Tom Prezelski Explained

Tom Prezelski
State House4:Arizona
District4:29th
Term Start4:February 2003
Term End4:January 2009
Predecessor4:Victor Soltero
Successor4:Matt Heinz
Daniel Patterson
Nationality:American
Party:Democrat
Profession:Politician

Tom Prezelski (born 12 January 1970) is an American author, and was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing the 29th District. He was first appointed to the legislature by the Pima County Board of Supervisors on February 11, 2003, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Victor Soltero. Soltero resigned on January 23 when he was appointed by the same Board of Supervisors to fill the vacancy in the State Senate when Ramón Valadez did not take the Oath of Office.[1] He won re-election in 2004 and 2006.[2] [3] In his 2008 re-election bid, he came in third in the Democratic primary, behind eventual winners of the general election Matt Heinz and Daniel Patterson.[4]

He received an honorable mention for his book, Californio Lancers: The 1st Battalion of Native Cavalry in the Far West, 1863-1866 at the 2016 International Latino Book Awards.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Session laws, State of Arizona, 2003 Volume 1, Forty-Sixth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 247 . State of Arizona . December 27, 2018.
  2. Web site: Session laws, State of Arizona, 2005 Volume 1, Forty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 226 . State of Arizona. January 3, 2019.
  3. Web site: Session laws, State of Arizona, 2007 Volume 1, Forty-Eighth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 214 . State of Arizona. January 3, 2019.
  4. Web site: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2008 . Ballotpedia . March 30, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190410111720/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2008 . live . April 10, 2019.
  5. Web site: Alice. 2016-09-16. 2016 International Latino Book Award Finalists. 2022-01-19. Vamos a Leer. en.