Biography
Deborah Howard is the Democratic candidate for Arizona House of Representatives District 27 in the November 3, 2026 general election, having advanced from the July 21, 2026 Democratic primary.[1] A public policy advocate, she ran for the same district in 2024 and lost the general election.[1]
Howard was born in Long Beach, California, and earned a high school diploma from Costa Mesa High School and a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1982.[1] In a Ballotpedia survey, she said her career has spanned public policy at the federal, state and local levels with government, nonprofit and corporate employers.[2]
In the November 5, 2024 general election for Arizona House District 27, Howard received 30.8 percent of the vote (45,601 votes), finishing behind Republicans Lisa Fink and Tony Rivero.[1] In a Ballotpedia survey, she listed education, voting rights and health care as her policy interests and said she supports abortion access, reversing what she called decades of underfunding of public education, and building more housing.[2]
- 1.Deborah Howard - Ballotpedia · Ballotpedia Reference
- 2.Deborah Howard - Ballotpedia (Candidate Connection survey, 2026) · Ballotpedia Candidate's own words
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.
Arizona House District 27
Deborah Howard is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for Arizona House District 27 as D. Not researched in depth — candidate list only.
