The same socialist movement that put Zohran Mamdani in New York City is backing Raoul Zubia.
Phoenix Metro DSA's official 2026 voter guide says it plainly: “We also recommend Raoul Zubia.” Zubia has already argued for building mass apartments. A socialist trying to turn Scottsdale into New York is not what we need.
DSA's Scottsdale pick
Raoul ZubiaEndorsedPhoenix Metro Democratic Socialists of America put Raoul Zubia on its official 2026 Scottsdale voter slate and told its readers to support him.
“We also recommend Raoul Zubia.”
Phoenix Metro DSA, 2026 Primary Voter Guide, page 26
DSA celebrated Mamdani's victory by declaring that “Democratic Socialism defeated the Democratic Party status quo.” Now its Phoenix chapter is backing Zubia. Scottsdale voters should reject the recommendation.
Read DSA's Mamdani victory statementPhoenix Metro DSA recommended Raoul Zubia for Scottsdale. These are the movement's own published positions, drawn from its mission and national program.
01DSA's national program calls housing a human right and demands universal rent control, publicly owned social housing, regulation of investment properties, and a right to counsel for tenants.
DSA national program
02DSA's abolition platform calls for rejecting police budget expansion, cutting police budgets annually toward zero, and replacing policing with community self-governance and care.
DSA Abolition Working Group
03The national program calls for public ownership of the largest corporations and essential industries, with democratic control over the economy. Phoenix DSA says no one should be poor so another can be rich. Basically, let's rob Peter to pay Paul.
DSA national program
04Phoenix DSA's mission calls for a public jobs guarantee, free education through college, and rights to healthcare, food, and shelter. Its answer to nearly every problem is another public program and a bigger government footprint in daily life.
Phoenix DSA missionIn the Aug. 2, 2022 nonpartisan primary for three Scottsdale City Council seats, Zubia finished 6th of 7 candidates. He received 17,755 votes, 10.4% of the total, ahead of only one opponent, and did not advance to the general election. Scottsdale already saw this campaign once and rejected it firmly.
In the Aug. 2, 2022 nonpartisan primary for three Scottsdale City Council seats, Zubia finished 6th of 7 candidates. He received 17,755 votes, 10.4% of the total, ahead of only one opponent, and did not advance to the general election. Scottsdale already saw this campaign once and rejected it firmly.
Source:Ballotpedia - Raoul Zubia (2022 nonpartisan primary results)
At a June 2022 Scottsdale Council candidate debate covered by Scottsdale Progress, Zubia argued against slowing growth, saying: "If we stop growing or slow down our growth, it's just going to go somewhere else and they are going to be using the same water we should be using." His answer was not no to more growth; it was managed growth with developers adding density "responsibly." Scottsdale voters should expect more growth, not less.
Source:Scottsdale Progress - Council candidates debate Scottsdale issues
When activist Paula Sturgeon dropped out of the 2022 Scottsdale Council race, she endorsed Zubia as her replacement. Arizona Progress Gazette covered the handoff under the headline "Can He Carry the Anti-NIMBY Torch?" and explicitly hoped Zubia shared Sturgeon's pro-business views against the "Council of No." That is how his allies sold him to voters. The record does not disappear because the year changed.
Councilwoman Maryann McAllen publicly endorsed Zubia for Council in a Facebook ad paid for by ZUBIAFORSCOTTSDALE: "Raoul Zubia lives and breathes all things Scottsdale... He would be a strong addition to the Scottsdale City Council, and I look forward to working with him." McAllen is also listed first on Zubia's published Host Committee for his Feb. 24, 2026 campaign launch. Scottsdale voters should take an endorsement from the council's most radically left-wing member in history seriously.
Reject the DSA's Scottsdale pick. Vote no on Raoul Zubia.
Phoenix DSA endorsed Zubia in its official 2026 voter guide. Zubia previously argued for building high-density apartments in Scottsdale. He's being funded by apartment developers and supported by Democratic Socialists. Put those facts together and the direction is obvious: not good for Scottsdale.
Zohran Mamdani rode the DSA movement into New York City Hall on an explicitly socialist platform. Now the Phoenix chapter has endorsed Zubia for Scottsdale. Keep Scottsdale local, protect its neighborhoods, and reject the DSA's recommendation.
“Don't Mamdani Scottsdale. Reject Raoul Zubia.”
Share Phoenix DSA's own voter guide with a neighbor. Scottsdale is not New York City, and Zubia should not get a Council seat.