US Midterms 2026
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Democratic governor of Arizona since 2023 and former Arizona secretary of state, seeking a second term in 2026 against Republican congressman Andy Biggs.
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The poll from Equis Research found that Democratic incumbent Katie Hobbs is leading by about seven points over Republican candidate Andy Biggs in the race to become Arizona’s governor for the next four years.
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Instead, we have a governor in Arizona who is taking a page out of the Joe Biden playbook of hiding out in the basement.
Hobbs, Biggs exchange barbs at AZ opening of Taiwan trade office
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs formed a committee of space experts to pitch the state as the location for a proposed United States Space Academy.
Alaska: Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D), David Bronson (R), Treg Taylor (R), and Bernadette Wilson (R) advanced to the general election from the top-four primary). Incumbent Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) is term-limited.
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CrowleyBarack Obama released a video endorsing Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs. The endorsement supports Hobbs in her role as Arizona’s governor and signals the former president’s backing in her political efforts.
At a Bullhead City rally, President Donald Trump attacked Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, calling her “a dumb person” and referring to her as a “your failed, radical left governor” and a “Dumbocrat.”
Former President Donald Trump is rallying in Bullhead City, Arizona, to back Rep. Andy Biggs in the race for Arizona governor.
Creating Arizona’s first Workplace Heat Stress State Emphasis Plan
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Kathleen Marie Hobbs was born in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 28, 1969, and grew up in Tempe in a middle-class family, attending Catholic schools and graduating from Seton Catholic High School in 1988.
She earned a bachelor's degree in social work at Northern Arizona University in 1992 and a master's degree in the same field at Arizona State University in 1995, then worked as a social worker. She was chief compliance officer of the Sojourner Center, a domestic violence center.
From 2013 to 2019 she was executive director of Emerge Arizona.
Hobbs won a seat in the Arizona House of Representatives in 2010, representing the 15th legislative district for one term. Voters sent her to the Arizona Senate in 2012 and returned her in 2014 and 2016; representing the 24th district, she was Senate minority leader from 2015 to 2019.
In the 2018 election for Arizona secretary of state, she defeated Republican Steve Gaynor by about 20,000 votes after a close count, becoming the first Democrat in the office since 1995, and she took office on January 7, 2019.
On June 2, 2021, Hobbs entered the 2022 race to succeed term-limited Republican governor Doug Ducey. She won the Democratic primary with 72.3% of the vote and defeated Republican Kari Lake in the general election with 50.3%. Taking office on January 2, 2023, she became Arizona's fifth woman governor.
On her 100th day in office, April 18, 2023, her 63 vetoes set the record for any Arizona governor in one legislative session, and she also holds the record for vetoes in a single gubernatorial term. In May 2024 she signed the repeal of an 1864 abortion ban.
Hobbs is running for a second term in the election of November 3, 2026, the first Arizona governor's race in which candidates must name a running mate for the new office of lieutenant governor. She was unopposed for the Democratic nomination in the primary of July 21, 2026. Her Republican opponent is U.S. Representative Andy Biggs, who won the Republican nomination over U.S. Representative David Schweikert.
