ELECTED IN 2024
NATIONAL OFFICE
US SENATE
Rep. RUBEN GALLEGO
Ruben Gallego is the son of an immigrant mother from Columbia and an immigrant father from Mexico. He grew up poor in Chicago raised by his mother along with his three sisters. Ruben was deployed to Iraq in 2005 where his company saw some of the hardest fighting of the war. He was elected to the Arizona State House in 2010 and the U.S. House in 2014 where he has served as a voice for veterans and working families. Ruben is married and lives in South Phoenix with his wife Sydney, son Michael, and daughter Isla.
YAVAPAI COUNTY SUPERVISOR 3RD DISTRICT
NIKKI CHECK
Nikki Check is a Yavapai County native, born and raised in Prescott and Chino Valley. She has spent the last 15 years in the Verde Valley. Nikki was the Founding Director of the Southwest Wine Center at Yavapai College, served for three years as Mayor of Jerome, was a candidate in the 2016 State Senate race. She has served on local volunteer boards such as the Verde Valley Wine Consortium, the Verde River Basin Partnership, and the Verde Valley Forum for Public Affairs. She currently is a freelance contractor for nonprofit campaigns and resides in Jerome with her 8-year-old son Ryan.
SEDONA LOCAL OFFICES
MAYOR
SCOTT JABLOW
Scott Jablow has served as a Sedona City Councilor since 2014 and is currently Mayor. He holds a criminal justice degree and worked for the Port Authority of New York and NJ for over 30 years. He was a police officer and later Senior Police Accident investigator. He also served in the Police Emergency Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Unit.
Scott appreciates all of his many accomplishments throughout his time in Sedona but still cherishes the 9/11 Memorial built in front of Fire District Station #6. Scott was able to negotiate the donation to the City of a 3000 lb. girder from his old employer, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Scott, while working with the Fire Chief and a 5-person committee was the point person who raised the funds needed to design and build this unique treasure for Sedona all, without a single tax dollar.
Kathy Kinsella has owned her home in Sedona since 2010. She was elected to the City Council after serving three years on the City’s Planning and Zoning Commission. Kathy has over thirty years of experience in state and local government in Arizona and New York. She is Past President of the League of Women Voters Verde Valley and volunteers with numerous local organizations.
Holli Ploogserves as Sedona’s Vice Mayor. She is a retired attorney who has lived in Sedona since 2013. Before being elected to the City Council, Holli spent five years on the City’s Budget workgroup and on its Fiscal Sustainability Workgroup. She is Past President of the Sedona Arts Center and Past President of the Rotary Club of Sedona.
DEREK PFAFF
Derek Pfaff has lived in Sedona with his wife and two children since 2016. Born and raised in Phoenix, he attended college and law school at the University of Arizona. For the past 26 years, he has practiced commercial real estate law. Derek served on the Sedona Historic Preservation Commission from 2016 to 2022. He was involved in the successful 2018 campaign to save the West Sedona School and is a fervent supporter of public education.
Derek is seeking a seat on the Council so that he can apply his voice, ideas, personal experience, and professional expertise to help Sedona live up to its potential. He wants to work with the Council to mitigate traffic problems, expand mass transit, tackle the workforce housing shortage, increase recreational opportunities for locals, and otherwise improve the lives of all Sedona residents.