| Amish Shah | |
| Office: | Member of the Arizona House of Representatives |
| Alongside: | Jennifer Longdon |
| Term Start: | January 14, 2019 |
| Term End: | February 1, 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Ken Clark |
| Successor: | Charles Lucking |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Education: | Northwestern University (BA, MD) University of California, Berkeley (MPH) |
Amish Shah is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 5 from 2023 to 2024. He previously represented District 24 from 2019 to 2023. Shah defeated incumbent state Representative Ken Clark.[1]
Shah was born in Chicago to immigrant parents from India. He received degrees from Northwestern University and the University of California, Berkeley.
Shah announced his intention to run for U.S. Congress in in the 2024 elections on April 3, 2023. He resigned from the Arizona House in February 2024 to focus on his campaign.[2]
After the 2022 redistricting in Arizona was completed, Shah's home Legislative District was changed from District 24 to District 5. Shah and Representative Jennifer Longdon prevailed in the general election.[3]
Following redistricting in Arizona, Shah, fellow District 24 Representative Jennifer Longdon, and District 28 Representative Sarah Liguori were placed in the new District 5. The Representatives also faced activist Brianna Westbrook and Phoenix Union High School District Governing Board member Aaron Márquez in the district's Democratic Primary. Shah and Longdon advanced to the general election, defeating Liguori, Westbrook, and Márquez.[4]
Shah and fellow incumbent Jennifer Longdon won the 24th District's Democratic Primary.[5] In the general election the pair defeated Robyn Cushman and David Alger to win re-election.[6]
In the general election, Shah and Jennifer Longdon were elected to the Arizona House of Representatives, defeating David Alger, Sr.[7]
Shah entered the Democratic Primary to represent Arizona's 24th Legislative District in 2018. A newcomer, he faced incumbent Representative Ken Clark. The other incumbent for the 24th District, Lela Alston, decided to run for State Senate. Alston and Clark chose to support John Glenn to fill Alston's open seat.[8] Shah and another newcomer, Jennifer Longdon, defeated Clark, Glenn, and others to advance to the general election.[9]