Regina Romero wins Democratic primary in Tucson; could become the city's first woman and first Latina mayor.
, an environmental and wildlife conservation organization. On her campaign site, she states that she is running because"we all deserve a safe, clean, just, and sustainable city that provides economic opportunity to all working families.", a Tucson environmental justice group focused on Latinos and a program of the League of Conservation Voters, had worked during the primaries to educate Latino voters on the disproportionate impact climate change has on them.
"We support a candidate that puts community and environment first," the PAC said in a July endorsement. The group called her aTucson was not the only city with an election. Phoenix held a widely anticipated special election to determine the fate of its light rail. Proposition 105 was viewed by activists and Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego as an attempt by corporate and outside interests to kill public transportation; the proposition called for prohibiting spending on light rail expansion.
Those arguments have often been viewed by activists as opposition to investment in minority and poor communities.
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