Selina Barajas (D)
Ward 5 · Mayor and Council, Tucson
- How
- Elected
- Party
- Democrat
- Since
- December 2025
- Term ends
- Dec. 3, 2029
- Next election
- Nov. 6, 2029
- Pay
- $96,600 a year, by statute since Dec. 1, 2025: Tucson Charter Ch. V § 9 (Prop 413, 2023): equal to a Pima County supervisor's pay under A.R.S. § 11-419(A); statutory raises reach Tucson on the first Monday of December of the next odd year.
What the office does
The mayor and the six ward council members are the city's government and hold all of its legislative power. They pass ordinances and resolutions, levy taxes, control every city expenditure and adopt the annual budget the city manager submits.
The council appoints the city manager, and appoints the city attorney and city clerk to two-year terms; it also confirms the police and fire chiefs. Four members make a quorum and four affirmative votes are needed to adopt anything. A member who is present and fails to vote is recorded as voting yes.
In our reporting
- Tucson council lowers water-use trigger for big users in 4-3 vote, orders tougher rules in 120 days
- Tucson Council Freezes All Park Namings Rather Than Vote on Baldenegro Park; Accepts $390K Police Grant With a Caveat
- Tucson Council Passes Data Center Zoning Rules 6-1, Directs Staff to Explore Ban
- Police Were Already Stationed Downtown When Sunday's Shooting Erupted, Tucson Council Told
- Tucson Council Approves Property Tax Levy, Splits on Police Review Board Term Limits
- Tucson Council Unanimously Opposes Marana ICE Detention Center, Copper World Mine
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Seat details: official page.
Official portrait via the City of Tucson (tucsonaz.gov, Ward 5)
Who They Are was researched and written by Nicholas De Leon with Claude Fable 5.1 from the official pages, election canvasses, statutes and contracts linked on each chart; the reports naming each person are matched by code from What They Decided, and no model wrote any of it. Last updated 10:31 AM MST on October 5, 2026. Read more about how this is made.