Michiel “All Mike” Montiel grew up right here in Southern Arizona’s Legislative District 7. As a proud member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and a disabled combat veteran, Mike has dedicated his life to service, duty, and community.

EDUCATION

Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ, Associates Degree, 2005-2007

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Bachelors Degree, 2008-2013

Voter Guide Profile for AZ State Senate, District 7 candidate - Michiel "Mike" Montiel

Now, 'All Mike' sits at a unique intersection of helping others while being able to fully support and homeschool his 3 kids who live with him in Superior. He is also now able to follow his personal missions of service to others and has the ability to positively impact the communities he operates within.

Michiel “Mike” Montiel grew up in Southern Arizona’s Legislative District 7 and is a member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. He earned an associate's degree from Mesa Community College and a bachelor's degree from Arizona State University. He lives in Superior with his three children, whom he homeschools.

Michiel "Mike" Montiel - Arizona - Voter Guide

WORK & MILITARY

Army- Active Duty, E4, 2001-2005

After graduating 'All Mike' used his entrepreneurial spirit and green thumb to start a business growing food and natural remedies which was very successful. He then launched that opportunity into owning his own home right back in his hometown of Superior where he worked to rehabilitate a home over 100 years old while teaching junior high at the local middle school and even coached the football team to a winning record.

Michiel "Mike" Montiel started a business growing food and natural remedies and taught at a local middle school. He served as an E-4 in the U.S. Army for four years.

Mike started a business growing food and natural remedies and taught at a local middle school. He served as an E-4 in the U.S. Army for four years.

2026 Arizona General Election

What is your position on the minimum wage?

I support raising the minimum wage toward a local self-sufficiency standard. Large, profitable corporations should act sooner, while small businesses receive a gradual phase-in and targeted support. Full-time work should provide a decent, stable life

Supporting each local economy by listening to the people and what they say they need

Encouraging development of tourism opportunities and support for rural Arizona

Advocating for the underserved industries that drive many Arizona economies: agriculture, ranching, construction, technology and energy production

Encouraging development of tourism opportunities and support for rural Arizona

Advocating for the underserved industries that drive many Arizona economies: agriculture, ranching, construction, technology and energy production

"We can either help steer the economy the way we want or get run over by it. I know which one I prefer."

List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.

My priorities are to audit ineffective programs, eliminate duplicative agencies and contracts, strengthen oversight of procurement, recover fraud and improper payments, and require measurable results for taxpayer-funded programs. I would protect essential services while redirecting wasteful spending toward classrooms, healthcare, infrastructure, and public safety.

Supports raising the minimum wage toward a local self-sufficiency standard, with a gradual phase-in and targeted support for small businesses.

Supports raising the minimum wage toward a "local self-sufficiency standard," with a gradual phase-in and targeted support for small businesses.

Encourages tourism development and support for rural Arizona.

Advocates for agriculture, ranching, construction, technology, and energy production.

Proposes auditing ineffective programs, eliminating duplicative agencies and contracts, strengthening procurement oversight, and recovering fraud and improper payments.

- Supports raising the minimum wage toward a "local self-sufficiency standard," with a gradual phase-in and targeted support for small businesses.
- Encourages tourism development and support for rural Arizona.
- Advocates for agriculture, ranching, construction, technology, and energy production.
- Proposes auditing ineffective programs, eliminating duplicative agencies and contracts, strengthening procurement oversight, and recovering fraud and improper payments.

Economy

What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?

I strongly support the Second Amendment and the right of responsible, law-abiding citizens to own firearms. I also support evidence-based measures that protect public safety, including background checks and carefully written red flag laws with strong due-process protections. Gun policy should focus on keeping firearms from people who pose a demonstrated danger without burdening responsible owners.

What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?

