2026 Scottsdale City Council Election Guide

Barry Graham, a certified public accountant, was elected to the City Council in 2022 and is the only candidate seeking re-election who voted against Axon’s apartments. His priorities are scrutiny of taxpayer dollars and putting residents first, and his record on the council includes stopping road diets and the Scottsdale Road roundabout, rolling back the prior council’s climate plan, and reprioritizing basic road maintenance.

Record

• Incumbent, elected 2022
• Certified Public Accountant
• Voted against Axon apartments

Michelle Ugenti-Rita served Scottsdale for twelve years in the State Legislature and is a small business owner. She opposes rubber-stamping high-density apartments, including Axon’s, and worked to send the Axon project to the ballot. Her priorities include standing with law enforcement, safeguarding the city’s limited water resources, protecting neighborhood character, and standing up for taxpayers.

Endorsed by

• Police Officers of Scottsdale
• Rep. Joe Chaplik
• Councilmembers Graham & Dubauskas
• Freedom Club PAC

Bob Littlefield, an engineer by training, has spent the last ten years at the center of Scottsdale’s resident-driven battles against overdevelopment. He opposed the City Council majority’s approval of the Axon apartments and the special water waiver it granted the project, and warns that overdevelopment and a long regional drought threaten the city’s character and water supply. He worked to pass Proposition 420 protecting the Preserve and opposed projects including Southbridge II and the Desert Discovery Center.

Highlights

• A decade opposing overdevelopment
• Helped pass Proposition 420
• Opposed Axon and Southbridge II