Katie Hobbs

Why they say you should vote for them

The candidate's own case to voters, summarized from their campaign and public statements.

• Says she is running for four more years to "keep moving Arizona forward" by balancing budgets and lowering costs.[3]
• Points to her work with legislative Republicans on a balanced budget, middle-class tax cuts, pay raises for law enforcement and firefighters, and free school meals.[3]
• Says she created a Border Coordination Office, deployed the Arizona National Guard to the border and launched Task Force SAFE to stop drug trafficking.[1]
• Points to her record on housing costs, water legislation, public education funding and health care coverage.[1]
• Cites the state's program to cancel $2 billion in medical debt for one million Arizonans as part of her record on costs.[1]

Background

• Governor, State of Arizona · 2023–present[2]
• Secretary of State, State of Arizona · 2019–2023[2]
• State Senator (including two terms as Senate Minority Leader), Arizona State Senate · 2013–2019[2]
• State Representative, Arizona House of Representatives · 2011–2013[2]
• Chief Compliance Officer, Sojourner Center (domestic violence shelter)[2]
• Social worker with homeless youth, Phoenix[1],[2]

Education

• Bachelor's degree in social work, Northern Arizona University[1],[2]
• Master of Social Work, Arizona State University[2]

Where they stand

• Taxes
  Signed the fiscal 2027 state budget in June 2026, which includes about $1.4 billion in tax cuts over three years, no state income tax on tips or overtime pay, and added relief for seniors.[5],[6]
• Immigration
  Created Operation Desert Guardian by executive order in 2025, a state task force aimed at transnational criminal organizations in border counties; vetoed the Arizona ICE Act (SB 1164) in 2025, saying local officials should not have to "take marching orders from Washington."[7],[8]
• Abortion
  Signed the 2024 law (HB 2677) repealing Arizona's 1864 abortion ban; her campaign also cites making birth control available over the counter.[9],[1]
• Energy & Environment
  Signed the 2025 Ag-to-Urban groundwater program (SB 1611), which lets high-water-use farmland convert to lower-water development; proposed a new groundwater Active Management Area in La Paz County and a water-use fee for data centers.[10],[4]
• Education
  Supports changes to the universal Empowerment Scholarship Account (voucher) program aimed at "waste, fraud, and abuse," including income limits, while keeping it for students with disabilities and military families; called for renewing Prop 123 school funding.[11],[4]
• Housing
  Proposed a Housing Acceleration Fund to combine public and private money for lower-cost housing financing.[4]
• Health Care
  Opposes the federal Medicaid cuts in the 2025 "One Big Beautiful Bill" and says the state worked to protect Medicaid coverage.[3],[4]
• Economy & Jobs
  Called for ending the state's data center sales tax exemption; the 2026 budget she signed pauses the data center tax break for three years.[4],[6]

Voting record

Katie Hobbs has not held an office with a recorded voting record. See Background and Where they stand.

In their words