The goal of the criminal justice system should be public safety, accountability, rehabilitation, and fairness. Victims deserve a meaningful voice and opportunities for repair, while sentences should remain proportional to the harm caused by the offender. For nonviolent and victimless offenses... treatment, restitution, and alternatives to incarceration should be used when they better serve justice, lower costs to taxpayers, and reduce repeat offenses.

Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.

Strongly Agree

Government has a clear responsibility to protect children from online sexual exploitation. That means strong laws, aggressive enforcement, meaningful penalties for predators and platforms that enable abuse, better reporting and monitoring tools, and resources for prevention, education, and victim support. Children’s safety must come before corporate convenience or loopholes.

Supports firearm ownership by responsible, law-abiding citizens, background checks, and red-flag laws with due-process protections.

Believes criminal justice should prioritize public safety, accountability, rehabilitation, fairness, proportional sentences, and alternatives to incarceration for some nonviolent offenses.

Supports strong laws, enforcement, penalties, reporting tools, prevention, and victim support to address online sexual exploitation of children.

- Supports firearm ownership by responsible, law-abiding citizens, background checks, and red-flag laws with due-process protections.
- Believes criminal justice should prioritize public safety, accountability, rehabilitation, fairness, proportional sentences, and alternatives to incarceration for some nonviolent offenses.
- Supports strong laws, enforcement, penalties, reporting tools, prevention, and victim support to address online sexual exploitation of children.

Public Safety

Every Arizonan deserves access to quality, affordable healthcare — no matter their zip code. Mike will:

Fight to keep rural hospitals open and fully staffed

Expand telehealth and mobile clinics

Fight to keep rural hospitals open and fully staffed

Expand telehealth and mobile clinics

Protect mental healthcare and substance abuse support for all Arizona

Expand telehealth and mobile clinics

Protect mental healthcare and substance abuse support for all Arizona

Because no one should have to drive 200 miles just to see a doctor.

What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.

B) I support a strong public healthcare option available to everyone who wants it, while preserving private insurance choices. Medicare, Medicaid, and rural healthcare programs should be strengthened, not eliminated. My goal is universal access to affordable, quality care without forcing everyone into a single government-run system.

Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?

Elective abortion in Arizona should remain legal early in pregnancy, with the decision left to a woman and her doctor—not politicians. Later in the term restrictions may be reasonable, but exceptions must protect the mother’s life and health and cover rape, incest, and severe or fatal fetal conditions. We should also reduce abortions by expanding healthcare, contraception, childcare, adoption support, and economic security.

The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.

Strongly Disagree

The Comstock Act is an outdated 1873 law that should not be used to impose a nationwide abortion restriction or block lawful medications through the mail. Patients must retain access to FDA-approved drugs for abortion, miscarriage care, and other medical needs. Reproductive healthcare should be regulated through modern law, medical evidence, and patient safety—not an antiquated statute.

Plans to keep rural hospitals open and fully staffed.

Plans to expand telehealth and mobile clinics.

Plans to protect mental healthcare and substance-abuse support statewide.

Supports a public healthcare option while preserving private insurance choices and strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and rural healthcare programs.

Supports legal elective abortion early in pregnancy, with later restrictions that include exceptions for health, rape, incest, and severe or fatal fetal conditions.

Opposes using the Comstock Act to impose nationwide abortion restrictions or block lawful medications by mail.

- Plans to keep rural hospitals open and fully staffed.
- Plans to expand telehealth and mobile clinics.
- Plans to protect mental healthcare and substance-abuse support statewide.
- Supports a public healthcare option while preserving private insurance choices and strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and rural healthcare programs.
- Supports legal elective abortion early in pregnancy, with later restrictions that include exceptions for health, rape, incest, and severe or fatal fetal conditions.
- Opposes using the Comstock Act to impose nationwide abortion restrictions or block lawful medications by mail.

