Meet the Democrats running to represent LD17 and turn Arizona Blue
Kevin Volk
Candidate for Arizona House of Representatives
Key Issues:
Bring Living Costs Down
Invest in Education
Secure our Water Future
Restore Reproductive Freedom
Kevin is passionate about the issues that affect Arizonans and looks forward to working with experts to come up with solutions.
Kevin is a Tucson native and attended public elementary and middle school in northeastern Tucson, then followed family tradition to attend Salpointe High School. Go Lancers!
After graduation, Kevin attended Brown University, where he graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Economics. Following college, he served as a 5th grade public school teacher in the East Side of San Jose, California; interned for Representative Gabby Giffords in Congress; worked as an English language educator in Aguascalientes, Mexico, on a Fulbright scholarship, and helped former Governor Tim Kaine’s campaign for Senate in Virginia.
After his time out of state, Kevin moved back home to Southern Arizona and is dedicated to development and re-development of commercial and housing properties, and has founded a small business to create affordable, sustainable prefabricated housing units from a manufacturing facility in Tucson.
John McLean
Candidate for Arizona Senate
Key Issues:
Future of Public Schools
Reproductive Freedom and Autonomy of our Bodies
Healthy Environment for our Future
Arizona Senate candidate John McLean is a math Ph.D., outdoorsman, and dog lover.
He is the retired CEO of Areté Associates, an advanced science and engineering company in Tucson. John is a proven business leader with a track record of delivering results for Southern Arizona. He has volunteered for many years as the treasurer of Friends of Pima Animal Care Center and as the secretary of Native Seeds Search.
“I have watched with great dismay the erosion of our democratic norms and values at the national level. I’m very concerned. And then, a friend here in Tucson introduced me to Civic Engagement Beyond Voting, which really opened our eyes to how much of our day-to-day freedoms are governed at the state level. We’ve all seen the results of a dysfunctional state government.”
Previously he worked in ocean remote sensing at TRW Space and Defense Group. He serves on two non-profits, as the treasurer of Friends of Pima Animal Care Center and as the secretary of Native Seeds Search.