallego.

LD 2 Rosanna Gabaldón (i) Daniel Hernandez Jr. (i)LD 3 Olivia Cajero Bedford (i) Andres CanoLD 4 Charlene Fernandez (i) Geraldine “Gerae” Peten (i)LD 6 Felicia French Bobby TylerLD 9 Randall “Randy” Friese (i) Pamela Powers Hannley (i)LD 10 Kirsten Engel (i)LD 11 Hollace LyonLD 12 Joe BisacciaLD 17 Jennifer PawlikLD 18 Denise “Mitzi” Epstein (i) Jennifer JermaineLD 19 Diego Espinoza (i)LD 20 Hazel Chandler Christopher “Chris” GilfillanLD 21 Bradley HughesLD 22 Valerie HarrisLD 23 Eric Kurland

LD 2 Andrea Dalessandro (i)LD 3 Sally Ann GonzalesLD 4 Lisa Otondo (i)LD 7 Jamescita Peshlakai (i)LD 9 Victoria SteeleLD 10 David Bradley (i)LD 11 Ralph AtchueLD 17 Steve WeichertLD 18 Sean Bowie (i)LD 19 Lupe Chavira Contreras (i)LD 20 Douglas ErvinLD 22 Brianna WestbrookLD 23 Daria LohmanLD 24 Lela AlstonLD 25 Kathy Mohr-AlmeidaLD 26 Juan Mendez (i)LD 27 Rebecca RiosLD 29 Martín J. Quezada (i)LD 30 Otoniel “Tony” Navarrete

Congressional District 3Raúl Grijalva (i)Representative Grijalva is an environmental and social jus-tice champion for his district, Arizona, and the country. As ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, he is often the voice for protec-tion of Indigenous culture in-cluding places such as the Bears

Ears National Monument, wildlands and wildlife, and clean air and clean water. Grijalva has led the charge to keep in-tact the mineral withdrawal on lands surrounding Grand Canyon and to permanently protect those public lands as a national monument by introducing the Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument Act. He has also led efforts to stop the proposed Rosemont Mine from destroy-ing the Santa Rita Mountains and has been instrumental in seeking to protect Oak Flat from foreign mining giants. Sierra Club is pleased to again wholeheartedly endorse Rep-resentative Raúl Grijalva.

Congressional District 7Ruben Gallego (i)

For Arizona State Senate

For Arizona State House of Representatives

For U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona

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LD = Legislative District(i) = incumbent

Note: If a district is not listed, the Grand Canyon Chapter has not yet but may make endorse-ments for that district.

1) People who care less than you about what happens to our air, water, wildlife, and lands will vote. If you don’t vote, you give them more influence and more impact.

2) Your vote not only gives you a voice but also helps give a voice to those who do not have one in the electoral process – children, wildlife, and more.

3) Voting helps to counterbalance the vast amounts of “dark money” being spent by anonymous sources to influence the outcome of elections. Bring some “light” to the process with your vote.

4) Voting is a way to say you respect and honor those who fought to make sure we all have an opportunity to vote.Abolitionists, suffragists, Indigenous activists, and youth who advocated for allowing anyone old enough to be drafted in a war to have a voice, a vote, too.

5) You can help make laws that support environmental protection and our democracy or stop bad ones. Sierra Club is supporting the Clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona and Outlaw Dirty Money measures, plus opposing the legislative referral to weaken the Clean Elections system. Please help these campaigns and look for more information in our General Election voter guide.

For Flagstaff MayorCoral Evans (i)

Note: Additional endorsements will be made for the General Election.

LD 24 Ken Clark (i)LD 26 Isela Blanc (i) Athena Salman (i)LD 27 Reginald Bolding (i)LD 28 Kelli Butler (i)LD 29 Richard Andrade (i) César Chávez (i)

For Arizona Corporation Commission

Sandra Kennedy William “Bill” Mundell For Phoenix Mayor

Kate Gallego

For Chandler City Council

William “Bill” CrawfordMatt Orlando

For Mesa City Council

Jen Duff (District 4)Francisco Heredia (District 3) (i)

For Youngtown Town Council

Denita Manning

Top Five Reasons You Should Vote!

For Arizona State House of Representatives

Great horned owl in Tucson. Photo by Ricardo Small.

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How to Get an Early Ballot:Call, write, or email your county recorder’s office to request an early ballot.

How to Find your Legislative District: https://azredistricting.org/districtlocator/

Environmental Report Card:http://bit.ly/2018SCreportcard

Local Chapter Activities: http://bit.ly/SCAZevents

Sierra Club Resist Summer Challenge: Help engage your community and Congress people for the environment! https://www.sierraclub.org/Resist

July 30 – last day to register to vote in Primary ElectionAugust 1 – early voting begins for the Primary ElectionAugust 17 – requests for EARLY BALLOTS for Primary Election have to be submitted to the countyAugust 28 – Primary Election DayOctober 9 – last day to register to vote in General ElectionOctober 10 – early voting begins for the General ElectionOctober 26 – requests for EARLY BALLOTS for General Election must be submitted to the countyNovember 6 – Election Day

2018 Dates to Remember Resources

County Recorder Phone Numbers – Listed by County

Most county recorders will allow you to request an early ballot through their internet site. This web address has links for contacting each County Recorder: http://www.azsos.gov/election/county.htm.

Apache County (928) 337-7515Cochise County (520) 432-8570Coconino County (928) 679-7860Gila County (928) 402-8731Graham County (928) 428-3560

Greenlee County (928) 865-2632La Paz County (928) 669-6136Maricopa County (602) 506-1511Mohave County (928) 753-0767Navajo County (928) 524-4191

Pima County (520) 724-4330Pinal County (520) 866-6830Santa Cruz County (520) 375-7990Yavapai County (928) 771-3248Yuma County (928) 373-6034

ResourcesHow to Register to Vote: https://servicearizona.com/webapp/evoter