district state_senate party preceded state_house birth_date term_start residence image article_title term_end name alma_mater
15th 15th arizona democratic kyrsten sinema arizona 07 april 1965 january 2012 january 2005 phoenix , arizona lujan2010.jpg david lujan
 january 2011 david lujan arizona state university
david lujan

david lujan was an arizona state senator representing district 15 , which covered most of the central phoenix area .
lujan was appointed to the arizona senate on january 11 , 2012 to complete the term of kyrsten sinema who resigned to run for the united states congress .
lujan is also the chief administrator of asu preparatory academy , a college preparatory charter school serving kindergarten through 10th grade in downtown phoenix .
prior to serving in the senate , lujan served three terms in the arizona house of representatives from 2005 to 2011 and he was the house minority leader from 2009-2010 .
while in the house of representatives , lujan was the ranking democrat on the house education committee and served on the appropriations committee .
in 2002 , lujan was elected to the phoenix union high school district governing board and was re-elected to a second four-year term in 2006 .
he served as board president from 2007-2008 .
in 2010 , lujan was narrowly defeated in the democratic primary when he ran for the position of attorney general in the arizona 2010 election .
on january 9 , 2012 it was reported that lujan will run for phoenix city council
