Ballotpedia: Skyla Edwards

As of September 17, 2024, Skyla Edwards’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Economy

Supports reforms to the immigration system, stating that there should be a "fair pathway to citizenship."

- Supports reforms to the immigration system, stating that there should be a "fair pathway to citizenship."

Public Safety

Healthcare

Education

Supports strengthening water rights for property owners.

Says "our environment must be protected."

- Supports strengthening water rights for property owners.
- Says "our environment must be protected."

Energy & the Environment

Believes that "existing election rules must be upheld, respected and set apart from political biases."

- Believes that "existing election rules must be upheld, respected and set apart from political biases."

Voting & Elections

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Skyla Edwards

Ballot Pedia, Cesar Aguilar

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Believes in eliminating Arizona’s Right-to-Work laws to ensure job security, healthcare, livable wages, and pensions for families.

Wants to eliminate Arizona’s Right-to-Work laws to ensure job security, healthcare, livable wages, and pensions for families.

Believes in the right to unionize. Supports labor rights and fair economic policies.

Believes in reducing taxes and regulations to support small businesses. Supports fair trade policies and improving labor conditions.

- Wants to eliminate Arizona’s Right-to-Work laws to ensure job security, healthcare, livable wages, and pensions for families.
- Supports unions.
- Believes in reducing taxes and regulations to support small businesses. Supports fair trade policies and improving labor conditions.

Believes in the need for criminal justice reform due to Arizona's high imprisonment rate and racial disparities in the prison population. Supports reallocating funds from prisons to higher education.

Supports reallocating funds from prisons to higher education.

Believes racial disparity affects every aspect of the criminal justice system and supports immediate reform to address it.

Supports banning individuals convicted of hate crimes from purchasing weapons.

Supports gun control and banning individuals convicted of hate crimes and domestic abuse from purchasing weapons.

Supports background checks for all gun sales.

Supports background checks for all gun sales and raising the age to own and carry a gun to 21.

- Supports reallocating funds from prisons to higher education.
- Believes racial disparity affects every aspect of the criminal justice system and supports immediate reform to address it.
- Supports gun control and banning individuals convicted of hate crimes and domestic abuse from purchasing weapons.
- Supports background checks for all gun sales and raising the age to own and carry a gun to 21.

Believes abortion is healthcare and supports protecting reproductive choice and privacy under law.

Believes all working families deserve healthcare and plans to expand Medicaid to protect them from financial ruin due to illness or accidents.

- Supports abortion.
- Believes all working families deserve healthcare and plans to expand Medicaid to protect them from financial ruin due to illness or accidents.

Supports prioritizing funding for public education from preschool to college. Believes in restoring funding to all levels of education alongside teachers, students, and community members.

Supports properly funding preschool, public colleges, and universities. Believes in prioritizing education funding across all levels, from early childhood to higher education.

Believes in advocating for Latinx children in K-12 and higher education. Supports education and opportunity for working-class people.

Believes student loan forgiveness would benefit Black and Latino borrowers in Arizona. Supports policies that improve access to education for minority communities.

Believes student loan forgiveness would benefit Black and Latino borrowers in Arizona.

- Supports prioritizing funding for public education from preschool to college. Believes in restoring funding to all levels of education alongside teachers, students, and community members.
- Believes in advocating for Latinx children in K-12 and higher education. Supports education and opportunity for working-class people.
- Believes student loan forgiveness would benefit Black and Latino borrowers in Arizona.

Lists creating a sustainable plan for water access as a priority.

- Lists creating a sustainable plan for water access as a priority.

The candidate's website states, "This past legislative session Cesar brought students down to the capitol to advocate against bills attacking Arizona's LGBTQIA+ youth and is committed to continue fighting to classify people who are trans as a protected class."

Said, "We have the technology today that can independently and fairly divide districts up, it is time to use them so that our districts are divided fairly."

- The candidate's website states, "This past legislative session Cesar brought students down to the capitol to advocate against bills attacking Arizona's LGBTQIA+ youth and is committed to continue fighting to classify people who are trans as a protected class."
- Said, "We have the technology today that can independently and fairly divide districts up, it is time to use them so that our districts are divided fairly."

Endorsed by U.S. Congressman Ruben Gallego.

Endorsed by political action committees such as the Human Rights Campaign, Living United for Change in Arizona, Maricopa County Young Democrats, and Arizona Education Association Fund.

Endorsed by labor unions such as the Unite Here Local 11, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Teamsters Local 104, Communication Workers of America Arizona State Council, Ironworkers Local 75, Arizona Working Families Party, and United Food & Commercial Workers Local 99.

- Endorsed by U.S. Congressman Ruben Gallego.
- Endorsed by political action committees such as the Human Rights Campaign, Living United for Change in Arizona, Maricopa County Young Democrats, and Arizona Education Association Fund.
- Endorsed by labor unions such as the Unite Here Local 11, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Teamsters Local 104, Communication Workers of America Arizona State Council, Ironworkers Local 75, Arizona Working Families Party, and United Food & Commercial Workers Local 99.

Cesar Aguilar

Ballot Pedia, Frank Roberts

Frank Roberts, Second Campaign Website

Wants to increase access to affordable housing.

Wants to build "community capital" and finance growth while preserving Arizona's culture and natural beauty.

Believes Arizona must attract "qualified-experienced people with education to fill the higher technology jobs moving into our state."

