By Elizabeth Troutman |
Sarah Liguori will fill a vacancy in the Arizona House of Representatives in Legislative District 5, after the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors appointed her last week.
“Sarah Liguori’s previous legislative experience will allow her to hit the ground running. Since the legislature is currently in session, LD5 deserves a representative who can step right in,” District 3 Supervisor Bill Gates said. “I also appreciate her background in business and her openness to working across the aisle to get things done.”
The board appointed the Democrat by a unanimous vote. She fills the seat vacated last month by Rep. Jennifer Longdon.
The mother of two has a history of supporting left-wing bills. She sponsored a bill repealing Arizona statues making abortion a crime and another allowing terminally ill adults to choose to take medicine to end their lives.
In March 2022, two Arizona sisters traveled to Switzerland to take their lives by assisted suicide due to “medical frustrations” including back pain. Liguouri’s bill, which failed to pass, could have allowed such decisions in the Grand Canyon state.
Since 2016, doctors in Canada, where euthanasia is legal, have administered around 30,000 lethal injections, one-third of them in 2021 alone, at patients’ requests. The more than 10,000 cases of euthanasia in 2021 marks an increase of 34.7% from 7,446 in 2020, representing 3.3% of all deaths, according to the Washington Post.
Liguori previously worked as a financial advisor for an international bank and in commercial real estate. She represented Arizona’s former District 28 in the House of Representatives from 2021 to 2023.
The district Liguori will now represent comprises a large portion of Central and North Phoenix.
In accordance with Arizona law, board members selected Liguori from a list of three candidates submitted by the LD-5 precinct committeemen. All candidates were required to reside in the district and be a member of the same party as the person who vacated the office. In this case, a Democrat.
Liguori will serve until Nov. 5, when the position will be on the ballot.
Liguori sits on several community boards and volunteers with Local First Arizona, Phoenix Art Museum, Women’s Art Council, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the Salvation Army Shelter. She received her bachelor’s degree in Economics with a minor in Business Administration from University of Arizona and studied International Studies in Business at Lorenzo de Medici University in Florence, Italy.
She has served as senior director of impact investing at the Arizona Community Foundation since October 2022.
Elizabeth Troutman is a reporter for AZ Free News. You can send her news tips using this link.
