By Jakob Thorington | Arizona Capitol Times
House Minority Leader Oscar De Los Santos, D-Laveen, spent his second year as minority leader navigating a divided government at the Arizona Legislature. He helped negotiate a bipartisan budget that freezes new data center tax subsidies for three years and includes tax cuts aimed at middle-class Arizonans. In a recent interview with the Arizona Capitol Times, De Los Santos reflected on the session’s wins, losses and unfinished work.
The questions and answers have been edited lightly for style and clarity.
Are you happy with how this session has turned out?
By and large, yes. When we came into the session, House Democrats had one goal, and that was to fight for an Arizona we can afford. I know that the caucus went to the mat for that and went to the mat for working families and to take on corporate greed and to protect peoples’ healthcare. I think, given the political circumstances where Republicans control the Legislature, we delivered in many ways.
