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The Slate

Who Are These Candidates?

The "Elected Leadership for SRP" slate features polished résumés: farmers, business owners, community volunteers. But who's coordinating them? And why won't they answer questions about their connection to Turning Point Action?

How to read these profiles

Below, we show you both: what they say about themselves (paraphrased from their official bios), and the questions we're asking about what's missing from their campaign. Commentary is clearly labeled.

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District 2

JG

Gerald (Jerry) Geiger

Council Candidate

What They Say

  • • Long-time SRP councilmember (since late 2000s)
  • • Retired president of an electrical contracting company
  • • Decades-long SRP customer
  • • Involved in hobby/heritage clubs and a homeowners' association

Our Analysis / Commentary

Jerry's been part of SRP's inner circle for years. Experience can be good — but it also means he helped create the status quo that Turning Point now wants to "protect" from clean-energy changes.

As a former electrical contractor, he knows big centralized power systems well. What's less clear: does he support SRP's transition to cheaper solar and storage, or is he more comfortable keeping things the way they've always been?

Key question: Longtime incumbent, little transparency on where he stands on clean energy vs. fossil fuels. Voters deserve to know whether he sides with SRP customers or with Turning Point's desire to roll back "green" policies.

PR

Paul Rovey

Board Director Candidate

What They Say

  • • Lifelong dairyman/rancher/farmer
  • • Runs a local farm store selling American Wagyu beef
  • • SRP board experience

Our Analysis / Commentary

Paul clearly understands water and land — that matters for SRP. But there's almost nothing in his bio about energy policy, climate resilience, or bill impact.

Farming in Arizona means dealing with heat, drought, and rising power bills. Paul's résumé doesn't say whether he thinks SRP should lean into clean, cheap solar or keep tying farmers to volatile fossil fuel prices.

Key question: Great at raising cattle. Unknown at raising SRP's renewable ambition — or keeping rates stable as gas prices swing.

District 4

BB

Brandon Brooks

Council Candidate

What They Say

  • • SRP councilmember and bylaws committee chair
  • • President/CEO of an industrial company
  • • Founding member or leader of philanthropic foundations
  • • Heavy emphasis on "faith, family, freedom"

Our Analysis / Commentary

Brandon wraps his SRP role in "faith, family, freedom" buzzwords. That may sound nice, but it doesn't tell you how he'll vote when Turning Point Action pushes to slow clean energy and protect fossil fuel plants.

As chair of the bylaws committee, Brandon has influence over how SRP runs, not just how it votes. That's exactly the kind of role a national political group wants allies in.

Key question: Values talk, but no clear commitments on renewables, climate resilience, or keeping your bill low by using free sunshine instead of imported fuel.

LW

Leslie Williams

Board Director Candidate

What They Say

  • • Over a decade on SRP board and council
  • • President of a waste-solutions company; managing director of a development company
  • • Started in cotton & alfalfa farming

Our Analysis / Commentary

Leslie blends farming roots with real-estate and waste-industry leadership — sectors with a big stake in water, land, and energy policy. That can mean valuable expertise or entrenched interests, depending on how she votes.

After more than a decade in SRP leadership, Leslie is part of the core that Turning Point's slate is leaning on. The question isn't whether she's experienced — it's whether she'll stand up to outside ideological pressure or just keep SRP on an outdated fossil-heavy path.

Key question: A power player whose decisions will shape whether SRP modernizes or stays stuck in last century's energy economics.

District 6

MW

Mike Warren

Council Candidate

What They Say

  • • ~30 years in dentistry leadership
  • • Owns a family dental practice
  • • Long-time Phoenix resident; active in charities
  • • Talks about "responsible energy stewardship" and reliability for families

Our Analysis / Commentary

Mike knows teeth, not turbines. There's nothing wrong with that — SRP is a citizen-elected board. But when someone's only talking about "responsible stewardship" in vague terms, voters should ask: does that mean more efficiency and clean energy, or just "don't rock the boat" while fuel costs climb?

The bio leans hard on being a family man and volunteer. That's humanizing, but SRP board votes aren't about personality — they're about bill impacts and long-term planning.

Key question: Nice guy, nice résumé. Missing: clear, concrete positions on SRP's clean energy trajectory and Turning Point's agenda.

