Rep. Athena Salman, Rep. Athena Salman, a Democrat and the first state’s elected official with Palestinian descendant, announced that she would resign from the Arizona legislature on December. 31 following nearly seven years as a legislator. Salman will leave District 8 to take on an appointment as Director of Arizona campaigning in support of Reproductive Freedom for All, an organization that is that is known as NARAL that promotes reproductive rights…