According to former Tempe mayor Neal Giuliano, Tempe’s current city council is “probably the most diverse city council in Maricopa County and in the Southwest.”
For example, in the last election cycle, residents voted for Asian and Black female civil servants for the first time in Tempe’s 150-year history. And just two years before her, they elected the city’s first Native American councilman and first black mayor.
In addition to being the youngest-elected city councilor in Tempe’s history, she is also the first openly gay woman in office and is an influential Hispanic city employee, all of whom have served multiple terms. I’m here. The six city council members represent nearly all major races in Tempe’s social demographic groups.
Each serves a four-year term and is selected in a citywide contest rather than a district-specific race. Municipal elections are staggered. That is, half of the elections he will be re-elected every two years, the last election will be in his 2022, and the next election will be in his 2024.
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Adams was the city’s first openly gay female legislator, a veteran of the Tempe city government, and has worked on staff for nearly 30 years in a variety of sectors, from welfare to public works. She won her city council seat in 2018, just after retiring from her job, and was re-elected for her second term last year.
The second-term civil servant is expected to be re-elected again in 2026.
Navarro is Tempe’s only Hispanic legislator and the longest-serving member of the city’s governing body, having served as an elected leader for nearly 15 years. He has worked as a paramedic with the Phoenix Fire Department since his 1995 and now he is the Deputy Chief of Special Operations within PFD.
Navarro will be re-elected for a fourth time in 2024.
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Keating was first elected in 2016 at the age of 33, making him one of Arizona’s youngest city council members at the time. He is a small business owner and a passionate community member.
He will seek re-election for the second time next year.
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Garlid became Tempe’s first Native American City Council member when he was elected in 2020. She is a member of the Navajo Her Nation and has spent her career working with community organizations throughout Tempe, from Newtown Her Community Development Corporation to Tempe Her Impact Education Foundation.
Garlid’s current term ends in 2024.
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Ching became the city’s first Asian lawmaker when he topped the polls last July. He has held various positions at ASU, including Assistant to the Chinese MBA Program at WP Carey School of Business and He is Director.
Chin, one of the recently elected council members, is eligible for re-election in 2026.
Hodge won his first city council seat with Chin in July 2022. She was the first black woman to secure an elected office in Tempe’s local government and has devoted her career to her education, including chairman of her Union High School District Steering Committee in Tempe.
She will be re-elected in 2026.
