Leezah Sun

From Ballotpedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Leezah Sun
Tolleson Union High School District, At-large
Tenure
2025 - Present
Term ends
2029
Years in position
1
Prior offices
Arizona House of Representatives District 22
Years in office: 2023 - 2024
Predecessor: Ben Toma (R)
Successor: Elda Luna-Nájera (D)

Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
Drexel University
Personal
Profession
Activist
Contact

Leezah Sun is an at-large member of the Tolleson Union High School District in Arizona. She assumed office on January 1, 2025. Her current term ends on January 1, 2029.

Sun (independent) ran for election for Governor of Arizona. She will not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 3, 2026.

Biography

Leezah Sun earned a bachelor's degree from Drexel University. Sun's career experience includes working as a research specialist with Drexel University and as an activist.[1]

Elections

2026

See also: Arizona gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2026

Arizona gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2026 (July 21 Democratic primary)

Arizona gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2026 (July 21 Republican primary)

Arizona gubernatorial election, 2026 (July 21 Green primary)

Arizona gubernatorial election, 2026 (July 21 No Labels Party primary)

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for Governor of Arizona

The following candidates are running in the general election for Governor of Arizona on November 3, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Katie Hobbs
Image of John Giles
Katie Hobbs (D) / John Giles (No party preference)
Image of Andy Biggs
Image of Sine Kerr
Andy Biggs (R) / Sine Kerr (R)
Image of Risa Lombardo
Risa Lombardo (G) Candidate Connection / Lisa Castillo (G)
Image of Teri Hourihan
Teri Hourihan (No Labels Party) Candidate Connection / Angela Harrolle Mohan (No party preference)
Gertritrude Gonzalez (R) (Write-in)
Alice Novoa (R) (Write-in)

Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for Governor of Arizona

Incumbent Katie Hobbs (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for Governor of Arizona on July 21, 2026.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Katie Hobbs
Katie Hobbs
 
100.0
 
512,550

Total votes: 512,550
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary

Republican primary for Governor of Arizona

Andy Biggs (R) defeated David Schweikert (R), Scott Neely (R), and Ken Miceli (R) in the Republican primary for Governor of Arizona on July 21, 2026.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Andy Biggs
Andy Biggs
 
74.0
 
453,819
Image of David Schweikert
David Schweikert
 
14.4
 
88,284
Image of Scott Neely
Scott Neely Candidate Connection
 
7.0
 
42,871
Ken Miceli
 
4.6
 
28,026

Total votes: 613,000
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Green Party primary

Green Party primary for Governor of Arizona

Risa Lombardo (G) defeated Carlos Melendez (G), Athena Eastwood (G), and William Pounds (G) in the Green Party primary for Governor of Arizona on July 21, 2026.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Risa Lombardo
Risa Lombardo Candidate Connection
 
67.2
 
430
Carlos Melendez (Write-in)
 
31.6
 
202
Image of Athena Eastwood
Athena Eastwood (Write-in)
 
0.6
 
4
Image of William Pounds
William Pounds Candidate Connection (Write-in)
 
0.6
 
4

Total votes: 640
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

No Labels Party primary

No Labels Party primary for Governor of Arizona

Teri Hourihan (No Labels Party) defeated Hugh Lytle (No Labels Party) in the No Labels Party primary for Governor of Arizona on July 21, 2026.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Teri Hourihan
Teri Hourihan Candidate Connection
 
56.1
 
5,596
Hugh Lytle Candidate Connection
 
43.9
 
4,384

Total votes: 9,980
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

See also: Our approach to covering endorsements

Ballotpedia is gathering information about candidate endorsements and voter guide recommendations. To send us an endorsement, click here.

2024

School board

See also: Tolleson Union High School District, Arizona, elections (2024)

General election
General election for Tolleson Union High School District, At-large (3 seats)

Miguel Ortega-Romero, incumbent Steven Chapman, and Leezah Sun defeated incumbent Freddie Villalon in the general election for Tolleson Union High School District, At-large on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Miguel Ortega-Romero
Miguel Ortega-Romero (Nonpartisan)
 
29.4
 
30,763
✔
Image of Steven Chapman
Steven Chapman (Nonpartisan)
 
24.0
 
25,129
✔
Image of Leezah Sun
Leezah Sun (Nonpartisan)
 
23.6
 
24,714
Freddie Villalon (Nonpartisan)
 
22.2
 
23,206
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
716

Total votes: 104,528
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Endorsements

See also: Our approach to covering endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements or voter guide recommendations for Sun in this election.

State Senate

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Arizona State Senate District 22

Incumbent Eva Diaz defeated Steve Robinson in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 22 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Eva Diaz
Eva Diaz (D)
 
64.6
 
45,253
Steve Robinson (R)
 
35.4
 
24,812

Total votes: 70,065
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 22

Incumbent Eva Diaz defeated Leezah Sun in the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 22 on July 30, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Eva Diaz
Eva Diaz
 
76.2
 
7,826
Image of Leezah Sun
Leezah Sun
 
23.8
 
2,446

Total votes: 10,272
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 22

Steve Robinson advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 22 on July 30, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔Steve Robinson
 
100.0
 
5,243

Total votes: 5,243
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

See also: Our approach to covering endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements or voter guide recommendations for Sun in this election.

