Lorena Austin
Lorena Austin was born in Mesa, Arizona. Austin earned an associate degree from Maricopa Community College in 2018, and a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in 2020.
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“Arizona is in the midst of a significant housing shortage. In my time at the legislature, I have been able to help pass legislation to increase the availability of housing, particularly around downtown cores. This year, I've also run multiple bills to increase funding to our Housing Trust Fund, which provides dedicated funds specifically to low-income individuals, along with bills to protect renters from predatory landlords and encourage the construction of affordable housing.”
(Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey (2026))Jacob D. Martinez
Jacob Martinez began serving in the U.S. Navy Reserve in 2021. Martinez attended Arizona State University.
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“Housing affordability is one of my primary focuses. I strongly support increasing the supply of available housing, which will bring costs down for everyone. I also support legislation to restrict corporate owners from buying up single family homes as soon as they hit the market or buying up whole neighborhoods. These kinds of unregulated activities drive up housing costs for working people. If elected, I also hope to crack down on price-fixing for rental units and work to establish better protections for tenants.”
(Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey (2026)) “I am personally passionate about public education and labor rights. Public education has done wonders for me, and allowed me to develop into an attorney that protects worker's rights. These two issues should be nonnegotiable, and are things we should fight for at the state capitol.”
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