City Candidates

Jennifer Adams was elected to the Tempe City Council in 2018 after working for the City of Tempe as staff for 29 years, bringing useful experience as a former city employee to the council. She has been a champion for affordable housing, including neighborhoods in the decision making process, and improving city park and street infrastructure. She is running for re-election to continue her work on the council.

Berdetta Hodge serves as the President of the Tempe Union High School Governing Board. She was the first African-American woman elected in the City of Tempe with her election to the TUHSD Board. As a Tempe Union Alumna, Berdetta Hodge, serving as the president of multiple parent-teacher organizations, as a financial committee member for the Tempe Union High School District and the Tempe Elementary School District, Berdetta knows her district.