Yassamin Ansari has served as a Phoenix City council member and vice-mayor. She has a very strong background in climate advocacy, beginning with working on the Paris Climate Agreement and serving under California’s then-Gov. Jerry Brown.
During Donald Trump’s time in office, Yassasmin decided that the best way to make climate policy happen would be as an elected official. So she launched a successful campaign for Phoenix city council where she led the charge to create the city's first Climate Action Plan, electrify the city bus fleet, created a heat mitigation office, and voted to fund public parks. She’s also acted to address homelessness and build affordable housing in Phoenix, and of course she’s pro-choice.
In short, she’s a climate hawk through and through. And when we surveyed climate hawks in the district, ninety percent of the people who responded told us to endorse Yassamin.
