Editor,
All 29 members of the Arizona House Democratic Caucus are writing in response to the February 12
article "Will Dems win in 2020 only to see GOP control in 2021?"
The short answer to that ridiculous question is no.
As Democrats, each of us has issues that we are individually passionate about, and on some of these
issues we disagree. We don't ask for, or expect, 100 percent agreement within our caucus at all times.
But when it comes to our values, the letter that matters is "D." Democrats support business, but that
doesn't come at the expense of our values or support for working people.
We came together as one during last session's budget debate to oppose a Republican budget that
undermined its good points with an unsustainable permanent tax cut. And we will come together again
on Arizona's most pressing issues.
We are a caucus united on our policy priorities, on our House and Senate budget plan, and on our goal
of earning a Democratic majority in the House and Senate when this session ends. And when we earn
that majority, it will be because of our unity, our hard work and our shared values.
No Democratic member of this caucus would work as hard as we have just to hand the keys back to the
Republicans to keep a backwards-looking status quo. Any suggestion that we would do otherwise is
offensive and wrong.
If and when our opportunity to lead comes, we will choose a new House Speaker in the traditional
manner -- from within the majority caucus -- and then we will walk out in united support of that choice.
Now it's time to get back to work to make that happen.

Charlene Fernandez
House Democratic Leader
LD 4

Randall Friese
House Democratic Assistant Leader
LD 9

Athena Salman
House Democratic Whip
LD 26

Reginald Bolding
House Democratic Whip
LD 27

 Aaron Lieberman
House Representative
LD 28

Domingo DeGrazia
House Representative
LD 10

Alma Hernandez
House Representative
LD 3

Geraldine Peten
House Representative
LD 4

Amish Shah
House Representative
LD 24

Isela Blanc
House Representative
LD 26

Andres Cano
House Representative
LD 3

Jennifer Jermaine
House Representative
LD 18

Arlando Teller
House Representative
LD 7

Jennifer Longdon
House Representative
LD 24

Cesar Chavez
House Representative
LD 29

Jennifer Pawlik
House Representative
LD 17

Daniel Hernandez
House Representative
LD 2

Kelli Butler
House Representative
LD 28

Diego Espinoza
House Representative
LD 19

Kirsten Engel
House Representative
LD 10

 Diego Rodriguez
House Representative
LD 27

Lorenzo Sierra
House Representative
LD 19

Mitzi Epstein
House Representative
LD 18

Pamela Powers Hannley
House Representative
LD 9

Myron Tsosie
House Representative
LD 7

Raquel Teran
House Representative
LD 30

Richard Andrade
House Representative
LD 29

Robert Meza
House Representative
LD 30

Rosanna Gabaldon
House Representative
LD 2