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Marlene Galan Woods
U.S. Representative AZ-01 (2026 D primary — DCCC Red-to-Blue + EMILY's List Majority Maker; 2024 D primary 3rd place; widow of fmr AZ AG Grant Woods; open Schweikert seat; primary July 21 2026)
Democrat
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✝ God First
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🇺🇸 America First
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National Rank
#8,570 of 8,966 · bottom 4.4% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
July 21, 2026
Primary · Seat up at next election
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Official Profile
Religion: Unknown — no public statement of personal faith located (Cuban-American heritage often correlates with Catholic, but unverified in available sources)
Background: Marlene Galán-Woods. First-generation Cuban-American (parents fled Castro's Cuba 1960s); raised Brooklyn NY in Spanish-speaking household. Broadcast journalist / investigative reporter in Arizona since 1988 (Fox 10 / Channel 5). Founded Mesa Arts Academy within Boys & Girls Clubs of East Valley. 2022 campaign chair for AZ SoS Adrian Fontes. Widow of Grant Woods (fmr AZ AG 1991-99, R-turned-D, died Oct 2021). Five children incl. youngest adopted from Guatemala. 2024 AZ-01 D primary 3rd place (lost to Amish Shah by <1,800 votes); relaunched March 2025 for 2026 cycle. FEC H6AZ01280. Former Republican; switched citing Trump as 'the last straw.'
AZ-01 OPEN-SEAT D PRIMARY CANDIDATE — DCCC Red-to-Blue + EMILY's List endorsement. Cited FALSEs (HARD): sanctity q0 ('codify Roe v. Wade into law and fund Planned Parenthood' — campaign priorities page); sanctity q4 (EMILY's List 'Majority Maker' endorsement — direct EMILY's List funding/affiliation); biblical_marriage q4 (supports 'passage of the Equality Act' to ban discrimination in education/employment/housing/public-spaces); family q0 (opposes 'extreme cuts to fund education' + dismantling Dept of Education — pro federal-DoE posture, no school-choice support); election q1 (will 'pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act' — anti voter-ID restrictions); election q3 (JLVRA + 'partisan gerrymandering' ban — pro voting-access expansion); border q1 ('pathway to citizenship for Dreamers' — opposes mandatory deportation including DACA); self_defense q1 (supports 'common sense gun safety laws, like background checks and red flag laws' — direct anti red-flag/UBC posture); foreign_policy_restraint q3 (J Street PAC endorsement = pro-Israel two-state lobby donation, qualifies as foreign-linked PAC per rubric). CROSS-PARTY DEVIATIONS (noted but no federal-cell credit): 'Strongly opposes any calls to defund the police' — HARD pro-LEO break from progressive lane (federal rubric has no police cell); anti-tariff posture; ACA-incrementalist not M4A. NULL on christian_liberty, economic (no debt-ceiling/BBA statement), Ukraine/China/Iran/foreign-aid (no statements), tariffs (deviation but no federal cell mapped), regulation, industry capture. Status: ACTIVE — primary July 21 2026.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
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Describes herself as a 'lifelong supporter of reproductive freedom' who entered the 2024 race specifically because she was 'alarmed by Arizona Republicans' efforts to roll back reproductive rights' — explicitly rejecting any legal protection of the unborn from conception.
- BallotpediaCenter
- emilyslist.orgUnclassified
Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
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Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
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Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
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Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
FALSE (0)[2]
1 claim
Endorsed by EMILY's List as an 'Majority Maker' and chosen for the DCCC's Red-to-Blue program — placing her inside the flagship abortion-advocacy funding network the rubric identifies as disqualifying; EMILY's List calls her 'a fierce defender of reproductive freedom.'
- emilyslist.orgUnclassified
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
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Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
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Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
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Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
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Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors
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Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools
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Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
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Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
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Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
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Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
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Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)
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Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections
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Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions
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Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender
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Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
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Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
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Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
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Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels
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Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
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Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
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Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
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Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
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Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
FALSE (0)[1]
Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them
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Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
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Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
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Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
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Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
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Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
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Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
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Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
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Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
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Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
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Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
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Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs
FALSE (0)[3]
Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
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Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent
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Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability
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Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels
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Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms
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Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments
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Sources & Evidence
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Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
www.marleneforcongress.com/Unclassified
www.marleneforcongress.com/priorities/Unclassified
emilyslist.org/candidate/marlene-galan-woods-2/Unclassified
jstreetpac.org/candidate/marlene-galan-woods/Unclassified
Ballotpedia ProfileCenter
X / TwitterUnclassified
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References & footnotes
Every answer above with a [n] marker corresponds to one of the footnotes below. Wayback-archive links preserve the page as it read at our access date so a reader can verify the citation even if the original URL changes or disappears.
- [1]Campaign priorities page: 'codify Roe v. Wade into law and fund Planned Parenthood' — pro-choice from conception Unclassified
Campaign priorities page: 'codify Roe v. Wade into law and fund Planned Parenthood' — pro-choice from conception
- [2]EMILY's List 'Majority Maker' endorsement page — direct EMILY's List affiliation/funding Unclassified
EMILY's List 'Majority Maker' endorsement page — direct EMILY's List affiliation/funding
- [3]J Street PAC endorsement — J Street is pro-Israel two-state political PAC, qualifies as foreign-linked-lobby donation per rubric Unclassified
J Street PAC endorsement — J Street is pro-Israel two-state political PAC, qualifies as foreign-linked-lobby donation per rubric
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