Regina Romero becomes first Latina to serve as Tucson’s mayor

Democratic Mayor-elect Regina Romero spent the early part of election da, candidate for Tucson mayor, prepares flyers with volunteers at her campaign headquarters located at 2416 E Broadway Blvd, on Nov. 5, 2019./ Josh Galemore / Arizona Daily Star

Romero said she would keep her door open to the proponents of Prop. 205, the sanctuary city initiative that was soundly defeated by city voters

By Joe Ferguson | Arizona Daily Star 

Tucson voters have elected their first Latina to serve as mayor.

Three-term Councilwoman Regina Romero, who takes office next month, is the first woman to hold the city’s top elected job and will be the second Hispanic to be elected mayor of Tucson since the Gadsden Purchase. She will succeed Mayor Jonathan Rothschild as the city’s leader.

Romero defeated independent Ed Ackerley and Green Party candidate Mike Cease by a comfortable margin with roughly 87,000 ballots cast.

Unofficial results Tuesday night had Romero with 56% of the vote, although city officials estimate there are several thousand ballots that have not been counted.

Romero, the director of Latino engagement for the Center for Biological Diversity, was one of four Democrats elected Tuesday night to the Tucson City Council.

Voters were giving two-term incumbent Paul Cunningham another four years representing Ward 2 and two newcomers — University of Arizona adjunct instructor Lane Santa Cruz in Ward 1, and Raytheon employee Nikki Lee in Ward 4 — were leading their races.

All three council candidates had significant leads over their Republican and Green Party rivals, with an unknown number of ballots still to be counted.

Voter turnout was estimated at about 33% in the all mail-in election.

READ ON:

Share this!

Additional Articles

News Categories

Get Our Twice Weekly Newsletter!

* indicates required

Rose Law Group pc values “outrageous client service.” We pride ourselves on hyper-responsiveness to our clients’ needs and an extraordinary record of success in achieving our clients’ goals. We know we get results and our list of outstanding clients speaks to the quality of our work.

November 2019
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930