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Candidates › AZ-05 race › 2025–2026
Elizabeth Lee
D Democratic nominee for U.S. House, AZ-05
Has not served in Congress
- On the ballot
- Lost the general electionNov 3, 2026 · 157,183 votes (47.2%) · 2 of 2
- Where to vote
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- Top priorities
- HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT
- AFFORDABLE HOUSING
- ECONOMIC EQUITY
- FULLY FUNDING PUBLIC EDUCATION
- PRO-FAMILY MEANS ALL FAMILIES
- Money
- $375.6K raised, $251.5K spent, $124.1K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
- Who gives
- 46% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 59% from Arizona · largest committee giver HEALTHCARE FOR ACTION PAC, $5K
- Backed by
- Rep. Adelita Grijalva · Rep. Yassamin Ansari · Kris Mayes and 12 more. As the campaign lists them
27 priorities from nurselee4az.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
Elizabeth spent years undiagnosed with a genetic disease because the healthcare system failed her.
She knows what it's like to be dismissed by doctors, to ration care because of cost, and to fight for answers that should come with compassion.
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Healthcare is a human right, not a privilege reserved for those who can afford it or for those able to navigate a broken system. Elizabeth Lee knows this firsthand. She spent years undiagnosed with a genetic condition because the healthcare system failed her. She was dismissed by providers, forced to ration care due to cost, and left to fight for answers that should come with compassion.
That experience drives her work today. As a nurse and patient advocate for more than a decade, she has seen the system from both sides, and she understands exactly where it breaks down and what it will take to fix it so every patient is treated with dignity and has access to the care they deserve.
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Elizabeth grew up in poverty in Ohio. She knows what it's like when the rent is due and the paycheck isn't enough.
She knows what it's like to choose between
groceries and medication.
Working families shouldn't have to
fight this hard just to survive.
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Housing is healthcare because the conditions in which people live directly shape their physical and mental health. Safe, stable and affordable housing reduces exposure to environmental hazards, lowers rates of chronic illness, supports medication adherence and decreases costly emergency care and hospitalizations.
When people are forced into housing instability or homelessness, health outcomes decline and healthcare costs rise for everyone. Researchers now link housing instability directly to what are known as “deaths of despair” — suicide, overdose, and alcohol-related illness. When people are forced to choose between rent, food, and healthcare, the result is chronic stress, hopelessness, and, too often, tragedy.
People without stable housing get sicker, die younger, and fall through the cracks of systems never built to catch them. As is so often the case, the root issue is not an individual failure but a policy failure.
Investing in accessible housing is not separate from healthcare policy, it is a foundational strategy to improve population health, reduce inequities, and build a system that actually prevents illness instead of just reacting to it.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · nurselee4az.com/issues/affordable-housing
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Economic equity is the foundation of a stable and thriving society, because people can’t contribute, grow, or stay healthy when they’re struggling just to survive.
When everyone has a fair shot at financial stability, it strengthens our workforce, improves public health, and drives sustainable economic growth for the entire country.
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We cannot build a stronger, healthier nation on a foundation where millions are struggling just to survive. Economic equity in our nation is the baseline for progress.
When people can afford housing, healthcare, and a stable life, they can work, innovate, raise families and contribute fully to their communities. When they can’t, everything else we claim to care about, from education to public health to economic growth, begins to break down.
If we are serious about moving this country forward, we have to start by making sure everyone has a fair shot at stability and opportunity.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · nurselee4az.com/issues/economic-equity
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Too many schools are underfunded, overcrowded, and under-resourced. And far too many teachers spend their own money to ensure their classrooms have what they need.
Our children deserve better.
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Public education is the backbone of a prosperous society because it is the single greatest investment we make in our collective future. Strong public schools create an informed, skilled workforce, drive economic growth, and ensure that opportunity is not limited by zip code or family income. When we fund and support public education, we are not just educating children, we are strengthening communities, reducing inequality, and building a more stable and innovative society for generations to come.
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Being PRO-FAMILY means making sure ALL FAMILIES can afford healthcare, access strong public schools, find safe housing and raise children in communities that are secure and welcoming.
Elizabeth will fight for policies that strengthen all Arizona families because every child and every family deserves dignity, stability and a fair chance to build a good life.
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Strong families are the foundation of strong communities, but families in Arizona do not all look the same, and they shouldn’t have to.
Families can be married couples, single parents, grandparents raising grandchildren, adoptive and foster families, military families, blended families, and LGBTQ+ families. What matters is not structure, but whether families are supported, respected, and given the opportunity to thrive.
Elizabeth’s own journey to motherhood includes adoption and IVF, giving her a deeply personal understanding that family building is not always simple or traditional. She knows families need stability, opportunity, and support, not judgment.
Being pro-family means ensuring access to healthcare, safe housing, quality public schools, and communities where every child and parent can feel secure and valued.
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As a nurse and patient advocate, Elizabeth believes women deserve to be heard, protected, and empowered at every stage of life.
