Summary
Current Position: Professor of Law of District 10 since 2021
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2023 US Representative for District 6
Former Position: State Senator for District 10 from 2020 – 2021
Kirsten Engel is an American lawyer and politician who served a member of the Arizona Senate for the 10th district from January to September 2021.
Engel is a candidate in the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona in the state’s 6th congressional district.
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About
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irsten Engel learned at an early age the importance of giving back to her community and protecting our resources Kfor generations to come.
After graduating with honors from Brown University and Northwestern University’s School of Law, Kirsten held positions at the Massachusetts Office of Attorney General and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She saw first hand the outsized impact that bureaucratic red tape and corporate lobbyists can have on our laws.
Early in her career, Kirsten found her voice and saw the ways she could make a difference. She filed an amicus brief in the very first case in which the U.S. Supreme Court recognized greenhouse gas emissions contribute to climate change. She helped force paint manufacturers to include warning labels about the hazards of exposure to lead-paint dust. And, she oversaw a brownfield renovation program to cleanup and restore contaminated waste sites.
Specializing in environmental and administrative law, Kirsten has taught at Tulane, Harvard and now at the University of Arizona, where she serves as Co-Director of the Environmental Law Program.
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Politics
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Finances
ENGEL, KIRSTEN has run in 3 races for public office, winning 3 of them. The candidate has raised a total of $282,462.
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Voting Record
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Issues
Source: Campaign page
Like so many Arizonans, I’ve had to balance work and parenting since my daughter was born — and the pandemic has only made this balance even more challenging. Women have shared the brunt of this pandemic — taking on extra labor at home, while being forced out of the workplace in alarming numbers. We need to do more for working families, especially parents, and I’m ready to do the work to help families not just recover from this pandemic, but thrive.
As we emerge from COVID-19, it’s more important than ever that we build back in a sustainable manner and invest in the fundamentals of what will be a strong economy for our future. This means investing in the infrastructure to create sustainable good-paying jobs, maintaining a skilled workforce to fill those jobs, safeguarding our natural resources, and supporting our small businesses.
I’m running to bring my experience as a mom, an educator, and a legislator to Congress to fight for Arizona values.
Democracy & Governance
Economy & Jobs
Building an economy that works for everyone
Investing in infrastructure development – both physical and social – will help Arizona realize its full potential. Environmentally sustainable physical infrastructure — the bricks, mortar, and digital – will help us expand our economy and safeguard our natural resources. This includes rural broadband and improvements in commerce and transportation – from roads, to our ports of entry along the border. To power a sustainable 21st century economy and enable more people to be part of rebuilding our economy, we also need upgraded social infrastructure — such as job training, childcare supports, and college and career-readiness programs.
Environment & Energy
Protecting our environment and working toward a sustainable future
Our spectacular environment and unique wildlife are a priceless part of Arizona. We have a $20 billion tourism economy, much of that due to people coming from all over the world to enjoy Arizona’s outdoors. With our countless days of sunshine, Arizona should be the solar capital of the world. Solar energy development is increasingly a source of good-paying jobs and could play an even larger role in our post-pandemic economic recovery.
Health & Education
Expanding access to affordable, quality healthcare
Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Unfortunately, too many people still don’t have access to affordable quality healthcare. We need long-discussed solutions to reduce the price of prescription drugs, like allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, and cap the amount everyday Americans must pay for a plan on the health insurance marketplace. No one should have to choose between paying for healthcare or paying their rent and putting food on the table.
Strengthening Social Security and Medicare
Earned benefits like Social Security and Medicare are crucial to the American way of life. Not only do they need to be protected, they should be strengthened for future generations. Special interest groups and wealthy corporations continue to try and chip away at these bedrock programs. As your representative in Congress, I will fight them every step of the way to guarantee the future of these programs.
Human Rights
Fighting for reproductive choice
Reproductive healthcare and a person’s right to choose should not be up for debate. The attacks on abortion access and reproductive healthcare in Arizona and across our country are appalling. As a state legislator, I have always fought to protect reproductive rights, and I will continue to do so in Congress.
