Galan Woods\ says politics wasn’t on her ‘bingo card’ before her husband’s death. Then everything changed.|| Woods Family
Author: Brahm Resnik || 12 News
Marlene Galan Woods, the widow of former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods and chair of Democrat Adrian Fontes’ successful campaign for secretary of state, says she is considering whether to challenge seven-term Republican Congressman David Schweikert in 2024.
“I want to flip that seat,” Woods said in an interview.
“I’m a moderate Democrat. That seems right for the district. I’m interested in voting rights – that’s the No. 1 issue – common sense gun laws – and reproductive rights.”
Woods said she had been approached to run by Democrats and Republicans after the November elections. She said she switched her party registration from “lifelong Republican” to Democratic when Donald Trump became president.
Since her husband’s death, Woods has raised her public profile, with her role on the Fontes campaign last fall and at a protest calling out disinformation.
Woods has given herself 90 days to make a decision on whether to run.
“I didn’t have this on my bingo card two years ago, but life is kind of funny,” Woods said. “Changes and heartbreak and all these things that have happened put me in this place.”
