Jamescita has served as the tribal liaison for the U.S. Department of the Interior under President Biden.

Combat War Veteran

I am a combat veteran of the Persian Gulf War. I previously served in the Arizona legislature as a Representative and a Senator for this district.

Jamescita Peshlakai has a distinguished record of public service, including one term as a State House Representative and two terms in the State Senate.

Jamescita Peshlakai previously served two terms in the State Senate and one term as a state representative for this district.

2026 Arizona General Election

As of October 11, 2026, Jamescita Peshlakai’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Economy

Abolish ICE

Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a new agency, it was only created in the last 25 years. It has become a cruel, broken way to engage in immigration enforcement. The agency is rotten to its core. We must completely abolish ICE and create a humane immigration policy. Being a border state, Arizona has a key role in the national conversation. We must support our immigrant neighbors. Remember that you live on stolen land.

Calls for abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and creating a humane immigration policy.

- Calls for abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and creating a humane immigration policy.

Public Safety

Medicare for All

Healthcare is a human right, and providing that care is the responsibility of the government. Healthcare on Tribal lands is mandated by treaties and we must respect those treaties. Additionally, let us expand on that idea. Healthcare should be a right for everyone.

Legislative oversight is key to ensuring Federal commitments are adhered to. We will raise our voices and ensure that allocation of funds meet the guidelines of Federal commitments. Angela, Mae, and Jamescita will also push our state towards Medicare-For-All in any way they can at the state level.

Believes healthcare is a human right and that government is responsible for providing it.

Calls for respecting treaty-mandated healthcare obligations on Tribal lands.

Plans to push Arizona toward Medicare for All at the state level.

- Believes healthcare is a human right and that government is responsible for providing it.
- Calls for respecting treaty-mandated healthcare obligations on Tribal lands.
- Plans to push Arizona toward Medicare for All at the state level.

Healthcare

Save Public Education

Public Education is the most important investment we can make as a state. Our youth are our future and a strong public education system is needed to set our young people on the right path. Over the last few decades in Arizona we’ve seen the result of our underfunded public school system. We rank near last in the nation in most categories and that is because we’ve refused to properly invest in our children. With the recent expansion of the ESA program to allow for universal vouchers we are now seeing schools closing around the state, over $1 billion being looted out of the system, and over $124 million approved with 0 oversight. This will have the most negative impact to our rural communities where public schools have been dealing with decades of budget cuts and under-funding. We must repeal the universal voucher program, pay teachers and staff a fair wage, and support our students' mental health. We must once again prioritize public education in our state.

Calls for repealing Arizona's universal school-voucher program.

Calls for fair wages for teachers and school staff.

- Calls for repealing Arizona's universal school-voucher program.
- Calls for fair wages for teachers and school staff.
- Supports student mental-health services.

Education

Protecting the Environment

Our world is a living being and all life is tethered to Mother Earth. We are all in this together. We must focus on de-growth and slowing gas production. The best solution is to switch to renewables immediately. Nuclear energy is a false climate solution. The burden should not be on Indigenous, low income communities, but Indigenous and low income communities should be at the forefront of planning the solutions.

Tribal Sovereignty

Arizona has 23 indigenous tribes. Arizona must recognize the authority and sovereignty of the tribes to govern themselves. For far too long the federal and state governments have exploited indigenous people. If the state legislature plans to sell state lands, it should be first offered to indigenous tribes for $1 (which is more than what the US Government paid to tribes).

Calls for de-growth and slowing gas production.

Calls for an immediate switch to renewable energy.

Opposes nuclear energy as a climate solution.

Proposes offering state land slated for sale to Indigenous tribes first for $1.

- Calls for de-growth and slowing gas production.
- Calls for an immediate switch to renewable energy.
- Opposes nuclear energy as a climate solution.
- Proposes offering state land slated for sale to Indigenous tribes first for $1.

Energy & the Environment

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Jamescita Peshlakai

- Calls for an immediate switch to renewable energy.
- Opposes nuclear energy as a climate solution.
- Proposes offering state land slated for sale to Indigenous tribes first for $1.

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