http://www.jefflatas.com/ Jeff Latas arrived in Arizona in 1978 to attend first Pima College and then the University of Arizona, where he graduated with a degree in Aerospace Engineering.
After a career as a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force, and after earning a Master's degree in Public Administration, Jeff chose to settle in his beloved southern Arizona for good.
A lifelong environmentalist, patriot, and Democrat, Jeff is ready to serve southeastern Arizonans as their representative in Congress
http://www.francineshacterforcongress.com/ was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Got married, moved to San Francisco, had four children. Husband transferred to Montgomery County Maryland in 1954. Raised children, worked in politics, organized my precinct for Adlai Stevenson - anyone remember him? - joined with other progressive Democrats to elect progressive Democrats in an otherwise very Republican County. In Montgomery County, I was precinct chairman for a number of years.
Woke up one day to discover I was a single mom with four kids to raise and had to go to get a real job. Worked on "the hill" for almost five years and then went to the Bureau of the Census. Census was great - in 1970, managed the San Francisco office for the decennial census, reconciled demands from the many minority groups. Result: one of the only major cities in the country that did not demand a recount.
Back to Census in D.C. to manage a program in industrial statistics - first woman responsible for the program that covered data on manufacture of all the capital formation machinery in the U.S. From there, on to the Consumer Product Safety Commission to manage program about chronic hazards in consumer products and wrote the first carcinogen policy adopted by a Federal agency.
Important to my contributions in federal government has been my ability to achieve consensus among varying viewpoints without compromising principle.
After more than 30 years of government service, I retired to Arizona where I have become active in the community, volunteering with the schools and the local Democratic party.
