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Jorge Luis Garcia
Garcia, Jorge Luis (Democrat)
Phone: (520) 743-4588
Email: jorge@votegarcia.org
Website: www.votegarcia.org
3145 W. Morgan Dr, Tucson, AZ 85745
Name pronunciation: HOR-hay
Age: 56 (9/10/53, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico).
Arizona since: 1961.
Occupation: Social worker, university physicians on-call social worker.
Marital: Married (Maria).
Children: 3.
Religious preference: Catholic.
Education: B.A., liberal arts, UofA, 1975; M.S.W., ASU’s School of Social Work, 1980.
Political experience: AZ Senate since 2003, Democratic leader since 2009, assistant Democratic leader 2007-08; AZ House 1992-96.
Memberships have included: Did not respond.
Interests: Did not respond.
Issues:
Political influence: A number of individuals, but I still credit former Tucson City Council Member Hector Morales for instilling the foundations of my political career.
Top priority: Increase the renewable energy standards and/or reduce the target date.
Renewable energy: Of course.
Privatization: Not that I can see.
Control costs: Increase the use of renewable energy.
Background & experience: I have worked with different constituencies, sometimes successfully and sometimes not, to achieve a middle ground to solving an issues being confronted by one constituency. I know that communication between political caucuses is a must to obtain resolution to the issues that come before us.
Campaign finance: private.