Running for public office is stressful for most. But Maricopa Vice Mayor Amber Liermann describes her months of arduous campaigning as “rewarding.”
She said so much in an interview with InMaricopa today reacting to her emphatic win in Arizona’s July 30 primary election, a contest in which Liermann earned the most votes in a pool of five candidates, 5,602 votes or 27% per unofficial tallies. Pinal County will ratify the result on Monday.
“I am so grateful for the community’s support and votes,” Liermann said.
Some constituents knocked on doors, engaged in word-of-mouth campaigning and donated graciously. Others merely planted a sign in their front yard or clicked “share” on Facebook. In aggregate, though, these voters’ actions were greater than the sum of their parts, Liermann said.
“Seeing the large and small contributions come together and seeing what that can equal, I think that was the best part,” she said. “It’s all the efforts combined from everyone.”
Liermann said she enjoyed hearing the top concerns of community members during her campaign. She cited road infrastructure with an emphasis on State Route 347, seniors and youth, commercial industry and access to healthcare among them.
“People have to leave Maricopa to get medical services,” she said. “We really want to decrease that and have people access medical care here in Maricopa.”
Another concern was the lack of an animal shelter, high on the wish list for the most populous incorporated place in Pinal County. The city since 2021 employs an Animal Control officer and calls for service are up big year-over-year.
“Maricopa is the largest city in the county without an animal shelter,” Liermann noted. “Casa Grande has two.”
Liermann, who joined Eric Goettl and Bob Marsh in defeating a pair of political newcomers and retaining their seats on the city council, said the incumbency factor lends itself to more expeditious progress toward this and other items on that wish list.
“I think there’s a real benefit of the incumbents staying together because we do have momentum, and we do communicate well,” she said. “Each of us brings strengths to the council. This momentum that we have and this structure, the way we synchronize together, I think it is going to propel us to achieve the goals we have set.”
Added Liermann: “We’re gonna kill this.”
