Meet Brendan
Brendan Trachsel is running to be the first third-party candidate elected to the Arizona State Legislature, representing District 6.
Brendan Trachsel is a Flagstaff-based organizer and two-time Northern Arizona University alum, holding a B.S. in Parks and Recreation Management and an M.Ed. in Counseling – Student Affairs. As a student, he fought for and won higher student wages, university fee transparency, and expanded services. After nine months of coalition organizing, he helped push the City of Flagstaff to cancel its Flock Safety surveillance contract in December 2025. Brendan believes it is essential that our solutions work for all Arizonans, not just those at the top.
Brendan is running for office as a member of the Green Party because he rejects corporate influence and shares its core values of Peace, Ecology, Social Justice, and Democracy. He believes that running outside the two major parties is the only way to stay free from partisan control.
The Platform
Labor, Education, Environment, Democracy, and Privacy are the core of our campaign.
Our government for decades has kept our education system near-last in the nation, restricted workers’ right to organize, limited towns’ tools to fight the housing crisis, undermined efforts to better choose our representatives in government, and has drastically increased surveillance of everyday citizens.
Brendan believes government can and should work to lower costs for everyday Arizonans to bring dignity and prosperity for generations to come.