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Gina Swoboda

Republican · AZ

Gina Swoboda is a Republican candidate in the August 4, 2026 Arizona primary for Secretary of State.

Campaign Finance Information — Secretary of State

Campaign Finance Information · Secretary of State · August 4, 2026

Data last updated July 27, 2026

Raised
$167,776

Top disclosed occupations of direct donors

  • Retired$46,786
  • CEO$28,500
  • PRESIDENT$13,000
  • Consultant$7,150
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  • Real Estate$7,000
Direct contributions by size
  • $5,000+$88,000
  • $1,000-$4,999$64,613
  • $500-$999$8,021
  • $250-$499$4,427
  • $100-$249$1,900

Spending by outside groups

Money spent on this race by outside groups — such as PACs and super PACs — not by the candidate's own campaign. This spending is not coordinated with the candidate's campaign and does not go directly to the candidate.

Outside money spent opposing this candidate: $4,910

Groups that spent money opposing this candidate (1)
  • Keep Arizona Free PAC$4,910

Source: Arizona Secretary of State · 2026 cycle · seethemoney.az.gov

Track record

Anti-Corruption

· 1 record
  • Swoboda's Arizona Republican Party and the RNC demanded public disclosure and an investigation after a cyberattack altered information on the Secretary of State's candidate portal.

    July 22, 2025For

    Source: azgop.com · researched July 13, 2026

Government Efficiency

· 4 records
  • Swoboda disclosed that Arizona Republican Party liability insurance had paid $1 million in legal fees for the 2020 alternate electors and that she renewed the policy in fall 2024 to avoid a coverage break.

    February 12, 2026For

    Source: axios.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • The Arizona Republican Party reported that completed court challenges had prompted revisions to the 2025 Election Procedures Manual process, including changes affecting speech, canvassing, and public comment.

    August 5, 2025For

    Source: azgop.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Swoboda directed the Arizona Republican Party to forgo an election-night party and redirect the money to candidate support, voter turnout, mail, and advertising against Proposition 140.

    October 15, 2024For

    Source: azgop.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • The Arizona Republican Party reported raising $9.22 million in the third quarter of 2024 under Chair Gina Swoboda.

    October 14, 2024For

    Source: azgop.com · researched July 13, 2026

Election Integrity

· 11 records
  • The Ninth Circuit affirmed dismissal of the voter-roll-maintenance lawsuit filed by Swoboda, Scott Mussi, and Steve Gaynor after the plaintiffs declined to amend their complaint.

    March 17, 2026For

    Source: democracydocket.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Swoboda reported an Arizona Court of Appeals voter-list-maintenance ruling she had worked on as a House staffer and the Secretary of State's abandonment of a late-canvass provision that could have excluded lawful ballots.

    December 8, 2025For

    Source: azgop.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • The Arizona Republican Party reported that completed court challenges had prompted revisions to the 2025 Election Procedures Manual process, including changes affecting speech, canvassing, and public comment.

    August 5, 2025For

    Source: azgop.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Under Swoboda's leadership, the Arizona Republican Party filed a federal amicus brief defending documentary-proof-of-citizenship requirements for voter registration.

    July 22, 2025For

    Source: azgop.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Swoboda's Arizona Republican Party and the RNC demanded public disclosure and an investigation after a cyberattack altered information on the Secretary of State's candidate portal.

    July 22, 2025For

    Source: azgop.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Swoboda served as an Arizona presidential elector and cast an Electoral College vote for Donald Trump and J.D. Vance after their certified statewide victory.

    December 17, 2024For

    Source: azgop.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Under Swoboda's chairmanship, the Arizona Republican Party and RNC formally called on Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to implement HB 2243's use of juror-questionnaire data for voter-roll maintenance.

    September 23, 2024For

    Source: azgop.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • The Arizona Supreme Court dismissed Swoboda's challenge to Governor Katie Hobbs' executive orders expanding voter-registration and ballot-drop-off access at state agencies, leaving the orders in effect.

    September 12, 2024For

    Source: democracydocket.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Swoboda's Arizona Republican Party secured a settlement requiring Maricopa County to provide for logic-and-accuracy testing the tabulators and accessible voting devices intended for deployment in the 2024 general election.

    August 13, 2024For

    Source: kjzz.org · researched July 13, 2026

  • Swoboda joined Scott Mussi and Steve Gaynor in filing a federal lawsuit alleging Arizona failed to maintain accurate voter rolls and seeking a court-ordered list-maintenance program.

    June 3, 2024For

    Source: democracydocket.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • A Maricopa County Superior Court judge dismissed the Arizona Republican Party's challenge seeking to invalidate Arizona's 2023 Election Procedures Manual; the party had filed the case under Swoboda's chairmanship.

    May 14, 2024For

    Source: apnews.com · researched July 13, 2026

Data Privacy

· 1 record
  • Swoboda's Arizona Republican Party and the RNC demanded public disclosure and an investigation after a cyberattack altered information on the Secretary of State's candidate portal.

    July 22, 2025For

    Source: azgop.com · researched July 13, 2026

Civil Rights

· 5 records
  • Swoboda reported an Arizona Court of Appeals voter-list-maintenance ruling she had worked on as a House staffer and the Secretary of State's abandonment of a late-canvass provision that could have excluded lawful ballots.

    December 8, 2025For

    Source: azgop.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • The Arizona Republican Party reported that completed court challenges had prompted revisions to the 2025 Election Procedures Manual process, including changes affecting speech, canvassing, and public comment.

    August 5, 2025For

    Source: azgop.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Under Swoboda's leadership, the Arizona Republican Party filed a federal amicus brief defending documentary-proof-of-citizenship requirements for voter registration.

    July 22, 2025For

    Source: azgop.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Swoboda and former Navajo Nation vice president Myron Lizer launched an Arizona Republican Party radio advertisement as part of an outreach effort to Navajo voters.

    October 10, 2024For

    Source: azgop.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Swoboda and the Arizona Republican Party launched a Spanish-language radio campaign aimed at engaging Latino voters on housing, education, employment, and cost-of-living issues.

    October 2, 2024For

    Source: azgop.com · researched July 13, 2026

General

· 4 records
  • By June 28, Swoboda's Secretary-of-State campaign publicly displayed an endorsement from the Arizona Police Association; contemporaneous reporting confirmed the endorsement while distinguishing Trump's repost from an endorsement of his own.

    June 28, 2026

    Source: kjzz.org · researched July 13, 2026

  • Swoboda stepped down as Arizona Republican Party chair after state committeemen elected Sergio Arellano as her successor, ending her two-year tenure.

    January 24, 2026

    Source: azcapitoltimes.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Swoboda served as an Arizona presidential elector and cast an Electoral College vote for Donald Trump and J.D. Vance after their certified statewide victory.

    December 17, 2024

    Source: azgop.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Arizona Republican state committeemen elected Gina Swoboda chair of the state party in a landslide vote after Donald Trump and Kari Lake endorsed her for the leadership post.

    January 27, 2024

    Source: kjzz.org · researched July 13, 2026

Integrity and Ethics

· 2 records
  • Swoboda disclosed that Arizona Republican Party liability insurance had paid $1 million in legal fees for the 2020 alternate electors and that she renewed the policy in fall 2024 to avoid a coverage break.

    February 12, 2026

    Source: axios.com · researched July 13, 2026

  • Swoboda publicly denied Alexander Kolodin's claim that she had endorsed his Secretary-of-State campaign and said party bylaws barred her from endorsing in the Republican primary.

    March 31, 2025

    Source: phoenixnewtimes.com · researched July 13, 2026

Elections

Profile last researched July 6, 2026.