We Can’t Afford Mariana Sandoval & Emilia Cortez
Their Bernie Sanders agenda will devastate working-class families
Crushing Arizona’s Economy & Squeezing Taxpayers
Sandoval and Cortez are hostile to job creators. Sandoval even said that “businesses do not create jobs” and “it’s a lie that businesses create jobs.”1 Does she really believe government creates jobs?
Sandoval voted against a host of tax cuts to help make life more affordable, including on income, tips, overtime, groceries, and gas.2
But it gets worse. Instead of lowering taxes on groceries, she wants taxpayers to pay for them – and voted to make soda and junk food eligible for food stamps.3 And if gas prices aren’t high enough, Sandoval fought to protect a mileage tax so you could be taxed according to how many miles you drive!4
Craziness in the Classroom
Sandoval and Cortez support biological males competing in girls’ sports and using girls’ locker rooms.5
In the Legislature, Sandoval went further and voted to protect doctors who perform harmful trans procedures on minors.5
Sandoval also voted against School Choice6 and against expanding the Arizona Teachers Academy, which empowers teachers-in-training to pay off their college debt.7
Dangerous to Our Communities
Sandoval and Cortez are soft-on-crime liberals who favor amnesty or sanctuary cities instead of deportations for violent illegal aliens. Sandoval estimated there were 12 million illegal aliens in the country at the time.8
In the Legislature, she voted to protect illegal alien voting and for them to receive taxpayer-funded benefits.9
Sandoval was even endorsed by Indivisible, the group pushing nationwide to have our police and border patrol defunded.10 No wonder she voted against funding law enforcement and even firefighters.11
Endorsed by Bernie Sanders
Yes, Sandoval was one of a very few Arizona Democrats liberal enough to earn the endorsement of the lead Democrat Socialist in America, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders! 13
Sandoval and Cortez are Radical Leftists Jeopardizing Arizona's Future Prosperity and Safety
Say No to Sandoval and Cortez for State Representative!
CITATIONS
1. Citizens Clean Elections Commission debate, 9/5/24, 02:16:45. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKAfmTIiaqo — Sandoval: “It’s a lie that businesses create jobs. Businesses do not create jobs.”
2. Sandoval named Nay on SB1106 and HB2400.
Senate Bill 1106, Arizona House, 1/15/26 (Nay). Matthew Holloway, “Arizona GOP Lawmakers Send $1.1 Billion Tax Relief Package To Hobbs’ Desk,” AZ Free News, 1/15/26. https://azfreenews.com/2026/01/arizona-gop-lawmakers-send-small-business-supported-1-1-billion-tax-relief-package-to-hobbs-desk/ — “deliver approximately $1.1 billion in tax relief.” Zachery Schmidt, The Center Square, 1/9/26: “remove taxes on tips and overtime pay.” https://www.thecentersquare.com/arizona/article_340e494a-ae72-45aa-82a8-3f75430a9e4b.html
Named roll call: Simacek, Volk, Austin, and Sandoval among the 27 Nays (31-27-2). FastDemocracy, 1/15/26. https://fastdemocracy.com/bill-search/az/57th-2nd-regular/bills/AZB00020121/
Hobbs veto, 1/16/26. “Hobbs vetoes $1.1 billion GOP tax cut plan,” KTAR. https://ktar.com/arizona-politics-news/hobbs-veto-gop-tax-cuts/5807977/ Senate fact sheet lists tips and overtime subtractions. https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/summary/S.1106-2153FIN_VETOED.DOCX.htm
House Bill 2785, Arizona House, 2/11/26 (Nay). Linley Wilson, Holtzman Vogel, 2/3/26. https://www.holtzmanvogel.com/news-insights/tax-relief-or-tax-chaos-why-every-arizonan-should-care-about-hb-2785 — exempts qualified tips and overtime from state income tax.
GOP House budget / taxation omnibus, Arizona House, 4/29/26 (Nay). Manuelita Beck, ABC15, 5/5/26. https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/gov-katie-hobbs-vetoes-republican-proposed-state-budget — package would have added deductions on tips and overtime.
House Concurrent Resolution 2021, Arizona House, 3/4/25 (Nay). Jakob Thorington, Arizona Capitol Times, 2/14/25. https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2025/02/14/compromise-in-the-works-on-banning-tax-on-food/ — prohibit sales tax on food for home consumption.
House Bill 2400, Arizona House third reading, 2/24/26, 32-24-4. FastDemocracy named Nays include Stephanie Simacek, Kevin Volk, Lorena Austin, and Mariana Sandoval. https://fastdemocracy.com/bill-search/az/57th-2nd-regular/bills/AZB00020491/
Bill text suspends the 18-cent-per-gallon motor-fuel tax May 1–Sept. 30 in Area A/C and backfills $72.6 million from HURF. https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/bills/HB2400P.htm Arizona Globe: summer gas-tax holiday passed 32-24 without the emergency supermajority. https://arizonaglobe.com/state-senate/willoughby-biasiucci-fuel-bills-delayed-for-supermajority-miss/
3. House Bill 2165, 2/26/25 (Sandoval Nay) and House Bill 2396, 2/12/26 (Sandoval Nay). SNAP clip: Ways and Means, 1/18/23, 01:25:38. https://www.azleg.gov/videoplayer/?eventID=2023011080
4. House Concurrent Resolution 2035, House Ways and Means, 2/12/25 (Sandoval Nay). Prohibit a fee or tax based on vehicle miles traveled. https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/summary/H.HCR2035_020625_WM.pdf
5. https://ivoterguide.com/candidate/95992/race/30498/election/1455 and House Bill 2062
6. Senate Bill 1693, 5/1/25 (Sandoval Nay). Fountain Hills Times, 9/28/25.
7. House Bill 2018, 2/11/25 (Sandoval Nay). KJZZ, 1/23/25.
8. Sandoval press conference, 5/15/24, 01:25. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4ORrjmUusg — “it is estimated that around 12 million people are here undocumented.”
9. Senate Bill 1338, 6/11/26 (Sandoval Nay) and House Bill 2060. Also HCR2060, 2/22/24 (Nay). KTVK, 5/14/24. https://www.azfamily.com/2024/05/14/republican-holdout-absent-member-force-arizona-senate-delay-vote-secure-border-act/
9a. Clean Elections debate, 9/5/24, 02:07:15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKAfmTIiaqo — Sandoval: “This is SB 1070 2.0 on steroids.”
10. Indivisible 2020 defund essay. https://indivisibleteam.medium.com/why-we-say-defund-the-police-109fc6ec196d Indivisible Sedona endorsement of Mariana Sandoval (LD23). https://bluevoterguide.org/endorser-org/Indivisible_Sedona_After_the_March/AZ/6724
11. House Bill 2455: Passed 33-25-2, Arizona House Of Representatives, 3/5/25; Summary Of House Bill 2455, Arizona House Of Representatives, 3/6/25
House Bill 2455, Arizona House, 3/5/25 (Nay). Dispatch-system appropriations. https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/summary/H.HB2455_021125_HOUSEENGROSSED.pdf
Senate Bill 1368, House Public Safety, 3/24/25 (Nay). Training simulators. https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/summary/H.SB1368_031825_PSLE.pdf
House Bill 2219: Advanced 6-2, Committee On Land, Agriculture, And Rural Affairs, Arizona House Of Representatives, 2/3/25; Summary Of House Bill 2219, Arizona House Of Representatives, 1/30/25
13. Arizona Daily Independent, 6/12/26: https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2026/06/12/bernie-sanders-endorses-arizona-lawmakers/
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