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Democrat, he represented the reliably Democratic 30th legislative district which covers parts of central and west Phoenix and part of Glendale, Arizona. He was first elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2002 and won re-election in 2004, 2006 and 2008.
Term limits prevented him from seeking a fifth House term in 2010, he ran unopposed for the district's
Arizona State Senate seat. Meza has won ten consecutive elections since beginning his political career. While serving in the Arizona House of Representatives and in his first term in the Arizona State Senate, Meza represented the 14th Legislative District. Meza began serving the 30th Legislative District following the 2012 election. This was due to redistricting based on results from the 2010 Census. In the 2017–2018 legislative biennium, he served on three committees: Commerce and Public Safety, Government, and Senate Ethics. Meza currently serves on the boards of the
Anti-Defamation League and the
Phoenix Theatre, where he worked as a teenager. He is openly
gay, and was the first openly gay Hispanic legislator in the nation. Meza served alongside two other openly
LGBT legislators: Rep.
Daniel Hernández Jr., D-Tucson and Rep.
César Chávez, D-Phoenix. In October 2017, on National Coming Out Day, the four lawmakers announced the creation of a new LGBTQ Caucus in the legislature. ==Personal life==