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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Priya Sundareshan<br />
| image = Priya Sundareshan (54272869644) (cropped).jpg<br />
| caption = Sundareshan in 2025<br />
| office = Minority Leader of the [[Arizona Senate]]<br />
| term_start = January 13, 2025<br />
| term_end = <br />
| predecessor = [[Mitzi Epstein]]<br />
| successor = <br />
| state_senate1 = Arizona<br />
| district1 = [[Arizona's 18th legislative district|18th]]<br />
| term_start1 = January 9, 2023<br />
| term_end1 = <br />
| predecessor1 = [[Victoria Steele]]<br />
| successor1 = <br />
| birth_date = {{circa}}{{birth year and age|1984}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Tucson]], [[Arizona]], U.S.<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<br />
| education = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[University of Arizona]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]], [[Master of Science|MS]])<br />
| website = {{url|priyaforarizona.com|Campaign Website}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Priya Sundareshan''' is an American attorney and politician who is a member of the [[Arizona Senate]] from the [[Arizona's 18th legislative district|18th]] district. She assumed office on January 9, 2023.<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
Sundareshan was born to an [[Indian Americans|Indian American]] family in Tucson, Arizona.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theindianeye.com/2024/03/09/priya-sundareshan-gives-opening-prayer-in-arizona-senate/ | title=Priya Sundareshan gives opening prayer in Arizona Senate | date=9 March 2024 }}</ref> She earned a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[chemical engineering]] from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (M.I.T.) in 2006.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2019-07-24 |title=Priya Sundareshan |url=https://law.arizona.edu/priya-sundareshan |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=University of Arizona Law |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Alaimo |first=Carol Ann |title=UA professor has lead in District 18 Democratic Senate primary |url=https://tucson.com/news/government-and-politics/ua-professor-has-lead-in-district-18-democratic-senate-primary/article_c33f5bf8-0f6e-11ed-b7ae-67bc3773011c.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Arizona Daily Star |date=2 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref> In 2011 Sundareshan earned both a [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[James E. Rogers College of Law|University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law]], as well as [[Master of Science]] in natural resource economics also from the [[University of Arizona]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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== Career ==<br />
In addition to holding elected office, Sundareshan serves as the Director of Natural Resource Use and Management Clinic at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law.<ref name=":0" /> Previously, she worked as an attorney for the [[Environmental Defense Fund]] from 2015 to 2019, and additionally as an associate attorney at the law firm [[Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] from 2012 to 2015.<ref name=":0" /> Sundareshan also worked as an analyst for [[PA Consulting Group]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge, MA]] from 2006 to 2008.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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=== 2022 Arizona Senate election ===<br />
Due to the redistricting of Arizona legislative districts resulting from the 2020 census, the 18th legislative district was relocated from the [[Phoenix metropolitan area]] - where it had been represented by Arizona Senator [[Sean Bowie]] - to the [[Tucson metropolitan area]], becoming an open seat.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Star |first=Andrea Morabito For the Arizona Daily |title=Map: See where Arizona's legislative and congressional districts are |url=https://tucson.com/news/local/map-see-where-arizonas-legislative-and-congressional-districts-are/article_e9c0c970-5a3b-11ed-808a-f773c2ac1268.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Arizona Daily Star |date=November 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Sundareshan faced off against Arizona Legislator [[Morgan Abraham]] in the Democratic primary, defeating him 55.6% to 44.4%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Primary Election Canvass {{!}} Arizona Secretary of State |url=https://azsos.gov/2022-primary-election-canvass |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=azsos.gov}}</ref> Sundareshan defeated Republican former [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]] employee Stan Caine in the general election.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="Arizona Election Results">{{Cite web |title=Arizona Election Results |url=https://results.arizona.vote/#/featured/33/0 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=results.arizona.vote}}</ref><br />
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== Electoral history ==<br />
{{Election box begin no change|title=Arizona Senate 18th District, 2022 Primary Election<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Primary Election Canvass {{!}} Arizona Secretary of State |url=https://azsos.gov/2022-primary-election-canvass |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=azsos.gov}}</ref>}}<br />
{{election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Priya Sundareshan|votes=20,571|percentage=55.6%}}<br />
{{election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=[[Morgan Abraham]]|votes=16,439|percentage=44.4%}}<br />
{{Election box total no change|votes=37,010|percentage=100%}}<br />
{{election box end}}<br />
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{{Election box begin no change|title=Arizona Senate 18th District, 2022 General Election<ref name="Arizona Election Results">{{Cite web |title=Arizona Election Results |url=https://results.arizona.vote/#/featured/33/0 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=results.arizona.vote}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Priya Sundareshan|votes=67,121|percentage=62.2%}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Stan Caine|votes=40,731|percentage=37.8%}}<br />
{{Election box total no change|votes=107,852|percentage=100%}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link no change|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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