NV

Nicholas (Nick) Vanderwey

Board Director Candidate

What They Say

  • • Councilmember; vice chair of bylaws committee
  • • Farmer and businessman
  • • Emphasis on "responsible leadership" and AZ agriculture

Our Analysis / Commentary

Nick helps write the rulebook. If Turning Point Action wants a board that rubber-stamps management and slows renewables, the bylaws committee is where you'd start.

Like most of this slate, Nick's bio never once says "solar", "batteries", or "climate". "Responsible leadership" sounds good, but responsible for whom — SRP customers and their bills, or a national group's ideological goals?

Key question: Well-positioned inside SRP and exactly the kind of quiet procedural power that can reshape policy without most voters ever noticing.

District 8

NM

Nina Mullins

Board Director Candidate

What They Say

  • • 40-year SRP employee, now senior director over land, Papago Park Center, and water customer services; retiring in 2026
  • • Graduate of local leadership programs; on community boards
  • • Recognized among influential women in AZ
  • • Strong "institutional insider" branding

Our Analysis / Commentary

Nina knows SRP from the inside — four decades of it. That can be a huge asset. But when someone moves from staff to elected director as part of a coordinated slate, voters should ask: will she use that experience to stand up to outside pressure, or to keep things comfortable for the old guard?

Her SRP career focused heavily on land and development projects. Those decisions are deeply tied to growth patterns, water use, and long-term infrastructure. They also intersect with interests that often resist aggressive clean-energy build-outs if they think it threatens short-term profits.

Key question: Deep institutional knowledge, but zero clarity on whether she supports SRP catching up to other utilities on renewables and climate or keeping the "slow-walk" approach Turning Point prefers.

DL

Dave Locke

Council Candidate

What They Say

  • • 40 years in leadership at community-owned utilities like SRP
  • • Experience delivering affordable, "sustainable, reliable" water & power
  • • Served on boards and planning commissions

Our Analysis / Commentary

Dave's bio may be the most polished: four decades in community utilities, plenty of buzzwords about "sustainable and reliable". The missing piece: does his idea of "sustainable" actually include modern clean energy targets, or is it just code for "keep doing what we've always done"?

Planning commissions are where fights over sprawl, infrastructure, and who pays happen. Bringing that mindset to SRP can be good — unless it means prioritizing short-term developer interests over long-term climate resilience and cost-stable renewables.

Key question: Looks like the safe choice on paper. Voters should press him on specifics: how many megawatts of new solar and storage does he think SRP should build in the next decade?

District 10

DL

Dave Lamoreaux

Council Candidate

What They Say

  • • Farmer/rancher; SRP councilmember
  • • Self-styled "godly patriot" committed to faith, family, and community

Our Analysis / Commentary

Dave's bio leans more on "godly patriot" branding than on actual SRP issues. If you care about keeping politics out of your power and water, that's a red flag.

Nothing in his short bio tells you how he views SRP's clean-energy targets, coal retirements, or rate structure. Voters are asked to take it on faith — literally.

Key question: Plenty of God and country. Little transparency on kilowatts and carbon.

MP

Mark Pace

Board Director Candidate

What They Say

  • • Third-generation farmer, fourth-generation Arizonan
  • • CEO of family farm business since the '70s
  • • Longtime SRP leader, past council chair
  • • Talks about "fair, affordable rates" and traditional values

Our Analysis / Commentary

Mark personifies the old SRP: multi-generation landowner, decades of leadership, deep ties to irrigation agriculture. That background matters — and it also means he's invested in keeping the acreage-based voting system and old power structures that Turning Point is now leveraging.

Everyone promises "fair, affordable rates". The question: does Mark believe that means investing in fuel-free solar and storage, or clinging to fuel-burning plants whose costs get passed through to your bill?

Key question: A pillar of the traditional SRP establishment — exactly the kind of figure a national political group wants on its side to steer policy from the inside.

The Pattern

What do all these candidates have in common?

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Candidates on the slate
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Clear positions on clean energy
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Mentions of "solar" or "batteries"
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Vague "values" buzzwords

Know Who You're Voting For

Polished bios don't tell you how these candidates will vote on clean energy, your bills, or Turning Point's agenda. Ask questions. Demand specifics.

Who's Behind This Slate? See Energy Impact