Public Safety
Supporting Common Sense Gun Safety Measures
The bipartisan gun safety law recently signed into law was a necessary first step, but did not go far enough. Congress must pass common sense gun safety laws that a large majority of Americans support, whether they are Democrats or Republicans, gun-owners or not. These include universal background checks, closing loopholes such as those allowing weapons to be purchased at gun shows without a background check, and an assault weapons ban. Victims of gun violence don’t need more thoughts and prayers. They need action and resolve.
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Wikipedia
Kirsten Engel is an American lawyer and politician who has served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives and the Arizona Senate. Engel was the Democratic nominee in 2022 for Arizona’s 6th congressional district, losing narrowly to Republican Juan Ciscomani.[1]
Early life and education
Engel was born and raised in Chicago.[2] She graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 1983 and Northwestern University School of Law in 1986.[3]
Career
After law school, Engel clerked for Judge Myron H. Bright of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Engel worked for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, then for Earthjustice under its former name.[4][5] She was an assistant attorney general in the Massachusetts Attorney General‘s Office until 2005.[4] She started working at the University of Arizona in 2005 and as of 2022 is a professor teaching environmental and administrative law at its James E. Rogers College of Law.[5][6]
Engel was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2016 and assumed office in January 2017.[7] Engel did not seek re-election to the House in 2020 and was instead a candidate for the Arizona Senate. She assumed office in January 2021, serving until her resignation on September 8, 2021, to run for Congress.[8][9]
Environment
In her 2022 campaign, Engel identified climate change as her foremost priority.[5] Engel’s 2022 campaign emphasized her support for increasing the capture of solar energy in Arizona.[10] Engel expressed support for strengthening federal measures to limit air and water pollution from power stations.[11]
Education
Engel supports increasing funding for public schools and has said that observing conditions at her daughter’s public school motivated her to run for office initially.[5]
Immigration
Engel characterized the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border as “a humanitarian crisis” and expressed support for reforming asylum-seeking processes.[12]
Policing and mental health
Engel has stated she supports “some screening so that the appropriate personnel respond to the crises that right now the police are forced to respond to & would support a reallocation so that we get people who can handle the issues in our community with the expertise that they have”.[13][better source needed]
Personal life
Engel is married with one daughter and lives in Tucson, Arizona.[14]
References
- ^ “AP says Ciscomani defeats Engel in Tucson’s Congressional District 6”. Arizona Daily Star. November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ Dylan Smith (March 19, 2021). “State lawmaker Kirsten Engel announces run to fill Kirkpatrick’s seat in Congress”. TucsonSentinel.com. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
- ^ “See Jane Run: Three Northwestern Law Alumnae Share Their Experiences in Politics”. June 11, 2018.
- ^ a b Schmidt, Caitlin (July 23, 2016). “3 Democrats vying for two House seats in Legislative District 10”. Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Parker, Sam (October 10, 2021). “UA professor and congressional candidate hosts town hall on campus”. The Daily Wildcat. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ^ Multiple sources:
- Kelty, Bennito L. (September 8, 2021). “Kirsten Engel resigns from Az Legislature to run full-time for Congress”. TucsonSentinel.com. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- “Women in climate change: Kirsten Engel”. University of Arizona News. March 16, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- Johnson, Jon (June 15, 2022). “Congressional candidate takes economic tour of Graham County”. The Gila Herald. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ^ “State of Arizona Official Canvass 2016 General Election November 8, 2016” (PDF). Phoenix, Arizona: Secretary of State of Arizona. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ^ Williams, Jordan (March 19, 2021). “Arizona state senator announces bid for Kirkpatrick’s seat”. The Hill. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
- ^ “Engel quits Arizona Senate to focus on District 2 congressional race”. KSAZ-TV. Associated Press. September 8, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ^ Estrada, Melissa (March 25, 2022). “Here are the candidates running in Arizona’s new 6th Congressional District”. The Arizona Republic. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ^ Botts, Lindsey (May 16, 2022). “Push for environmental justice in underserved communities gains traction in Arizona”. The Arizona Republic. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ^ “Congressional District 6 Democratic candidates debate immigration, inflation and more”. Arizona PBS. May 18, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ^ LD10 General Election Candidate Debate. AZ Clean Elections. September 16, 2020 – via YouTube.
- ^ “House Member – Kirsten Engel”. Arizona legislature. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
External links
- Kirsten Engel for Arizona campaign website
- Biography at Ballotpedia
- Biography at the University of Arizona
