AZ-03: Yassamin Ansari (D)
Yassamin Ansari served as the vice mayor of Phoenix and was the youngest woman ever elected to the Phoenix City Council, representing one of the most diverse districts in the fifth-largest and fastest growing city in the country.
The daughter of immigrants and graduate of Stanford and Cambridge universities, Ansari led the charge to pass the city’s landmark Climate Action Plan, has fought for the protection of reproductive rights, and secured millions in free tuition for students pursuing community college and good jobs in the trades.
She began her career in 2014 as an advisor in the Executive Office of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, where she served on the climate team that helped deliver the historic Paris Climate Agreement. Later, she worked directly with the Office of California Governor Jerry Brown as deputy policy director for the Global Climate Action Summit, and as a senior policy advisor to UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutierres.
After knocking on over 100,000 doors with her team in 2020, she became the youngest woman ever elected to the Phoenix City Council.
The above information was sourced from the candidate’s website.
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