Healthcare

As an experienced educator, Mike knows what our schools need.
 He’ll fight to:

Fully fund public education and raise teacher pay

Expand career and technical education (CTE) programs

Fully fund public education and raise teacher pay

Expand career and technical education (CTE) programs

Respect parents’ roles in their children’s learning

Expand career and technical education (CTE) programs

Respect parents’ roles in their children’s learning

Modernize rural schools to prepare students for future-ready jobs

Respect parents’ roles in their children’s learning

Modernize rural schools to prepare students for future-ready jobs

“Every child deserves a chance to learn, grow, and build a future right here in Arizona.”

Plans to fully fund public education and raise teacher pay.

Plans to expand career and technical education programs.

Supports parents having a role in their children's learning.

Plans to modernize rural schools to prepare students for future jobs.

- Plans to fully fund public education and raise teacher pay.
- Plans to expand career and technical education programs.
- Supports parents having a role in their children's learning.
- Plans to modernize rural schools to prepare students for future jobs.

Education

Expanding solar, wind, biomass, and nuclear energy

Creating good-paying local jobs in clean industries

Protecting Arizona’s water supply and open spaces

Rural Arizona can lead the nation in clean energy — while protecting our land and water. Mike supports:

Expanding solar, wind, biomass, and nuclear energy

Creating good-paying local jobs in clean industries

Creating good-paying local jobs in clean industries

Protecting Arizona’s water supply and open spaces

A sustainable future means jobs for today and a planet for tomorrow.

Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.

Strongly Agree

I agree that human-caused climate change is a serious long-term threat that requires action. Policy should be practical, science-based, and focused on reducing emissions, strengthening water and energy security, improving wildfire and heat resilience, managing water, and accelerating cleaner technologies without placing disproportionate costs on working families, rural communities, or small businesses.

Supports creating local jobs in clean industries.

Supports expanding solar, wind, biomass, and nuclear energy.

Supports protecting Arizona's water supply and open spaces.

Believes human-caused climate change requires practical, science-based action to reduce emissions and strengthen water, energy, wildfire, and heat resilience.

- Supports creating local jobs in clean industries.
- Supports expanding solar, wind, biomass, and nuclear energy.
- Supports protecting Arizona's water supply and open spaces.
- Believes human-caused climate change requires practical, science-based action to reduce emissions and strengthen water, energy, wildfire, and heat resilience.

Energy & the Environment

Only citizens and duly authorized individuals should be able to vote. Voting laws should balance two important goals: ensuring that every eligible citizen can reasonably exercise the right to vote and maintaining public confidence in election security. Photo identification can be one method of verification, but any requirement should include accessible, no-cost alternatives so that legally eligible voters are not unnecessarily prevented from participating.

Tribal nations have always been the stewards of this land. Mike will:

Strengthen government-to-government partnerships

Advocate for tribal representation in state decision-making

Supports allowing photo identification for voting only with accessible, no-cost alternatives for eligible voters.

Plans to strengthen government-to-government tribal partnerships and advocate for tribal representation in state decision-making.

- Supports allowing photo identification for voting only with accessible, no-cost alternatives for eligible voters.
- Plans to strengthen government-to-government tribal partnerships and advocate for tribal representation in state decision-making.

Voting & Elections

Michiel "Mike" Montiel

- Encourages tourism development and support for rural Arizona.
- Advocates for agriculture, ranching, construction, technology, and energy production.
- Proposes auditing ineffective programs, eliminating duplicative agencies and contracts, strengthening procurement oversight, and recovering fraud and improper payments.

- Believes criminal justice should prioritize public safety, accountability, rehabilitation, fairness, proportional sentences, and alternatives to incarceration for some nonviolent offenses.
- Supports strong laws, enforcement, penalties, reporting tools, prevention, and victim support to address online sexual exploitation of children.

- Supports expanding solar, wind, biomass, and nuclear energy.
- Supports protecting Arizona's water supply and open spaces.
- Believes human-caused climate change requires practical, science-based action to reduce emissions and strengthen water, energy, wildfire, and heat resilience.

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