Arizona governor’s race

D Democratic Katie Hobbs

Supports targeted family tax relief

Hobbs emphasizes lowering living costs for working families through targeted tax exemptions, rental tax elimination, and homebuyer assistance. She advocates for a $250 state child tax credit, sales tax exemptions on essential goods, and prioritizing local businesses for state contracts.

• Proposes a $250 state child tax credit phased out at $100,000 household income
• Eliminated the state tax on rent and created down payment assistance programs for first-time homebuyers
• Calls for sales tax exemptions on diapers, baby formula, OTC medicines, and feminine hygiene products
• Proposes eliminating the tipped minimum wage and implementing an 'Arizona Jobs First' policy for state contracts

“Katie always puts Arizona first, and that means working across the aisle to get things done. That’s why she eliminated the tax on rent, helped working Arizonans with down payment assistance to buy their first homes, and slashed red tape to make housing more affordable.”

R Republican Andy Biggs

Supports eliminating state income tax

Biggs champions conservative fiscal policies centered on broad-based tax elimination and spending reductions to boost state competitiveness. He supports abolishing the state income tax, cutting property taxes, and reducing regulatory burdens on businesses.

• Pledges to make Arizona more competitive by eliminating the state income tax
• Promises to work with local entities to reduce the local property tax burden
• Voted for federal tax reform in Congress and opposed Proposition 208 tax increases on high earners
• Signed the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge

“make Arizona more competitive with other states and more affordable for Arizonans by eliminating the state income tax and working with local entities to reduce the property tax burden.”

D Democratic Katie Hobbs

Supports state guard border deployment

Hobbs highlights state-level border security actions and law enforcement funding while working with federal authorities. As governor, she deployed the National Guard to the border, created Task Force SAFE to combat illegal fentanyl, and directed over $100 million to local border enforcement.

• Issued an executive order in December 2023 deploying the Arizona National Guard to the southern border
• Launched Task Force SAFE to disrupt fentanyl trafficking across border communities
• Delivered over $100 million in state border security funding to local law enforcement agencies

“During her term, she has delivered more than $100 million in border security funding to local law enforcement agencies, and she secured well-deserved pay raises for our brave state police and firefighters.”

R Republican Andy Biggs

Supports strict border enforcement policy

Biggs makes strict border enforcement and stopping illegal immigration central pillars of his federal and state career. Serving on the House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee, he advocates full border security measures and strict enforcement of immigration laws.

• Served as Chair and member of House Judiciary subcommittees covering immigration integrity and federal law enforcement
• Consistently prioritized securing national borders and ending illegal immigration throughout his congressional tenure
• Emphasizes border security as a core national security imperative in his gubernatorial campaign platform

“Serving AZ-05 in Congress since 2016, he has never surrendered when it comes to securing our borders, lowering our taxes, and putting Arizona first.”

D Democratic Katie Hobbs

Supports expanded voting access rights

Hobbs frames election administration around expanding voter access and protecting democracy against disenfranchisement. She supports same-day voter registration, weekend early voting, designating Election Day a state holiday, automatic restoration of voting rights for former felons, and protection for election workers.

• Proposes same-day voter registration, extended early voting, and making Election Day a state holiday
• Supports automatic voting rights restoration for individuals who have completed felony sentences
• Pledges to veto legislation restricting early voting, mail-in drop boxes, or ballot initiative rights
• Advocates mandatory risk-limiting post-election audits and enhanced law enforcement protections for election workers

“We are at a defining moment in our democracy. The frontline of the fight to strengthen our election systems and defend the freedom to vote is right here in Arizona.”

R Republican Andy Biggs

Opposed 2020 election certification

Biggs focuses on strict election integrity measures and opposed federal certification of the 2020 election. In Congress, he voted against certifying electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania, and he actively opposed state ballot measures aimed at open primaries or ranked-choice voting.

• Voted against certifying the 2020 presidential electoral vote results from Arizona and Pennsylvania
• Opposed Arizona Proposition 140, which proposed open single-primary systems and potential ranked-choice voting
• Emphasizes strict election integrity rules and legislative oversight of election systems

“Biggs voted against certifying the electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania.”

D Democratic Katie Hobbs

Supports abortion rights and expansion

Hobbs strongly supports reproductive freedom, expanding state healthcare programs, and forgiving medical debt. She promises to veto any abortion restrictions, repeal territorial-era abortion prohibitions, expand AHCCCS postpartum coverage to 12 months, and oversaw a medical debt forgiveness program.

• Pledges to veto anti-abortion bills and repeal 1901 territorial abortion criminalization laws
• Created a state medical debt forgiveness program utilizing American Rescue Plan Act funds
• Extended AHCCCS Medicaid coverage for pregnant and postpartum women from 60 days to 12 months
• Supported Medicaid expansion during her legislative tenure in the Arizona Senate

“That is why Katie will veto any legislation that attacks Roe v. Wade as well as work to repeal a law from 1901 that requires mandatory prison time for abortion providers and a 1930s law that makes advertising for birth control or abortion services a misdemeanor.”