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Too many women spend years fighting for a diagnosis, survive preventable pregnancy complications, or face violence without the protection and support they deserve. In many cases, women's pain is dismissed, their symptoms minimized, their medical conditions underdiagnosed, and their safety treated as an afterthought.
As a Women's Health Nurse and Board Certified Patient Advocate, Elizabeth believes women deserve to be heard, protected, and empowered at every stage of life.
From early diagnosis to maternal health, from reproductive care to freedom from violence, women's health and safety must be a national priority.
Women's safety is more than protection from violence. Both are fundamental to living with dignity, independence, and opportunity.
- Being Pro-Family means protecting mothers before, during, and after pregnancy.
- Being Pro-Liberty means ensuring women have autonomy over their bodies, their healthcare, and their futures.
- Being Pro-Arizona means building communities where women and girls can learn, work, raise families, and live without fear.
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Elizabeth became a mother through both adoption and IVF. She knows the emotional toll, the financial burden, and the joy of finally holding your child. She also knows what it's like to navigate a healthcare system that treats family-building as a luxury instead of a fundamental human desire.
As an American Society for Reproductive Medicine Policy Fellow and Arizona State Chair for Reproductive Freedom for All, Elizabeth is already leading this fight. In Congress, she'll take it nationwide.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · nurselee4az.com/issues/repro-freedom
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Elizabeth believes in a democracy where every eligible voter can participate, where elections are free and fair, and where politicians serve the people—not special interests.
Every voice deserves to be heard.
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A functioning democracy depends on free, fair, and accessible elections, and right now those foundations are under real strain.
Elizabeth believes that protecting the right to vote is not a partisan issue, it is the bedrock of representative government.
That means safeguarding access to the ballot, ensuring election integrity without creating unnecessary barriers, and restoring trust through transparency and accountability.
When people can participate fully and confidently in our elections, our government works better, reflects our communities more accurately, and remains accountable to the people it serves.
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Arizona is currently in the middle of a historic mega-drought. Arizona's future depends on protecting our water.
Without water, there is no Arizona.
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Water safety is a non-negotiable foundation of public health because every aspect of life depends on access to clean, reliable water. When water systems are contaminated or poorly managed, the consequences are immediate and severe, from infectious disease outbreaks to long-term exposure to toxins that impact neurological development, reproductive health, and chronic disease risk.
Ensuring safe drinking water requires strong infrastructure, rigorous regulation, and transparent oversight, especially in rapidly growing communities and underserved areas. Protecting our water is not just environmental policy, it is a direct investment in the health, safety, and economic stability of every family.
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A government exists to serve its citizens.
Elizabeth will fight tirelessly to ensure that
our government serves YOU + YOUR FAMILY.
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Elizabeth believes public policy should be practical, honest and accountable. Government should protect working families, invest in the future, tell the truth, spend responsibly and use evidence instead of ideology.
That means getting big money out of politics, rebuilding public trust, modernizing public systems and making sure every federal dollar serves people, not corporations, monopolies or political insiders.
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Elizabeth is a nurse. She's seen what gun violence does to
bodies, families, and communities.
Our families deserve common-sense
solutions that save lives.
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Gun violence is a public health crisis that is claiming lives, traumatizing communities, and leaving families to carry unimaginable loss. Elizabeth approaches this issue as a nurse and as a leader who understands that prevention is both possible and necessary. That means advancing evidence-based policies that reduce harm, keeping weapons out of the hands of those who pose a danger to themselves or others, and investing in community-based solutions that address the root causes of violence.
Protecting our communities should never come at the expense of responsible gun ownership, but doing nothing is not an option when lives are on the line.
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Elizabeth believes that
no human being is "an illegal."
Arizona shares a border with Mexico. Immigration is personal here—not a political talking point.
People deserve compassionate,
humane solutions.
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We cannot fix a system that was built to prioritize volume, detention, and deterrence over humanity simply by making minor adjustments. Agencies like U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have, over time, become structurally oriented toward mass detention and enforcement practices that too often disregard due process, medical ethics, and basic human dignity. Defunding ICE is not about eliminating immigration enforcement. It is about dismantling a system that is producing documented harm and rebuilding one that is aligned with the rule of law, clinical standards of care, and constitutional protections.
A humane immigration system would shift resources away from detention-first models and toward community-based case management, timely legal processing, and oversight mechanisms that ensure accountability. Evidence consistently shows that individuals comply with immigration proceedings at high rates when they have access to legal support and stable housing alternatives. Rebuilding from the ground up means designing a system where enforcement is targeted, proportionate, and transparent, not indiscriminate or profit-driven.
At its core, this is about restoring integrity to immigration enforcement. A system that treats people humanely is not weaker, it is more effective, more just, and more consistent with American values. We should not accept a status quo where suffering is normalized. We should demand a system that enforces the law while upholding the dignity of every person it touches.
Immigration reform and border security must start with a simple truth: immigrants are human beings who deserve to be treated with dignity, respect, and compassion.
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