2022

School board election

See also: Fowler Elementary School District, Arizona, elections (2022)

General election

General election for Fowler Elementary School District, At-large (2 seats)

Incumbent Francisca Montoya and Lisa Perez defeated Leezah Sun and Marvene Lobato in the general election for Fowler Elementary School District, At-large on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Francisca Montoya
Francisca Montoya (Nonpartisan)
 
30.5
 
1,985
✔Lisa Perez (Nonpartisan)
 
29.0
 
1,886
Image of Leezah Sun
Leezah Sun (Nonpartisan)
 
25.0
 
1,629
Image of Marvene Lobato
Marvene Lobato (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
14.8
 
964
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
44

Total votes: 6,508
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

State legislative election

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 22 (2 seats)

Lupe Contreras and Leezah Sun defeated Jeannette Garcia and Roberto Escobedo in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 22 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lupe Contreras
Lupe Contreras (D)
 
51.0
 
25,787
✔
Image of Leezah Sun
Leezah Sun (D)
 
45.1
 
22,814
Image of Jeannette Garcia
Jeannette Garcia (R) (Write-in)
 
2.7
 
1,347
Roberto Escobedo (R) (Write-in)
 
1.2
 
632

Total votes: 50,580
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 22 (2 seats)

Lupe Contreras and Leezah Sun defeated incumbent Lorenzo Sierra and Natacha Chavez in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 22 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lupe Contreras
Lupe Contreras
 
28.5
 
5,512
✔
Image of Leezah Sun
Leezah Sun
 
26.8
 
5,186
Image of Lorenzo Sierra
Lorenzo Sierra Candidate Connection
 
24.2
 
4,670
Natacha Chavez
 
20.5
 
3,952

Total votes: 19,320
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 22 (2 seats)

Jay Nagamalla advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 22 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔Jay Nagamalla (Write-in)
 
100.0
 
179

Total votes: 179
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Campaign finance

2020

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 19 (2 seats)

Incumbent Diego Espinoza and incumbent Lorenzo Sierra defeated Joe Quijada in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 19 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔Diego Espinoza (D)
 
52.9
 
43,372
✔
Image of Lorenzo Sierra
Lorenzo Sierra (D)
 
47.1
 
38,617
Joe Quijada (D) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
34

Total votes: 82,023
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 19 (2 seats)

Incumbent Diego Espinoza and incumbent Lorenzo Sierra defeated Leezah Sun in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 19 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔Diego Espinoza
 
41.6
 
9,160
✔
Image of Lorenzo Sierra
Lorenzo Sierra
 
36.5
 
8,037
Image of Leezah Sun
Leezah Sun Candidate Connection
 
21.9
 
4,835

Total votes: 22,032
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

No Republicans filed for this race. Shelby Busch ran as a write-in and received 150 votes. Write-in candidates were required to receive at least 263 votes to make the general election ballot.

Campaign finance

Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Leezah Sun did not complete Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey.

2024

School board

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Leezah Sun did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

State Senate

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Leezah Sun did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

School board election

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Leezah Sun did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

State legislative election

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Leezah Sun did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Leezah Sun completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sun's responses.

Expand All
Who are you? Tell us about yourself.
Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.

Campaign finance summary


Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.


Leezah Sun campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024Arizona State Senate District 22Lost primary$32,710 $35,677
2022Arizona House of Representatives District 22Won general$29,016 $64,219
2020Arizona House of Representatives District 19Lost primary$29,002 N/A**
Grand total$90,728 $99,896
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Noteworthy events

2024 Ethics Violations

On November 3, 2023, Democratic leaders in the Arizona House of Representatives filed an ethics complaint against Sun. The complaint cited previously reported allegations that Sun harassed Tolleson city employees and made verbal death threats.[2]

In January of 2024, the Arizona House Ethics Committee held two hearings regarding the November ethics complaint. The Committee also investigated two additional incidents regarding Sun’s behavior; one claim of intimation and disorderly conduct related to Sun’s alleged interference in a court-ordered custody transfer in June of 2023, and one alleged threat made by Sun towards Tolleson Elementary School District superintendent Roger Freeman in December of 2022.[3]

On January 31, 2024, the Arizona House Ethics Committee found that Sun had committed a “pattern of disorderly behavior”, and that Sun was “in violation of Rule 1 of the Arizona House of Representatives."[4][5]


State legislative tenure

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards, State legislative scorecards in Arizona

A scorecard evaluates a legislator’s voting record. Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislator’s political positions. Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. For example, an advocacy group’s scorecard may assess a legislator’s voting record on one issue while a state newspaper’s scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety.

Ballotpedia is in the process of developing an encyclopedic list of published scorecards. Some states have a limited number of available scorecards or scorecards produced only by select groups. It is Ballotpedia’s goal to incorporate all available scorecards regardless of ideology or number.

Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states. To contribute to the list of scorecards, email suggestions to editor@ballotpedia.org.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Arizona State Legislature in 2025.

Below you can find the scorecards found for the Arizona State Legislature in 2023.

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Committee assignments

2023-2024

Sun was assigned to the following committees:


See also


External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
-
Tolleson Union High School District, At-large
2025-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
Ben Toma (R)
Arizona House of Representatives District 22
2023-2024
Succeeded by
Elda Luna-Nájera (D)