Elaine Aldrete won an at-large seat on the Drexel Heights Fire District governing board in 2024 and serves a term running through 2028. She founded the nonprofit Teaching Life Choices and was treasurer for four campaigns in the 2024 cycle. At the Clean Elections debate, which her opponent skipped, she broke with most Arizona Democrats by opposing any increase in the state's 2.5% flat income tax, favoring tax incentives instead, and called for an income cap on school voucher eligibility.
Prominent Endorsements
Arizona ListSierra Club
Candidate resources
Self-reported endorsements
- AZ College Democrats
- Arizona List
- Keep AZ Blue
- Sierra Club
- United Pima Firefighters - IAFF Local 3504
- VoteVets
- Jennifer Allen (Chair, Pima County Board of Supervisors)
- Andres Cano (Member, Pima County Board of Supervisors)
- Gabriella Cazares=Kelly (Pima County Recorder)
- Adelita Grijalva
- JoAnna Mendoza
Candidate Questionnaire
Top Issues
Healthcare, Water/Electricity, and Housing
Professional Experience
- Teaching Life Choices, Inc. – Santa Paula, CA/Tucson, AZ, Founder and President 08/12 – Present
- Select Staffing – Santa Barbara, CA, Franchise Accounting Manager, 10/10 – 10/18, Franchise Accounting Supervisor 10/09 – 10/10, Staff Accountant 04/08 – 04/09
- Club 50 Fitness Franchise - Ventura, CA, Co-Owner, 09/06 – 03/08
Education
- BSBA (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration)
- MBA (Master of Business Administration)
Political Offices
- Drexel Heights Fire District Governing Board
Political Organizations
- Arizona Legislative District 16 (LD 16) Democrats
- Blue Copa
- Democrats of Casa Grande
- Democrats for Picture Rocks
- Democrats of Greater Tucson
- Pima County Democrats'