Meet Miranda Lopez

Hi, my name is Miranda Lopez and I'm a candidate for State House in LD21. I grew up in Phoenix, but after graduating from the UA I fell in love with southern Arizona, and now I hope to raise a family in Tucson.

I'm a democratic-socialist and will promote progressive policies in the State House to protect the rights and dignity of Southern Arizona working people and their families.

I graduated from the University of Arizona in 2018 (Bear Down!) and began my career working in grassroots organizing with the statewide Democratic Coordinated Campaign where I served as both a Field Organizer and later a Regional Organizing Director.

In 2021, I was Executive Director of the Pima County Democratic Party, where I focused on building local party and data infrastructure, supporting candidates, and strengthening community engagement across Southern Arizona.

I started working for the Arizona Students’ Association in 2023 where I advocated for college students at the state legislature, developed student leaders at the University of Arizona, and mobilized young people to take action against harmful legislation. During this time I decided to return to school, and along the way I joined United Campus Workers and was elected as their Treasurer. After working a fulltime job and being a fulltime student, I finally graduated with my Masters in Public Administration in May of 2025.

I believe real change happens when communities are organized, informed, and empowered — and that’s the approach I bring to everything I do.

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Miranda's Priorities

Reinvest in Public Education

Our kids and teachers deserve better than what they have today. For the last thirty years, Republicans have systematically defunded our K-12 and higher education systems, leading to statewide programming cuts, criminally low teacher salaries, and exponential increases in tuition costs for public university students.

We need public accountability for public dollars, not reckless spending that jeopardizes the safety of students and the security of our state's general fund.

Protect Our Water, Land and Air

It feels like every year is hotter than the year before--and that's because it is. Tucson and Phoenix average temperatures are expected to rise at least 10 degrees Fahrenheit over the next 50 years.

Arizona is home to hundreds of unique bird, fish and insect species whose natural habitats are threatened by low watersheds, mining projects, and border wall construction. The same corporations harming our wildlife are also hiking up our utility rates.

Housing prices are too damn high for both renters and first-time homebuyers. Many working people today live only one serious health problem away from financial ruin.

Affordable and sustainable housing is a universal right. We need lawmakers who will even the playing field for renters and landlords by allowing cities to enact rent control, put caps on security deposits, and provide legal counsel to defendants in eviction court.