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Rep. Oscar De Los Santos@RepODLS · Apr 9, 2026

MONUMENTAL ELECTION EARTHQUAKE IN ARIZONA TONIGHT: Consumer advocates & clean energy candidates defeated Turning…

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Clean energy and consumer advocacy candidates defeated Turning Point USA-backed candidates in Arizona's Salt River Project utility board election, securing a clean energy majority despite an unprecedented TPUSA spending effort and a voting system that favors large landowners. The victory, achieved with over 400% turnout compared to 2024, signals momentum for progressive causes ahead of November elections.

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    MONUMENTAL ELECTION EARTHQUAKE IN ARIZONA TONIGHT: Consumer advocates & clean energy candidates defeated Turning Point USA in a huge utility election and FLIPPED the majority of the utility board. SRP will be the largest utility in the country with a clean energy majority. 🧵

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    TPUSA pumped in an unprecedented amount of money into the election — no one in Arizona had ever seen anything like it before. Still, voters came out in droves against TPUSA. Turnout was more than 400% of 2024 turnout.

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    What’s even more wild is that SRP (which serves more than 1 million Arizonans) uses acreage-based voting: the more land you own = the more votes you win. Stacks the deck in favor of large landowners and against the little guy. Renters aren’t even eligible to vote.

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    Despite this very uphill terrain, the clean energy candidates & consumer advocates won — and won big.

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    After the massive Democratic victories we’ve seen across the country, the blue wave has now hit Arizona. Just wait until November: TPUSA is going to get crushed at the ballot box. Mark my words.