Carine Werner
Republican · AZ · Arizona State Senator for Legislative District 4 and Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board member
Carine Werner has served in the Arizona Legislature since 2025, chairing the Senate Health & Human Services Committee and serving as Vice Chair of Education. Her work focuses on accountability in state agencies, child welfare systems and access to quality health care.
Where Carine Werner stands, based on their records
Supports
Anti-Corruption (6 records), Government Efficiency (1 record), Housing Affordability (1 record),
Opposes
Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Immigration (5 records), Government Spending Reduction (1 record),
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (2 support · 9 oppose), Public Safety and Crime Control (16 support · 1 oppose), Election Integrity (9 support · 1 oppose),
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 oppose
Werner voted for HB 2693, allowing insurers and Arizona's Medicaid program to limit coverage for genetic sequencing.
April 16, 2025Opposes Healthcare Affordability
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support · 9 oppose
Voted for House Bill 2570, a bill to let irrigation users petition to cap new irrigation outside groundwater zones. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2573, a bill to move wine grapes and soil-free crops outside Arizona's irrigation limits. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-13, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 16, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2574, a bill to let counties approve small subdivisions without a water supply test. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-14, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 16, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2527, a bill to bar retiring a power plant until a plant of equal output is available. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 16, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2203, a bill to widen the years used to set how much groundwater a farm may keep pumping. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-14, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 9, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2088, a bill to let the state water director shrink a groundwater management area. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-14, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 9, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2089, a bill to let voters end a groundwater management area by petition after ten years. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-14, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 9, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2202, a bill to let farmers move an old groundwater pumping right onto new ground. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-14, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 9, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2291, which ends the rule that a pharmacist must put a red cap on a bottle of prescription opioids. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-13, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 1, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1518, a bill to make old groundwater pumping rights tradable. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 4, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1308, which tightens the rules for sober living homes. The Arizona Senate passed it 20-7, and the Governor signed it into law.
March 4, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 6 support
Voted for House Bill 2895, a bill to make public bodies post task order contracts online. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
May 6, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2233, a bill to make the Corporation Commission vote in public before lobbying. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2222, a bill to require 30 days' warning before a public body settles a case. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2169, a bill to make school boards meet in public buildings and post all meeting materials online. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 15, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1089, a bill to make the transport department explain passing over the cheapest bid. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 13, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1612, a bill to put the state health program under Arizona's procurement rules. The Arizona Senate passed it 18-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 27, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Following Werner-led oversight hearings and passage of SB 1175, the Arizona Department of Child Safety agreed to administratively require current photographs for children in its care to improve safety documentation.
June 12, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 5 oppose
Voted for House Bill 2099, a bill to require Arizona officials to help enforce federal immigration law. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 9, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1610, a bill to make county jails send arrestees' details to federal immigration agents. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-10, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 10, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1088, a bill to tie Arizona government and its contractors to federal immigration enforcement. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 5, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1164, a bill to push local officials toward federal immigration enforcement and make jails honor detainers. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 27, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1268, a bill to make hospitals ask patients about their immigration status. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 26, 2025Opposes Immigration
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Werner voted for HB 2704, authorizing tax distributions for reconstruction and operation of the Arizona Diamondbacks' stadium.
June 19, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 16 support · 1 oppose
Following Werner-led oversight hearings and passage of SB 1175, the Arizona Department of Child Safety agreed to administratively require current photographs for children in its care to improve safety documentation.
June 12, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Werner voted for HB 2223, requiring disclosure and notification when a registered sex offender requests a legal name change.
April 1, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Werner voted for SB 1635, prohibiting individuals from alerting others to law-enforcement activity in specified circumstances.
March 2, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Werner voted for SB 1055, requiring state law enforcement to notify federal immigration authorities when a person without legal status is arrested.
February 23, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2374, which raises the offense class for stalking, threats and assault done by agents of a foreign government. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-12, and the Governor signed it into law.
June 18, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2386, which sets yearly pay benchmarks so the state police can compete with big city and county forces. The Arizona Senate passed it 22-6, and the Governor signed it into law.
June 18, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Werner voted for HB 2112, requiring commercial pornography websites to verify users' ages before granting access.
May 6, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2221, a bill to stop cities cutting police budgets below the previous year's. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-13, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2611, known as Preston's Law, which makes an assault by a group that injures the victim a class 4 felony. The Arizona Senate passed it 18-10, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 29, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2074, which lets school safety grants pay for safety officers, equipment, training and building work. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 29, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2653, which lets crime victims and witnesses keep their names out of public records. The Arizona Senate passed it 22-7, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 16, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2607, which sets fixed 5 to 15 year prison terms for carrying 200 grams or more of fentanyl in a vehicle. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 16, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2114, which raises the penalty for an adult over 21 who has sex with a teenager aged 15 to 17. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 2, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1351, which creates a new felony of gift card theft. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-10, and the Governor signed it into law.
March 4, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1060, which makes police forces give an officer the papers 24 hours before an internal inquiry interview. The Arizona Senate passed it 20-9, and the Governor signed it into law.
