Tempe's current City Council is "the most diverse City Council in Maricopa County and perhaps in the Southwest," according to former Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano.
Last election cycle, residents voted-in the first Asian and black female officials in Tempe's 150-year history, for example. And just two years earlier they elected the city's first Native American council member and first black mayor.
Along with the youngest council member to be elected in Tempe's history, it's first openly gay female to hold office, and an influential city official of Hispanic heritage u2015 all of whom have been served multiple terms u2015 the six council members represent just about every major racial and social demographic group in Tempe.