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Lela Alston

DEMDemocrat

State Senator, District 5

81

Years of Age

27

Years of Experience

AZResidence (state)

Lela Alston (born June 26, 1942) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Arizona State Senate representing District 5 since January 9, 2023. She previously represented District 24 from 2019 to 2023, and served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019, and from 2011 to 2013 in the District 11 seat, and non-consecutively in the Arizona State Legislature from 1977 until 1995 in the Arizona Senate.

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Education5 - 5 of 3

Arizona State University

Master's Child Development/Family Relations

1971

University of Arizona

Bachelors Home Economics Education

1967

Phoenix College

Attended

Past Positions1 - 8 of 8

Senator

Arizona State Senate

2023 - Current

Representative

State House of Representatives, Arizona

2011 - 2019

Senator

State Senate, Arizona

1977 - 1995

Former Whip and Assistant Democratic Leader

Arizona State House of Representatives

Manager

State of Arizona Workforce Investment Act

2004 - 2007

Coordinator

Phoenix Union High School District Wellness Center

1996 - 2004

Teacher

Family and Consumer Science Teacher

1968 - 2002

Teacher

Phoenix Union High School District

Other Experience1 - 23 of 23

Member

Governing Board, Phoenix Union High School District

2008 - 2020

Member

American Association of University Women

Board Member

New Life Society

Former Member

National Association of Family and Consumer Sciences

Member

Arizona Association of Family and Consumer Sciences

Member

National Education Association, retired

Former Member

Appropriations Committee, Arizona State House of Representatives

2023 - Current

Member

Finance Committee, Arizona State Senate

2023 - Current

Member

Appropriations Committee, Arizona State Senate

2023 - Current

Member

Rules Committee, Arizona State Senate

2023 - Current

Member

Domestic Relations Committee

2011

Member

Committee of Reference for the Sunset Hearing of Water Quality Appeals Board

2011

Member

House Sub-Appropriation Committee on Multi-Year Budgeting

2011

Chair

Education Committee

1991 - 1992

Former Member

Environment Committee, Arizona State House of Representatives

Former Member

Commerce Committee, Arizona State House of Representatives

Former Member

Education Committee, Arizona State House of Representatives

Former Member

Subcommittee on Education, Arizona State House of Representatives

Former Member

Government and Higher Education Committee, Arizona State House of Representatives

Former Member

Government Committee, Arizona State Senate

Former Member

Capital Review [JCCR] Committee, Arizona State House of Representatives

Former Member

Joint Legislative Budget Committee [JLBC], Arizona State House of Representatives

Former Member

County and Municipal Affairs Committee, Arizona State House of Representatives

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