R Republican Andy Biggs

Supports free-market healthcare system

Biggs advocates repealing the Affordable Care Act and replacing it with market-driven healthcare alternatives. During his time in the Arizona Legislature, he joined a lawsuit challenging the state's Medicaid expansion.

• Supports repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and implementing a free-market replacement system
• Signed onto the 2013 Goldwater Institute lawsuit opposing Governor Jan Brewer's Medicaid expansion in Arizona
• Prioritizes market competition over government healthcare mandates and programs

“My constituents elected me to ensure our national security, secure our Nation’s borders, cut taxes and regulation, shrink the size of government, cut wasteful spending, reduce the deficit, balance the federal budget, repeal Obamacare and replace it with a free-market system, return education policy to the states, and restore accountability in Washington, D.C.”

D Democratic Katie Hobbs

Supports bipartisan groundwater water management

Hobbs highlights landmark bipartisan water legislation passed during her term to address long-term drought and supply shortages. She points to a major compromise that protects water supplies while balancing housing and job growth.

• Enacted major water policy legislation described as the most significant state water law since the 1980 Groundwater Management Act
• Focused water management policies on conservation, lower housing costs, and long-term economic development

“She hammered out a strong water policy compromise hailed as the most consequential Arizona water legislation since the Groundwater Management Act of 1980—one that will create jobs, lower housing costs, and conserve water.”

R Republican Andy Biggs

Supports market-focused water security

Biggs incorporates water security planning into his campaign platform, presenting his approach directly at gubernatorial debates alongside affordability proposals.

• Presents water security plans focused on state economic competitiveness during gubernatorial campaign events

“Andy Biggs Takes Affordability & Water Security Plans Directly to Voters at Debate”

D Democratic Katie Hobbs

Supports public school facility investments

Hobbs focuses on upgrading public school infrastructure, cutting administrative bureaucracy for school repairs, and increasing STEM education grants. She advocates for sales tax relief on school supplies to help public school families.

• Streamlines operations at the Arizona School Facilities Board to expedite urgent school repairs
• Proposes dedicated grant and scholarship funding for STEM educators and pipelines for underrepresented students
• Calls for an annual sales tax holiday on school supply purchases for parents

“streamline and cut red tape at the Arizona School Facilities Board. Hobbs will also expedite robust fixes to school buildings across the state and aim to lower the costs of long-term maintenance.”

R Republican Andy Biggs

Supports local control of education

Biggs champions returning educational decisions to local communities and states while eliminating federal mandates. He supports repealing Common Core and opposed tax increases for public school funding.

• Advocates repealing Common Core and returning education policy to local school districts and states
• Opposed Proposition 208, a state initiative to tax incomes over $250,000 for teacher salaries and public schools

“Repealing Common Core and returning education policy to locals”

D Democratic Katie Hobbs

Supports ethics and lobbying reforms

Hobbs prioritizes government transparency, stricter ethics standards, and auditing state agencies. Her platform includes requiring public officials to divest from conflicting stocks, expanding lobbyist spending disclosures, and publicizing state spending online.

• Orders agency audits to identify and eliminate duplicative or wasteful state spending
• Proposes legislation requiring public officials to divest from stocks creating potential financial conflicts
• Advocates stricter lobbying disclosures from the first dollar spent and dark money transparency in state elections
• Issued a record number of vetoes (over 100 in a single session) to block legislation from the Republican-led legislature

“Katie Hobbs will order a probe of all government agencies in search of inefficient, duplicative, and wasteful spending.”

R Republican Andy Biggs

Supports spending reductions and term limits

Biggs makes eliminating government waste and controlling public debt fundamental to his service. He supports reviewing state programs for efficiency, balancing budgets, and imposing term limits on elected officials.

• Pledges to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse by reviewing each state agency and program
• Signed the U.S. Term Limits pledge and cosponsored congressional term limit legislation
• Prioritizes deficit reduction and balanced budgets as primary safeguards against fiscal collapse

“rid waste, fraud, and abuse from state government by reviewing each agency and program, and identifying better and more efficient practices.”

D Democratic Katie Hobbs

Supports anti-discrimination protections

Hobbs advocates for institutional equity reforms, ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, and comprehensive anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ individuals across state law.

• Supports ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in Arizona
• Advocates explicit state bans on LGBTQ+ discrimination in housing, education, adoption, and public accommodations
• Creates Chief Equity Officer and Civil Rights Policy Advisor roles in the executive branch
• Supports banning law enforcement profiling based on race, gender identity, or sexual orientation

“work to enact anti-discrimination policies that will ensure equality by explicitly banning LGBTQ+ discrimination in a variety of areas including housing, education, adoption, foster care, insurance, public accommodations, and procuring credit.”

R Republican Andy Biggs

Supports sex-based space restrictions

Biggs supports restricting athletic participation and private facility access based strictly on biological sex, endorsing state ballot initiatives on the issue.

• Supported Arizona Proposition 318 to restrict sports participation and private space access in schools based on biological sex

“Arizona Proposition 318, Require All Schools and Athletic Associations to Restrict Sports Participation and Access to Private Spaces Based on Sex Measure (2026)”