Press Release – Nora Ellen To Run For State Representative

(Chandler, AZ) – Chandler City Vice Mayor and Business Owner, Nora Ellen, has announced she is running for Arizona State Representative for Legislative District 17 in 2018. Ellen is currently serving her second and last term on the Chandler City Council and has been actively serving in the community for over 27 years. While on the Council, she has helped strengthen Chandler economically by working to bring high wage jobs to Chandler and making Chandler the high tech hub of the Southwest. She has worked on 6 budgets contributing to Chandler having a structurally balanced budget and continued AAA Bond rating. She also started Operation Welcome Home that honors Chandler Veterans who have served away from home. She is working in partnership with businesses and education and promoting Angel Investing to ensure greater success for students and start-up businesses. “I have enjoyed serving on the Chandler City Council and want to take the successful work I have done in Chandler to the state level.” Ellen is honored to have all three of the current LD 17 legislators as honorary co-chairs of her campaign: Arizona Senate President Steve Yarbrough, House Speaker J.D. Mesnard and Representative Jeff Weninger.