Jamescita Peshlakai

Jamescita Peshlakai is the Democratic candidate for Arizona State Senate District 6 in the November 3, 2026 general election, where she faces Republican Lloyd Johnson in a race with no incumbent.[1][2] She previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015 and in the Arizona State Senate from 2017 to 2021.[2]

Peshlakai earned a B.S. in history from Northern Arizona University in 1997 and an M.A. in educational psychology from the university in 2004, according to Ballotpedia.[2] Her career experience includes owning Navajo Beauty Way, working as a Native American liaison with the U.S. Department of the Interior, serving as a veterans, youth and elders liaison with the Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice-President, and working as policy director of the Arizona Foundation For Women.[2]

Peshlakai won election to the Arizona House of Representatives in District 7 in 2012 and served from 2013 to 2015.[2] She assumed office in the Arizona State Senate, representing District 7, on January 9, 2017, and resigned in December 2021 to accept a job with the U.S. Department of the Interior.[2] During her 2021-2022 term she was assigned to the Senate Commerce Committee, the Senate Education and Transportation Committee and the Government Committee.[2]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.