Anna Tovar | |
Office: | Member of the Arizona Corporation Commission |
Term Start: | January 11, 2021 |
Predecessor: | Bob Burns |
Office1: | Minority Leader of the Arizona Senate |
Term Start1: | October 29, 2013 |
Term End1: | January 5, 2015 |
Predecessor1: | Leah Landrum Taylor |
Successor1: | Katie Hobbs |
State Senate2: | Arizona |
District2: | 19th |
Term Start2: | January 14, 2013 |
Term End2: | January 5, 2015 |
Predecessor2: | Rich Crandall |
Successor2: | Lupe Contreras |
State House3: | Arizona |
District3: | 13th |
Term Start3: | January 2009 |
Term End3: | January 14, 2013 |
Predecessor3: | Steve Gallardo |
Successor3: | Darin Mitchell |
Party: | Democratic |
Education: | Arizona State University, Tempe (BA) |
Anna Tovar is an American politician who currently serves as a member of Arizona Corporation Commission. She previously served as Mayor of Tolleson, Arizona, as State Senator representing the 19th district, and as a State Representative. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Tovar was raised in Tolleson, Arizona, where she met her husband, Juan Carlos Tovar.[1] Tovar earned a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Arizona State University. Before going into politics, Tovar taught kindergarten and first grade.[2] She and her husband have two children.[3]
In 2002, Tovar was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia, which required her to undergo chemotherapy and two bone-marrow transplants from her brother.[4]
Before being elected to the Arizona legislature, Tovar served on the Tolleson City Council and was also Tolleson's Vice Mayor.[3]
Tovar was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2010. Tovar was elected to the Arizona Senate in 2012; she served on the Appropriations Committee and the Judiciary Committee. She was the Senate Democratic Minority Leader.[5]
Tovar supports raising education spending, reforming the tax code, stopping the expansion of private prisons, and instituting stronger restrictions on gifts to legislators.[2]
Tovar has been affiliated with JAG – Jobs for Arizona Graduates, WiLL/WAND – Women's Actions for New Directions, the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, and the National Hispanic Caucus for State Legislators.[2]
|-