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Lela Alston is an at-large member of the Phoenix Union High School District in. Her current term ends in 2024. Alston is also Arizona is a member of the Arizona State Senate, representing District 5. She assumed office on January 9, 2023. Her current term ends on January 13, 2025. She assumed office in 2008. Alston ran for re-election to the Arizona State Senate to represent District 5. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022. Alston is a former Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 24 from 2011 to 2019. Alston was unable to run for re-election in 2018 to the Arizona House of Representatives because of term limits. Alston served in the Arizona State Senate from 1977 to 1995.