Alma Hernandez
Bio | Alma Hernandez earned a Bachelor of Science and Master’s in Public Health at the University of Arizona before becoming one of the youngest members of the Arizona state government at the age of 25. She has worked with Powersource Tucson as the program coordinator of Bridging the Gap, an organization dedicated to combatting the AIDS epidemic. |
Status and Position | Current State House of Representatives of Arizona |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, Arizona |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
Campaign Financing | She raised $154,197 in campaign donations in the 2020 election. |
Voting Rights | Unknown. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | For | She supports the Affordable Care Act. She led Arizonans United for Health Care working to defeat the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Source: https://www.almaforarizona.org/about_alma |
| Socialized Healthcare | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Private Healthcare | Against | She opposes the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Source: https://www.almaforarizona.org/about_alma |
| LGBT Rights | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Taxes | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Abortion | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Gun Control | For | She supports gun control measures. She supports gun control measures that will reduce the occurence of mass shootings. Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/as-a-mexican-jewish-lawmaker-i-feel-doubly-targeted-by-trumps-rhetoric-598545 |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | No known stance. She supports gun control measures that will reduce the occurence of mass shootings. Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/as-a-mexican-jewish-lawmaker-i-feel-doubly-targeted-by-trumps-rhetoric-598545 |
| Government Interference | For | She supports gun control measures, which would result in reducing mass shootings. Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/as-a-mexican-jewish-lawmaker-i-feel-doubly-targeted-by-trumps-rhetoric-598545 |
| Planned Parenthood | For | She was endorsed by Planned Parenthood. Source: https://www.almaforarizona.org/endorsements |
| 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 | For | She supports the US-Israel relationship. She is a Jewish American and is a strong advocate for the US-Israel relationship. Source: https://demmajorityforisrael.org/alma-hernandez/ |
| United Nations power | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Free Markets | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Brexit | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Government Spending | For | She supports funding of public universities and community colleges. Source: https://www.almaforarizona.org/about_alma |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Common Core | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Clean Energy | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Religious Freedom | For | As an active Jewish American she supports religious freedom. She decried an act of vandalism at Tucson synagogue. Source: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-breaking/2021/05/19/rep-alma-hernandez-others-decry-vandalism-at-tucson-synagogue/5173128001/ |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Border Control | Against | She is Mexica-American and Jewish. She has relatives who are undocumented immigrants, therefore, she aims on resolving the southern border crisis and integrating undocumented immigrants into society. She began a Jewish fundraiser for migrants on the southern border, she had an SUV full of food, diapers, and hygenic products to donate to immigrants at the border. Source: https://www.jta.org/2018/06/22/politics/meet-millennial-mexican-american-jewish-woman-running-office-southern-border |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | No known stance. |
| DACA | For | She supports DACA's in state tuition, which is a legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants who graduated high school in the United States to receive cheaper college tuition. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Hernandez |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Unknown | No known stance. |