Three-term Councilwoman, Regina Romero, is the second Hispanic to be elected mayor of Tucson since the Gadsden Purchase.
She is also the the first woman to hold the city’s top elected job. She will succeed Mayor Jonathan Rothschild as the city’s leader from next month.
Romero got elected as a mayor after defeating independent Ed Ackerley and Green Party candidate Mike Cease with roughly 87,000 ballots cast.
Quick Facts and Information on Regina Romero
| Full Name | Regina Romero |
| Birthday / Date of Birth | 21st September 1974 |
| Age | 45 |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
| Born Country | U.S |
| Hometown | Tucson, Arizona |
| Nationality | Mexican-American |
| Ethnicity | Hispanic |
| Parents | Father: Jose Romero, Mother: Jossefina Arvizu |
| Profession | Tucson Arizona Mayor / Director of Latino engagement for the Center for Biological Diversity |
| High School / College / University | University of Arizona / Harvard Kennedy School of Government |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Husband | Ruben Reyes |
| Children | Two (Daughter: Luciana, and a Son) |
| Social Media | Twitter, Facebook |
| Net Worth | $500 K (estimated) |
Regina Romero Biography
Regina Romero epitomizes the American Dream in the Southwest. Raised by immigrant farmworkers in Somerton, Arizona. She is the youngest of six children and began breaking barriers early on as the first member of her family to vote and the first to graduate from college.
Romero is a proud graduate of the University of Arizona and holds a post-graduate certificate from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
In 2007, Regina became the first Latina elected to the Tucson City Council and the first woman to represent Tucson’s Ward 1. She is a pro-child, pro-family and pro-choice mother of two bi-lingual, bi-cultural and bi-adorable children, Emiliano and Luciana, and has been married to Ruben Reyes for 15 years.
Regina’s drive to represent women and working families as well as to protect our environment has earned her three terms on the City Council. While on the Council, she has helped lift Tucson out of the Great Recession to its most prosperous decade in recent history, writing the City’s Primary Jobs Incentive program and calling for the Creation of an Economic Initiatives Office – both of which have resulted in thousands of long-term, good-paying jobs.
She has championed issues such as equal pay for equal work and spearheaded the successful effort to pass universal earned sick and parental leave for City of Tucson families.
As Mayor, Romero will focus on developing an economic incentive program that will help small businesses thrive in the City, and work with experts to craft a citywide climate resiliency action plan to combat the imminent threat of climate change.
She will also work to ensure the delivery of core services to city residents including investing in our roads, connections for pedestrians and cyclists, making our transit systems more reliable and affordable, and enhancing our parks and open spaces for our community to enjoy.
