Boys in girls’ sports. Higher taxes. Higher costs. More expensive energy. Benefiting from her position.
Kiana Sears served on the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board, ran for the Arizona Corporation Commission, and was appointed to the Arizona State Senate for Legislative District 9. She never earned your vote — and her record shows why.
While Arizona families watch every dollar and small businesses face rising costs, Sears has been questioned for using her position to benefit herself.
In June 2026, Arizona’s Family reported that Sears called a restaurant to complain about a catered meal at the State Capitol — one she did not order, organize, or pay for. She wanted the entire meal, enough for 100 people, remade for her at a cost of $1,531, according to media reports.
When an elected official demands a business replace an order she didn’t purchase or authorize, voters have every right to question her judgment and her respect for Arizona businesses.
Arizona deserves leaders who respect taxpayers, respect small businesses, and remember who they work for.
In June 2026, Sears voted against the Protect Girls’ Sports in Arizona Act, which would require public-school sports teams to be separated by biological sex.
In September 2018, Sears publicly urged Arizonans to vote against Proposition 305, a referendum to expand Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program.
Sears has advocated for making Spanish a language of instruction in Arizona schools, contrary to a decades-old voter initiative requiring that English be the primary language of instruction in Arizona.
In 2022, Sears voted to raise Mesa Public Schools’ fee schedule, doubling the junior-high athletics fee from $75 to $150 per sport.
In March 2022, Sears voted to raise monthly Xplore before- and after-school program fees from $135–$385 to $150–$415, and school-break program fees from $170 to $185 per week.
In May 2022, Sears voted to raise school breakfast and lunch prices by about 7% to 17%, depending on the meal and grade level — for example, junior-high lunch from $2.75 to $3.00.
Sears voted for Mesa Public Schools budgets as the district’s adopted property-tax rate rose — from 7.1048 to 7.4167 (FY2019–20 to FY2020–21) and from 7.0513 to 7.1295 (FY2021–22 to FY2022–23).
During her 2018 Corporation Commission campaign, Sears supported requiring regulated electric utilities to generate 15% of their energy from renewable sources by 2025.
Chispa Arizona, an affiliate of the League of Conservation Voters, reportedly ran a $2.8 million advertising campaign supporting Sears and Sandra Kennedy in 2018, and a committee backing Proposition 127 — which would have required 50% renewable energy by 2030 — reportedly spent $250,000 to help elect them.
In 2026, Sears voted against measures to strengthen Arizona border security — reimbursing local law enforcement for detaining people in the country illegally (SB 1156), supplemental border fencing (SB 1157), and expanded border surveillance (SB 1457).
Every fact above is drawn from the public record — official votes, school-board minutes, and public statements. See it for yourself.