Background
Alston, Lela was born on June 26, 1942 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Daughter of Virgil Lee and Frances Mae Koonse Mulkey.
Alston, Lela was born on June 26, 1942 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Daughter of Virgil Lee and Frances Mae Koonse Mulkey.
Alston attended Phoenix College, earned he bachelor"s degree from the University of Arizona, and Arizona State University.
Alston previously served consecutively from January 10, 2011 until January 14, 2013 in the District 11 seat, and non-consecutively in the Arizona State Legislature from January 1977 until January 1995 in the Arizona Senate. 2012 Redistricted to District 24, Democratic Representative Chad Campbell redistricted from District 14, and with incumbent Representatives Democratic Lynne Pancrazi running for Arizona Senate and Republican Russian Jones redistricted to District 13, Alston ran in the four-way August 28, 2012 Democratic Primary, placing first with 7,652 votes. Representative Campbell placed second.
1994 Alston ran for the open Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction in the September 13, 1994 Democratic Primary, winning with 127,937 votes (548%) against Tempe Mayor Harry Mitchell, who later served in the Arizona Senate and represented Arizona"s 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
But lost the November 8, 1994 General election to Republican state Representative Lisa Graham. 2010 When Democratic Representatives David Lujan ran for Arizona Attorney General and Kyrsten Sinema ran for Arizona Senate and left both the District 15 seats open, Alston ran in the three-way August 24, 2010 Democratic Primary, placing second behind Katie Hobbs by 6 votes with 4,347 votes.
In the six-way November 2, 2010 General election, Hobbs took the first seat, and Alston took the second seat with 15,167 votes ahead of Republican nominees Paul Yoder, Caroline Condit, and Independent candidate Les White and Green candidate Luisa Valdez. Hobbs was elected to the Arizona Senate in 2012.
Member National Education Association, Arizona Education Association, American Home Economics Association, Arizona Home Economics Association, American Vocational Association.
Children: Brenda Susan, Charles William.