Republican Michelle Ugenti-Rita has announced her bid for a seat on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.
Ugenti-Rita served in Arizona’s House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019 and in the state Senate from 2019 until this year.
She is running in the county’s 2nd District, which covers the northeast portion of Maricopa County, including parts of Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Mesa and Fountain Hills.
Ugenti-Rita hopes to unseat Thomas Galvin, who has represented the district since 2021. Galvin is also a Republican, but Ugenti-Rita says she’ll bring more conservative priorities to the role.
“District 2 is a Republican district and the voters want and deserve a Supervisor who reflects those conservative principles," Ugenti-Rita said in a statement. "They are tired of being sold out time and time again when politicians like Galvin who claim to be conservative in order to win their vote, then turn around and support, bloated budgets, tax increases and woke gender politics."
