Guide to the 52nd Legislature, 2nd Regular Session
Democrat District 24
- Office
- 330
- Assistant
- Phone
- (602) 926-5829
- [email protected]
- Website
- www.lelaalstonaz.com
- www.facebook.com/lela.alston.71
- twitter.com/LelaAlstonAz
- Committees
- House Appropriations
- House County & Municipal Affairs (Ranking Minority Member)
- House Government & Higher Education
- Endorsements
- Address
- 69 W Willetta St #1
Phoenix, AZ 85003
- birthdate
- 6/26/1942
- birthplace
- Phoenix, AZ
- resident since
- Birth
- occupation
- Member, Governing Bd of Phoenix Union H.S. Dist, since 2009; section mgr, Dept of Economic Security, Workforce Investment Act, 2004–07; teacher, Phoenix Union High School Dist, 1968-2002.
- marital
- Divorced
- children
- 2; 6 grandchildren
- religion
- Methodist
- education
- M.S., child development and family relations, ASU, 1971; B.S., home economics education, UofA, 1967.
- political experience
- Precinct committeeman, state committeeman.
- legislative experience
- House since 2011; Senate 1977-94, assistant minority leader and whip.
- memberships
- Inaugural O’Connor Statesmanship Award; AZ Fire Fighters & Emergency Paramedics Memorial Commission; honorary member, AZ Professional Fire Fighters Assn; Nat’l/AZ Education Assn; Classroom Teachers Assn; American/AZ Assn of Career and Technical Education; American/AZ Assn of Family and Consumer Sciences; AZ School Boards Assn; Delta Kappa Gamma Society Int'l; All AZ Schools Retirees; Nat’l Bd of Directors for UofA Alumni Assn; ASU Alumni Assn, Devils West Chapter Bd; Phoenix Union High School Alumni Bd; Governor’s AZ Baseball Commission; Governor’s Motion Picture & Television Development Advisory Bd.
- interests
- Lela Alston Elementary School, students and families of the Phoenix Union High School Dist, family, reading, dogs (Joe Biden and Bo Obama), antique autos, historic restoration and preservation.
- campaign finance
- private
- term limit
- 2018
