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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Tom Prezelski |
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Tucson, Arizona , United States |
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| Contributor | Wishful Thinking |
| Last Modifed | Wishful Thinking
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| Info | Occupation: Planner, Tohono O’odham Nation
Member Since: February, 2003
The Pima County Board of Supervisors appointed Tom Prezelski to the House of Representatives in February 2003 to fill the vacancy left in District 29 by Representative Victor Soltero, who resigned to accept an appointment to a vacancy in the State Senate.
Representative Prezelski is a Tucson native with deep roots in the Old Pueblo and Southern Arizona. His father had a distinguished twenty-two year career in the United States Air Force, retiring with the rank of Senior Master Sergeant. His mother, who had a long and varied career at the University of Arizona, is a descendent of several pioneer families of the Arizona-Sonora border region, including some ancestors who served as soldiers in the Spanish garrison at Tucson in the 18th Century. His family’s tradition of public service extends at least as far back as his grandfather, Francisco Ronquillo Villa, a cowboy, rancher, union railroad worker and Cochise County Democrat who served on a school board in the San Pedro Valley in the 1930s.
Representative Prezelski is a graduate of the University of Arizona, where he was active in the Arizona Students Association and received a degree in Geography.
Representative Prezelski is an amateur historian, and some of his articles have seen print. One article received the James F. Elliot II award for the best article by a non-professional historian. He has worked as a docent and volunteer at the Arizona Historical Society in Tucson. He also participates in a reenactment group that recreates the Segunda Compania de Voluntarios de Cataluña, a Spanish infantry company that served in what is now Arizona, California and Sonora in the 1780s. In 1995, he was appointed to the Tucson-Pima County Historical Commission, a board that advises local government about historical and cultural preservation issues in the greater Tucson area.
When he is not in session, Representative Prezelski works as a planner for the Tohono O’odham Nation, a job he has held since 1999.
Representative Prezelski is a lifelong and active Democrat, having been a precinct committeeman since 1999. Other political offices he has held include National Committeeman for the Young Democrats of Arizona 1994-1995, Vice Chairman, District 14 Democratic Committee 2001-2002, Secretary, District 29 Democratic Committee 2002-present. He also served on the City of Tucson Redistricting Commission in 2002.
Representative Prezelski lives in the Barrio Viejo neighborhood of Tucson with his soulmate Judith Singleton, a teacher in the Tucson Unified School District. The 1880s adobe rowhouse where his grandmother grew up is visible from his bedroom window.
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