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Contact: Tayler Tucker, 602-263-4225, [email protected]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 6, 2016

Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona Announces its Endorsed Candidates

PHOENIX -- Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona (PPAA) proudly announces its endorsement of Arizona candidates for Senate and House running in the upcoming elections.

“We are pleased to support pro-reproductive health candidates who advocate our positive mission,” says Bryan Howard, President of PPAA. “The candidates we are endorsing stand for women, reproductive health issues, a better standard of education, and an Arizona where politics do not interfere with personal health care decisions. In order to ensure health, freedom, and wellbeing for all Arizonans, these leaders act. No matter what.”

PPAA’s PAC is a Super PAC, which was made possible by the contributions of hundreds of PPAA members. The Super PAC’s primary focus is to support endorsed candidates who stand for access to women’s health, sexuality education, and the freedom for Arizonans to make their own health care decisions and choose their own health care provider.

2016 PPAA Endorsed Candidates

Legislative District 2 – Senate - House

Legislative District 3 Olivia Cajero Bedford - Senate Sally Ann Gonzalez - House Marcario Saldate - House

Legislative District 4 Lisa Otondo – Senate – House Jesus Rubalcava - House

Legislative District 5 Beth Weisser - House

Legislative District 6 Nikki Bagley – Senate Alex Martinez - House

Legislative District 7 Jamescita Peshlakai – Senate – House

Legislative District 8 Barb McGuire - Senate Carmen Casillas – House

Legislative District 9 Steve Farley – Senate – House - House

Legislative District 10 David Bradley – Senate - House

Legislative District 11 Ralph Atchue – Senate Corin Hammond – House

Legislative District 13 Iisha Graves – House

Legislative District 14 Mike Holmes - House

Legislative District 15 Tonya MacBeth – Senate Brandon Dwyer – House

Legislative District 16 Scott Prior – Senate

Cara Prior – House

Legislative District 17 Steve Weichert – Senate

Legislative District 18 Sean Bowie – Senate – House

Legislative District 19 Mark Cardenas – House – House

Legislative District 20 Chris Gilfillan - House

Legislative District 21 Deanna Rasmussen-Lacotta - House

Legislative District 22 Michael Muscato – Senate

Legislative District 23 Tammy Caputi – House

Legislative District 24 Katie Hobbs – Senate Lela Alston – House Ken Clark – House

Legislative District 25 Kathleen Rahn – House

Legislative District 26 Juan Mendez – Senate Celeste Plumlee – House

Legislative District 27 Maritza Miranda Saenz – Senate – House Rebecca Rios – House

Legislative District 28 Eric Meyer - Senate – House

Legislative District 29 Martin Quezada – Senate Richard Andrade – House

Legislative District 30 – House – House

Pima County Attorney Joel Feinman Barbara LaWall

Flagstaff City Council Adam Shimoni Jamie Whelan

Flagstaff Mayor Coral Evans

Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes

Tucson United School District Governing Board Kristel Foster

Maricopa County Special Health Care District 1 Jana Lynn Granillo

Phoenix Union High School District Governing Board Lela Alston Ian Danley

Roosevelt Elementary School Board Lawrence Robinson

Phoenix Elementary School Board Lynne Almy

### Planned Parenthood ‘s advocacy and political arm in Arizona, Planned Parenthood Advocates of Arizona (PPAA), is the state’s largest nonpartisan advocacy organization dedicated to protecting access to women’s health care. PPAA is fighting for every woman’s freedom and right to make

reproductive choices, enjoy sexual health and wellbeing, and build healthy, strong families. Advocatesaz.org