Andrés Cano is the new Pima County Supervisor for District 5.
Supervisors chose Cano to replace Adelita Grijalva who resigned from the board to run for Congressional District 7, which is vacant because of the death of her father Raúl Grijalva.
Cano was a staff member of former District 5 Supervisor Richard Elias.
He was elected three times to the Arizona House and became part of the Democratic leadership there.
He resigned from the Arizona House to attend Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government where he obtained a Master’s Degree.
Most recently he has been the City of Tucson’s Director of Federal and State Relations.
He says he’ll apply about 14 years of political experience to protect the people of Pima County from Federal budget cuts.
“People need to know that local government is there for them, that in these times of unprecedented chaos, especially at the Federal level, we've got parks and libraries to protect 7000 employees as a county to be able to support an environment that is going to need our protection.”
Supervisor Jennifer Allen nominated Cano. Supervisors Matt Heinz and Rex Scott joined Allen for a three to zero vote. Supervisor Steve Christy was absent.
