Ann English sat in her home Tuesday evening, polishing a pair of silver earrings, and waited for the big news.

She had run a long campaign for a seat in the Cochise County Board of Supervisors, District 2.

By late that evening on Sept. 2 she learned she had won 56 percent of the vote.

She was elated, the hard worked had paid off, but she also knows there’s more work to be done. The general elections are on Nov. 4.

“I’m glad that people believe me when I say I will be accessible to them,” English said. “I’ll listen to what people have to say.”

That’s no small claim, considering that the largest complaint against the former district 2 supervisor was that he was too inaccessible, too hard to reach.

Having been a teacher for 20 years, being accessible is no problem for English, she said. It also helps that she served on the board 16 years ago, from 1985 to 1992.

One of her biggest concerns is with the Planning and Zoning committee in the county, which has become onerous with unnecessary regulations in the rural areas.

“It has also become too intrusive,” she said.

But more importantly, she wants to serve the more than 50,000 constituents of her district, who have a wide range of issues and concerns, she said.

“I’ve had experience doing this job. What’s important is that I’m available to all the people in my district,” she said. “It’s important for them to know that I’ll be there for them”

For now until Nov.4, English will continue to campaign by putting up more signs and knocking on more doors, reminding all those who listen that if she is elected, things will be different between her and her constituents.

English was born in Arkansas and attended New Mexico State University in Las Cruces on a scholarship.

She has taught in Elfrida and Douglas and has lived in Double Adobe for 43 years.