Jamescita Peshlakai
Bio | Peshlakai is proudly of Navajo descent and received both her undergraduate and Master’s degrees from Northern Arizona University. She went on to serve in the U.S. army during the Persian Gulf War and has since played a leadership role in a handful of organizations that are concerned with veterans, women, and Native Americans. |
Status and Position | Current State Senator of Arizona |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Republican, Arizona |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
Campaign Financing | She raised $10,750 in campaign donations in the 2020 election. |
Voting Rights | Unknown. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | For | She supports universal health care. She supports the Affordable Care Act. Source: https://www.peshlakaiazsenate.com |
| Socialized Healthcare | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Private Healthcare | Against | She supports the Affordable Care Act. Source: https://www.peshlakaiazsenate.com |
| LGBT Rights | For | She supports LGBT rights. She supports social and economic equality for LGBT people. Source: https://www.peshlakaiazsenate.com |
| Taxes | For | She supports a fair tax system. She opposes a system in, which tax dollars would go to for profit prisons. Source: https://www.peshlakaiazsenate.com |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | No known stance. She opposes a system in, which tax dollars would go to for profit prisons. Source: https://www.peshlakaiazsenate.com |
| Abortion | For | She is pro-choice. She was endorsed by Planned Parenthood for her supports for women's access to reproductive health care including abortions. Source: https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/planned-parenthood-advocates-arizona/elections/endorsement |
| Gun Control | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Government Interference | For | She supports a fair tax system, which does not allocate funds for for profit prisons. Source: https://www.peshlakaiazsenate.com |
| Planned Parenthood | For | She was endorsed by Planned Parenthood for her support for women to have access to reproductive health care. Source: https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/planned-parenthood-advocates-arizona/elections/endorsement |
| Welfare | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Welfare | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | No known stance, |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Military Spending | Unknown | No known stance. |
| War on Terrorism | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | Unknown | No known stance. |
| United Nations power | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Nationalism | For | She has sought for greater funding for Native American infrastructure and education in her district, including for Dine College and Navajo Technical University. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamescita_Peshlakai |
| Free Markets | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Brexit | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Government Spending | For | She sought for increasing funding education in her district. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamescita_Peshlakai |
| Charter Schools | For | She sought for increasing education funding for education in her district. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamescita_Peshlakai |
| Common Core | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Clean Energy | For | She supports renewable energy efforts. She sees climate change as a problem on reservations throughout Arizona, therefore, it supports renewable energy efforts. Source: https://www.nhonews.com/news/2021/aug/03/peshlakai-sees-climate-change-problem-reservations/ |
| Religious Freedom | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Border Control | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | No known stance. |
| DACA | For | She cosponsored a bill that would allow Dreamers who graduated from High School in the United States to receive cheaper college tuition. Source: https://thevoicegcc.com/9247/a1news/legislature-bill-for-dreamers/ |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Against | She opposes legalizing marijuana. Source: https://arizonanorml.org/faq-items/d-jamescita-peshlakai-b/ |