Mae Peshlakai was first elected to the House in 2022, reelected in 2024 and led this year's primary, ahead of her sister Angela Maloney. An artist and silversmith who has taught weaving at several universities, she says she secured $3 million in the state budget for a dialysis center at Sage Memorial Hospital in Ganado, and she co-sponsored Emily's Law, creating a statewide alert system for missing Indigenous children. At the Clean Elections debate she pressed for safer roads.
Prominent Endorsements
Arizona ListAzNA PACSierra Club
Candidate resources
Self-reported endorsements
- Sierra Club
- Boilermakers
- AZ List
- Save Our Schools
- Ironworkers
- College Democrats of Arizona
Candidate Questionnaire
Top Issues
MMIP, Protecting the Environment, and Public Schools
Professional Experience
- Mae took up silversmithing and, to this day, makes jewelry every day as well as weaves. She and her husband worked with prestigious colleges and universities across the nation sharing the Navajo culture and assisting scholarly research.
Education
- Federal Boarding School Survivor
Political Offices
- State House 2022
- State House 2024
Political Organizations
- Precinct Committee person
- State Committee person