# Kiana Sears

Kiana Sears is a Democratic member of the Arizona Senate for district 9.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Arizona Senate, district 9
- Serving since: 2025-03-31
- Current term: AZ 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/78fce9ac-3aa4-484f-b345-f55bbbf9db9b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/78fce9ac-3aa4-484f-b345-f55bbbf9db9b (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

Sears voted against the majority of Arizona Senate Democrats 128 times; party unity 81%, in the bottom 5% of the Arizona Senate (average 95.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.48 (standard error 0.02), from 578 donors and 220 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 75% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (AZ 2025–26 session)

1,164 roll calls. Attendance 97.0% (Arizona Senate 94.2%). Party unity 81% (95.6%). 128 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 2 bills: 1 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 80.

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1798: school safety; identification system; appropriation (passed both chambers, 2026-06-11) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/SB1798/
- SB 1797: essential drugs; price increases; limits. (introduced, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/az/bills/57th-2nd-regular/SB1797/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $183.8K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 24% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.azleg.gov/senate-member/?legislature=57&legislator=2415
- Campaign site: https://searsforarizona.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SearsforArizona
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kianamariasears4az/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/78fce9ac-3aa4-484f-b345-f55bbbf9db9b