Concerned that retaining talent will become difficult amidst economic growth and that  organizations must implement more robust and ongoing recruiting practices.

- Wants to increase access to affordable housing.
- Wants to build "community capital" and finance growth while preserving Arizona's culture and natural beauty.
- Believes Arizona must attract "qualified-experienced people with education to fill the higher technology jobs moving into our state."
- Supports small to mid-size businesses.
- Concerned that retaining talent will become difficult amidst economic growth and that  organizations must implement more robust and ongoing recruiting practices.

Supports "common sense border controls" and wants to "stop the cartel and unlimited supply of fentanyl."

- Supports "common sense border controls" and wants to "stop the cartel and unlimited supply of fentanyl."
- Opposes gun control.

As of September 17, 2024, Frank Roberts’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Wants to provide accessible and high-quality education.

- Wants to provide accessible and high-quality education.
- Supports school choice.

Plans to effectively manage the water supply.

- Plans to effectively manage the water supply.

Believes in electing officials with long-term solutions to current issues.

- Believes in electing officials with long-term solutions to current issues.
- Believes in ensuring election integrity.

Frank Roberts

Supports creating jobs, expanding skilled trades training, and aiding small businesses to build a fair local economy with growth opportunities.

Supports local businesses to foster growth and job creation. Believes in reducing regulations and taxes to boost the economy.

Supports local businesses to foster growth and job creation and believes in reducing regulations and taxes to boost the economy.

- Supports creating jobs, expanding skilled trades training, and aiding small businesses to build a fair local economy with growth opportunities.
- Supports local businesses to foster growth and job creation and believes in reducing regulations and taxes to boost the economy.

Believes in preventing gun violence through "common-sense gun laws" like universal background checks and banning assault weapons. Supports closing loopholes to ensure guns don't fall into the wrong hands.

Believes in preventing gun violence through "common-sense gun laws" like universal background checks and banning assault weapons, supporting closing loopholes to ensure guns don't fall into the wrong hands.

Supports criminal justice reform by addressing systemic inequalities, reducing mass incarceration, and promoting restorative justice practices.

- Believes in preventing gun violence through "common-sense gun laws" like universal background checks and banning assault weapons, supporting closing loopholes to ensure guns don't fall into the wrong hands.
- Supports criminal justice reform by addressing systemic inequalities, reducing mass incarceration, and promoting restorative justice practices.

Believes reproductive freedom is a fundamental right and supports access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare, including contraception, family planning, and safe, legal abortion services.

Believes healthcare is a right and aims to make it more affordable and accessible. Supports the right to privacy and the separation of church and state.

Believes healthcare is a right and aims to make it more affordable and accessible.

Believes in expanding access to healthcare, including critical services for underserved communities. Supports public health initiatives, medical marijuana, and comprehensive insurance coverage.

Believes in expanding access to healthcare, including critical services for underserved communities, public health initiatives, medical marijuana, and comprehensive insurance coverage.

Supports the right to privacy and the separation of church and state.

- Believes reproductive freedom is a fundamental right and supports access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare, including contraception, family planning, and safe, legal abortion services.
- Believes healthcare is a right and aims to make it more affordable and accessible.
- Believes in expanding access to healthcare, including critical services for underserved communities, public health initiatives, medical marijuana, and comprehensive insurance coverage.
- Supports the right to privacy and the separation of church and state.

Believes every child deserves access to quality education. Plans to "fight for funding and resources" to ensure schools provide a world-class education.

Believes every child deserves access to quality education, and plans to "fight for funding and resources" to ensure schools provide a world-class education.

Supports increasing funding for local schools to improve educational outcomes and provide better support for administrators, teachers, and staff.

Supports strengthening local colleges and training programs to prepare Arizonans for the workforce. Believes in empowering students through enhanced educational opportunities.

Supports strengthening local colleges and training programs to prepare Arizonans for the workforce.

- Believes every child deserves access to quality education, and plans to "fight for funding and resources" to ensure schools provide a world-class education.
- Supports increasing funding for local schools to improve educational outcomes and provide better support for administrators, teachers, and staff.
- Supports strengthening local colleges and training programs to prepare Arizonans for the workforce.

Believes in ensuring clean air and water for future generations and responsibly taking care of wildlife and resources.

- Believes in ensuring clean air and water for future generations and responsibly taking care of wildlife and resources.

Believes protecting and expanding voting rights is essential to democracy. Supports policies like automatic voter registration, early voting, and mail-in ballots to ensure fair elections and combat voter suppression.

Believes protecting and expanding voting rights is essential to democracy, and supports policies like automatic voter registration, early voting, and mail-in ballots to ensure fair elections and combat voter suppression.

- Believes protecting and expanding voting rights is essential to democracy, and supports policies like automatic voter registration, early voting, and mail-in ballots to ensure fair elections and combat voter suppression.

Endorsed by the National Organization for Women, Arizona chapter.

- Endorsed by the Arizona AFL-CIO.
- Endorsed by the National Organization for Women, Arizona chapter.
- Endorsed by Human Rights Campaign PAC.

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- Your state representatives represent the interests of your local district in the Arizona State House of Representatives. The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up the state lawmaking body: the Arizona Legislature.
- Your state representatives can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws.
- Arizona has 30 districts, and each district is represented by two State Representatives, making a total of 60 State Representatives.
- State Representatives are elected to two-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $24,000. They only serve in the role part-time.