1. Kirsten Engel is an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives and the Arizona Senate for the 10th district from 2017 to 2021.
15 Facts About Kirsten Engel
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Kirsten Engel has been a professor at the University of Arizona since 2005, specializing in environmental and administrative law.
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In both 2022 and 2024, Kirsten Engel ran unsuccessfully for US House of Representatives from Arizona's 6th congressional district.
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Kirsten Engel graduated from Northwestern University School of Law in 1986.
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Kirsten Engel then worked for the United States Environmental Protection Agency and later for Earthjustice.
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Kirsten Engel later served as an assistant attorney general in the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office until 2005.
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Kirsten Engel was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2016 and assumed office in January 2017.
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Kirsten Engel did not seek re-election to the House in 2020 and instead ran for the state senate.
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Kirsten Engel won the election and assumed office in January 2021 and served until her resignation in September 2021 to run for Congress.
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In 2022, Kirsten Engel launched her congressional campaign for Arizona's 6th congressional district.
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Kirsten Engel ran in a rematch against Ciscomani in the 2024 election for Arizona's 6th congressional district.
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Kirsten Engel has expressed support for stronger federal regulations to reduce air and water pollution from power plants.
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Kirsten Engel has called for taking steps to make "it a pain to drive" gasoline-powered vehicles.
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Kirsten 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.
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Kirsten Engel is married with one daughter and lives in Tucson, Arizona.