Catherine Miranda

Miranda ran in the Democratic primary for Arizona's 7th congressional district in 2018, challenging incumbent Democrat Ruben Gallego, but lost the nomination.

Miranda's husband, Roberto Sanchez, is running for a state House seat in the 27th legislative district in 2018. She has two children and was formerly married to Ben Miranda who died in 2013. Miranda's nephew, Cipriano-Gabriel Miranda, is running for Miranda's open state Senate seat in 2018. Miranda's brother-in-law, Richard Miranda, was elected to the state house in 1998 and served until 2012.

Miranda voted against expanding school vouchers in Arizona. On fiscal issues, she opposes deregulation of the private sector and supports expanding unemployment benefits. In 2016, the fiscally conservative Americans for Prosperity gave her a rating of 30% and the fiscally conservative Goldwater Institute gave her a 39% score in 2013.

Catherine Miranda frequently displays bipartisanship in Arizona; she endorsed Republican Doug Ducey for Governor in 2014. Due to this support she has been able to work with her Republican counterparts in the state senate to push bipartisan legislation such as trying to gain funding for the failing Murphy School district.

In 2014, Planned Parenthood, which supports legal access to abortion, gave Miranda a rating of 67% for voting in line with their positions and she received a 40% rating in 2016; conversely, the Center for Arizona Policy, which opposes legal abortion, gave Miranda a 2017 score of 20% and a 2016 score of 50% based on their positions.

Catherine Miranda described herself as pro-life in 2010 and is against abortion due to her religious beliefs, being classified as "anti-choice" by NARAL Pro-Choice Arizona. She was endorsed by Arizona Right to Life in her 2016 election. She is one of a few pro-life Democrats and she sometimes crosses the aisle to vote with Republicans regarding abortion. In 2018, she was the only Democrat to break with her party and vote with Republicans to increase reporting requirements for abortion providers as well as to allow stored embryos to be used by one partner even after a divorce. She also voted to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. However, she voted against allowing employers to refuse to provide birth control and contraception health care coverage to employees.

In 2010, Miranda responded to a questionnaire answering that she is opposed to same-sex marriage, but also responded that she supports civil unions. She also answered questions saying that she supports non-discrimination protections for LGBT persons including by adding gender identity and sexual orientation to Arizona's anti-discrimination laws. Stonewall Democrats of Arizona, a partisan Democratic group in support of same-sex marriage and other gay rights, gave Miranda a rating of 50% in 2014

Catherine Miranda (born October 5, 1964) is an American educator and Democratic Party politician who served in the Arizona Senate, representing the 27th electoral district from 2015 to 2019. She was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. Miranda was first elected in the 16th district, the same seat that her late husband, Ben Miranda, had held. She was then redistricted to the 27th district. Miranda served on the Roosevelt School District school board and cites education cuts as the reason she ran for a seat in the state legislature.