# Lela Alston

Lela Alston is a Democratic member of the Arizona Senate for district 5.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Arizona Senate, district 5
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: AZ 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/030638cb-5fcd-4637-8c59-c129e28db988

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/030638cb-5fcd-4637-8c59-c129e28db988 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

100% of Alston’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Arizona, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## What Alston says (AZ 2025–26 session)

7 classified statements: 7 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Alston | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 |
| Policy criticism | 14.3% | 10.3% | 97 of 330 |
| Policy discussion | 28.6% | 42.9% | 252 of 330 |
| Bipartisanship | 14.3% | 3.4% | 10 of 330 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 322 of 330 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 50% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Energy 50% (State Senate Democrats 4.1%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%); Commerce 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.55 (standard error 0.02), from 307 donors and 556 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 66% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (AZ 2025–26 session)

1,589 roll calls. Attendance 95.7% (Arizona Senate 94.2%). Party unity 94.1% (95.6%). 70 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-13 · voted yea · Passed · SB 1290 agricultural property; inspections; notice. · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/SB1290/
- 2026-06-12 · voted yea · Passed · SB 1671 gaming; racing; boxing; conflict-of-interest continuation · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/SB1671/
- 2026-06-12 · voted nay · failed to pass · HB 2320 school districts; bonds; financial advisors · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2320/
- 2026-06-12 · voted nay · failed to pass · HB 2257 HOV lane; blood transport vehicles · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2257/
- 2026-06-12 · voted yea · failed to pass · HCR 2001 citizenship; identification; contributions; early voting · fail · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HCR2001/
- 2026-06-12 · voted nay · failed to pass · HB 2305 private towing carriers; regulation; rates · fail · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2305/
- 2026-06-12 · voted yea · Passed · HB 2408 nursing board; regulatory actions; expungement · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2408/
- 2026-06-12 · voted yea · Passed · SB 1713 AHCCCS; procurement; contracting · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/SB1713/
- 2026-06-12 · voted nay · Passed · SB 1180 DOR; income tax forms; conformity · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/SB1180/
- 2026-06-12 · voted nay · Passed · HB 2257 HOV lane; blood transport vehicles · pass · https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/HB2257/

## Legislation (AZ 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 37 bills: 4 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 213. 8.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arizona Senate 42.4%; rank 19 of 29).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1753: employment; housing; public accommodations; antidiscrimination (introduced, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/SB1753/
- SB 1604: insurance coverage; autologous breast reconstruction (introduced, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/SB1604/
- SB 1601: zoning; housing; historic neighborhoods (introduced, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/SB1601/
- SB 1598: appropriation; schools; community gardens (passed one chamber, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/SB1598/
- SB 1596: appropriation; homeless shelter services fund (introduced, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/SB1596/
- SB 1595: public schools; teachers; lunch breaks (introduced, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/SB1595/
- SB 1612: biological sex; team designations; repeal (introduced, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/SB1612/
- SB 1602: kinship foster care stipend; increase (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/SB1602/
- SB 1594: schools; corporal punishment; prohibition (introduced, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/SB1594/
- SB 1597: child care; waiting list; appropriation (introduced, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/SB1597/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,250 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-06-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/lelaalstonaz/status/2070372111819124978
- 2026-06-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/lelaalstonaz/status/2070634535361081712
- 2026-05-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/lelaalstonaz/status/2060110377275605277
- 2025-08-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/lelaalstonaz/status/1960084941133533643
- 2025-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/lelaalstonaz/status/1941202851889389648
- 2025-06-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/lelaalstonaz/status/1929704982204633333
- 2025-01-23 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/lelaalstonaz/status/1882492228540698692

## Links

- Official site: https://www.azleg.gov/Senate/Senate-member/?legislature=54&session=121&legislator=1940
- Campaign site: http://lelaalstonaz.com/
- X: https://x.com/lelaalstonaz
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lelaalstonaz/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/030638cb-5fcd-4637-8c59-c129e28db988