State executive race · November 3, 2026

Governor

The governor is Arizona's chief executive, who proposes the state budget, signs or vetoes legislation, and appoints the heads of state agencies.

4-year term. Incumbent Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) is seeking a second term. This is the first Arizona election in which the governor and the newly created office of lieutenant governor (approved by voters as Proposition 131 in 2022) are elected jointly on one ticket. Four tickets are printed on the ballot: Hobbs / John Giles, Andy Biggs / Sine Kerr, Teri Ann Hourihan / Angela Harrolle Mohan, and Risa Lombardo / Lisa Castillo. Arizona has no U.S. Senate race in 2026. Write-in candidates for governor reported by Ballotpedia and FOX 10 (not printed on the ballot): Gertritrude Gonzalez (Republican) and Alice Novoa (Republican). On Aug. 31, 2026, the Arizona Green Party asked the Secretary of State to replace Lombardo on the ballot with a candidate the party endorsed; she remains listed as the Green Party nominee.

The candidates

Listed alphabetically by last name.

  • Andy Biggs

    U.S. Representative, Arizona's 5th District (since 2017)
    Republican

    Running mate: Sine Kerr (Lieutenant Governor)

    Biggs is a retired attorney who has represented Arizona's 5th Congressional District since 2017, after 14 years in the Arizona Legislature, including four as Senate President. He won the July 2026 Republican primary and is running with former state Sen. Sine Kerr. His campaign centers on phasing out the state income tax, border enforcement, election law changes, water supply and changes to the ESA voucher program.

  • Katie Hobbs

    Governor of Arizona (since 2023)
    DemocraticIncumbent

    Running mate: John Giles (Lieutenant Governor)

    Hobbs is Arizona's governor and a former social worker who previously served as Arizona Secretary of State and as a state legislator. She is seeking a second term on a ticket with former Mesa Mayor John Giles. Her campaign centers on lowering costs, tax cuts for working families, border security efforts, water policy and housing.

  • Teri Ann Hourihan

    Licensed professional counselor; founder and CEO, Teri's Health Services
    No Labels

    Running mate: Angela Harrolle Mohan (Lieutenant Governor)

    Hourihan is a Phoenix-area mental health counselor and health care business owner who won Arizona's first No Labels Party gubernatorial primary in July 2026. She has not held elected office. Her campaign centers on cost of living, water conservation, audits of state agencies, and a pause on new data centers.

  • Risa Lombardo

    Green Party nominee for governor
    Green

    Running mate: Lisa Castillo (Lieutenant Governor)

    Lombardo won the July 2026 Green Party primary for governor and is running with Lisa Castillo. She has not held elected office and says she has been registered with both major parties. Her campaign website lists the Green Party of the United States' "four pillars" and "ten key values," including renewable energy, a living wage and public financing of elections.

Compare on the issues

Summaries of each candidate's stated positions. See each profile for sources and details.

Candidate positions by issue for Governor
IssueAndy Biggs
Republican
Katie Hobbs
Democratic
Teri Ann Hourihan
No Labels
Risa Lombardo
Green
Economy & Jobs

Would end all state tax breaks and subsidies for data centers and bar new data centers from using power or water needed by residents and businesses.

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.

Proposes a temporary moratorium on new data center applications on her first day in office, while letting existing operations continue.

Her campaign website lists the Green Party call for a living wage and a stronger social safety net.

Energy & Environment

Says Arizona has large underground water reserves and favors relying more on groundwater, along with recycling, storage and desalination; supports more nuclear power and would repeal Gov. Hobbs's 2025 executive order on renewable energy on state lands.

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.

Supports stricter statewide water conservation modeled on Nevada, less reliance on the Colorado River, desalination and brackish groundwater projects, and stronger rural groundwater protections.

Her campaign website lists the Green Party position of moving off fossil fuels to renewable energy.

Abortion

Cosponsored the Life at Conception Act (H.R. 722) in Congress in 2025, which would extend constitutional right-to-life protections from fertilization.

Signed the 2024 law (HB 2677) repealing Arizona's 1864 abortion ban; her campaign also cites making birth control available over the counter.

Says she would preserve Arizona's current abortion laws approved by voters and would not seek to overturn them; says she would sign SB 1600, a bill vetoed by Gov. Hobbs that would have required medical care for infants born alive.

No public position found yet
Education

Supports keeping universal ESA vouchers and directing more ESA money to students in rural and inner-city areas; would opt Arizona into the federal Education Freedom Tax Credits.

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.

Supports keeping the universal ESA voucher program and school choice, with regular audits of public, charter, private and ESA-funded programs.

No public position found yet
Health Care

Says reducing Medicaid fraud, which he ties mainly to coverage for able-bodied adults, would save money; supports letting college students 18 and older opt out of required immunizations.

Opposes the federal Medicaid cuts in the 2025 "One Big Beautiful Bill" and says the state worked to protect Medicaid coverage.

Opposes cuts to community mental health, addiction treatment and disability services, and says federal health funds cannot legally be moved into the state general fund.

No public position found yet
Immigration

Says he would hire a state border czar, create a state border security task force, and sign the Arizona ICE Act requiring local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

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."

Supports strong border enforcement, completing the border wall where needed, and legal immigration pathways; says birthright citizenship can be changed only by constitutional amendment.

No public position found yet
Elections & Democracy

Supports "Florida style" election bills intended to produce results on election night and says he would sign such bills in his first week.

No public position found yetNo public position found yet

Her campaign website lists the Green Party call for public financing of elections, open debates and more representative voting systems.

HousingNo public position found yet

Proposed a Housing Acceleration Fund to combine public and private money for lower-cost housing financing.

Proposes cutting barriers to housing development, expanding workforce housing, converting vacant buildings to affordable housing, and more oversight of utility rate increases.

No public position found yet
Taxes

Says he would eliminate Arizona's individual income tax "incrementally" and argues the resulting economic growth and cuts to waste and fraud would offset the lost revenue.

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.

No public position found yetNo public position found yet
Child CareNo public position found yetNo public position found yet

Supports exploring universal child care, citing New Mexico's phased approach.

No public position found yet
Public SafetyNo public position found yetNo public position found yetNo public position found yet

Lists reform of the prison system and of homelessness services among her priorities.

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