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Bernadette Greene-Placentia

Bernadette Greene-Placentia

Democrat · Congress · CD8

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Bernadette Greene-Placentia is a long-haul truck driver and Democratic campaign operative who won the 2026 Democratic primary in Arizona's 8th Congressional District. She entered the 2024 race for the same seat but withdrew before the primary. She has not held elected office. Greene-Placentia says she has logged nearly four million miles over 27 years driving.

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Self-reported endorsements

  • LiUNA Local 1184
  • Equality Arizona
  • Stonewall Democrats of Arizona
  • Unity Rising U.S.A.
  • United for Democracy / Citizens’ Impeachment Courage Candidate
  • Dr. Laura Metcalfe
  • Jacob George
  • Tim Stringham
  • Deborah Nardozzi
  • Julie Cieniawski
  • Aaron Marquez
  • Kurt Kroemer
  • Elsa Duranceau
  • Paul Weich
  • Better Ballot Arizona

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Top Issues

Lowering the cost of living by taking on the everyday costs squeezing Arizona families, including housing, health care, groceries, utilities, and prescription drugs, while investing in public education and workforce pathways that help Arizonans move into good-paying jobs in growing industries. Protecting the programs Arizona families, seniors, veterans, and working people rely on, including Social Security, Medicare, SNAP, public education, and veterans’ care. These are promises that must be kept and strengthened. Restoring accountability in Washington by fighting corruption, conflicts of interest, attacks on voting rights, and insider politics from elected and appointed officials who put power, donors, or personal gain ahead of the people they are supposed to serve.

Professional Experience

  • Owner-operator and small trucking company owner
  • 27-year long-haul truck driver with more than four million miles on American roads
  • CDL holder since 1997
  • campaign manager and political consultant, including Campaign Manager for Greg Freeman, 2024 Democratic nominee for Maricopa County Assessor
  • Congressional Youth intern/scholar to then Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney, DOT and FMCSA regulatory compliance, logistics, route planning, and customer service.

Education

  • High school diploma, Benson, Arizona, Class of 1992
  • Nebraska Scholar’s Institute representative
  • Congressional Youth Scholar in Washington, D.C.
  • awarded Army and Air Force full-ride ROTC scholarships before a car accident changed my path and I earned my Commercial Driver’s License in 1997.

Political Offices

  • Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, 2024
  • Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, 2026
  • No elected office held

Political Organizations

  • Democratic Party
  • Bernadette for Congress
  • Greg Freeman for Maricopa County Assessor campaign
  • West Valley Democratic organizing and candidate outreach

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