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Regina Romero
Regina Romero (born 1974) is an American politician serving as the 42nd Mayor of Tucson, Arizona since 2019.
In addition to being the Mayor of Tucson, Romero is the Chair of the Latino Alliance of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Co-chair of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, an inaugural member of the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger, and a member of the Climate Mayors Network.
Regina Romero was born in Arizona in 1974. The youngest of 6 siblings, her parents, both farmworkers, emigrated to Arizona from Mexico. Raised in Somerton, Arizona, Romero became the first person in her family to graduate from college and the first to vote. Romero got her BA at University of Arizona and a postgraduate certificate from Harvard Kennedy School.
In 2021, Romero was named Alumna of the Year by the University of Arizona's College of Social and Behavioral Sciences for her efforts towards solving social justice issues and years of public service in Tucson.
Romero worked as a program coordinator in Pima County, Arizona from 1996 to 2005. From 2005 to 2007, Romero was a council aide for the Tucson City Council. From 2007 to 2019, she was a Tucson City Council member.
Romero ran in the 2019 Tucson mayoral election. She won the Democratic primary in August 2019, defeating state senator Steve Farley and developer Randi Dorman. After winning the mayoral primary, her main general election opponent was Ed Ackerley, who was a longtime Democrat running as an independent in hopes of receiving conservative votes. She defeated Ackerley in the general election. Romero became the first-ever female and first-ever Latina mayor of Tucson, and the first Latino mayor of the city since Estevan Ochoa, who was mayor from 1875 to 1876.
In June 2023, Romero's budget proposal for the next fiscal year was approved by the city council. Money was included in the budget to upgrade roads, acquire new public safety equipment, and to keep up the city's fare-free system. $1 million was included to fight climate change, however funds for the effort are much larger when state and federal funding are included.
Romero supported an extension of Proposition 411. Proposition 411 is a 0.5% sales tax designed to generate revenue specifically for residential street repairs which passed in 2022 with 57,024 votes.
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Regina Romero
Regina Romero (born 1974) is an American politician serving as the 42nd Mayor of Tucson, Arizona since 2019.
In addition to being the Mayor of Tucson, Romero is the Chair of the Latino Alliance of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Co-chair of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, an inaugural member of the Mayors Alliance to End Childhood Hunger, and a member of the Climate Mayors Network.
Regina Romero was born in Arizona in 1974. The youngest of 6 siblings, her parents, both farmworkers, emigrated to Arizona from Mexico. Raised in Somerton, Arizona, Romero became the first person in her family to graduate from college and the first to vote. Romero got her BA at University of Arizona and a postgraduate certificate from Harvard Kennedy School.
In 2021, Romero was named Alumna of the Year by the University of Arizona's College of Social and Behavioral Sciences for her efforts towards solving social justice issues and years of public service in Tucson.
Romero worked as a program coordinator in Pima County, Arizona from 1996 to 2005. From 2005 to 2007, Romero was a council aide for the Tucson City Council. From 2007 to 2019, she was a Tucson City Council member.
Romero ran in the 2019 Tucson mayoral election. She won the Democratic primary in August 2019, defeating state senator Steve Farley and developer Randi Dorman. After winning the mayoral primary, her main general election opponent was Ed Ackerley, who was a longtime Democrat running as an independent in hopes of receiving conservative votes. She defeated Ackerley in the general election. Romero became the first-ever female and first-ever Latina mayor of Tucson, and the first Latino mayor of the city since Estevan Ochoa, who was mayor from 1875 to 1876.
In June 2023, Romero's budget proposal for the next fiscal year was approved by the city council. Money was included in the budget to upgrade roads, acquire new public safety equipment, and to keep up the city's fare-free system. $1 million was included to fight climate change, however funds for the effort are much larger when state and federal funding are included.
Romero supported an extension of Proposition 411. Proposition 411 is a 0.5% sales tax designed to generate revenue specifically for residential street repairs which passed in 2022 with 57,024 votes.
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