February 27, 2025Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1310, a bill to make filing a fake claim against someone's property a class 4 felony. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 26, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1725, a bill to cut the fentanyl amount that triggers the toughest sentences from 200 grams to 9. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 26, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Voted for House Bill 2447, which makes cities let staff approve site plans and land splits without a public hearing. The Arizona Senate passed it 19-8, and the Governor signed it into law.
March 26, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 5 oppose
Voted for House Bill 2450, a bill to tie how long unemployment benefits last to the jobless rate, from 12 to 24 weeks. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2121, a bill to make able-bodied adults under 60 join a work program to keep food assistance. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2122, a bill to stop Arizona easing the work rule attached to food assistance. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2449, a bill to check state health coverage members against gambling records. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 9, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2165, a bill to make the state seek federal permission to keep food assistance from being spent on soda. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 8, 2025Opposes Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Voted for House Bill 2375, a bill to make schools answer summer requests to assess a child for a disability within 15 days. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 15, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 4 oppose
Voted for Senate Bill 1705, a bill to let a court fine a local official personally for making local gun rules. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-9, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 6, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1143, a bill to block government records showing who owns firearms. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 5, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1020, a bill to stop universities and community colleges banning guns on campus. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 27, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1014, a bill to take firearm suppressors off Arizona's list of prohibited weapons. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 27, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 9 support · 1 oppose
Voted for House Bill 2440, a bill to shield county supervisors from prosecution for voting against certifying an election. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Opposes Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2046, a bill to set out how the hand count check on election results is run. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2154, a bill to drop voters from the early ballot list when their mail comes back undelivered. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Werner voted for SB 1280, requiring county election officials to transmit cast-vote records to the Secretary of State within 48 hours after the county canvass.
April 29, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2006, a bill to make private senders of official-looking election mail print Not from a Government Agency on it. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 10, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2007, a bill to ban paying anyone by the number of voter registration forms they collect. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 10, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2004, a bill to stop county recorders sending voter registration cards to out-of-state addresses. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 8, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1098, a bill to require proof of identity to hand in an early ballot. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 5, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1123, a bill to set security rules for the paper ballots are printed on. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 3, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1064, a bill to set minimum security standards for vote counting machines. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 26, 2025Supports Election Integrity
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 support
Werner voted for SB 1106, aligning specified Arizona income-tax provisions with federal tax changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
January 15, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support · 1 oppose
Werner voted for HB 2112, requiring commercial pornography websites to verify users' ages before granting access.
May 6, 2025Opposes Data Privacy
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2514, which makes schools tell parents before releasing a student's directory information. The Arizona Senate passed it 18-11, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 10, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support · 15 oppose
Werner voted for SB 1635, prohibiting individuals from alerting others to law-enforcement activity in specified circumstances.
March 2, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Werner voted for SB 1520, requiring state law-enforcement agencies to share requested information with the federal government.
February 25, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Werner voted for SB 1055, requiring state law enforcement to notify federal immigration authorities when a person without legal status is arrested.
February 23, 2026Opposes Civil Rights
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2868, a bill to ban diversity, equity and inclusion offices across much of Arizona government. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
May 6, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2880, which bans overnight encampments on university and community college campuses. The Arizona Senate passed it 18-10, and the Governor signed it into law.
April 30, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2017, a bill to close voting centers and cut back early voting sites. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 29, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2438, a bill to stop a person changing the sex recorded on their birth certificate. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-13, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 15, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2062, a bill to set one meaning for sex-based words across state law. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 8, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1097, a bill to make public schools serve as polling places and close on election days. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 5, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1586, a bill to make clinicians liable for the cost of reversing gender transition care given to a minor. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 5, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1694, a bill to cut off state money to any public college that offers a diversity, equity and inclusion course. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 4, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1584, a bill to make the state and local governments hire on merit and nothing else. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
March 4, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1052, a bill to take the vote away from citizens who have never lived in the United States. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-11, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 26, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1256, a bill to bar state agencies from using diversity, equity and inclusion programs in hiring. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 20, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1002, a bill to stop school staff using a pupil's chosen name or pronoun without written parental permission. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 20, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted for Senate Bill 1003, a bill to make schools provide separate restrooms and changing rooms on request. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-9, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 11, 2025Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 2 support · 1 oppose
Werner voted for HB 2704, authorizing tax distributions for reconstruction and operation of the Arizona Diamondbacks' stadium.
June 19, 2025Opposes Corporate Accountability
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Voted for House Bill 2788, a bill to make electric utilities file a 15-year resource plan every three years. The Arizona Senate passed it 17-12, and the Governor vetoed it.
April 16, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Werner voted against SB 1543, which authorized Axon to build a headquarters development in Scottsdale.
April 15, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Werner voted for SB 1309, requiring improvements to the electrical power grid to protect against severe weather and drought conditions.
April 15, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: justfacts.votesmart.org · researched July 18, 2026
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Voted against House Bill 2928, which makes counties allow small second homes on lots zoned for one house. The Arizona Senate passed it 21-6, and the Governor signed it into law.
May 7, 2025
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Voted against Senate Bill 1019, a bill to ban photo enforcement of traffic laws. The Arizona Senate passed it 16-13, and the Governor vetoed it.
February 20, 2025
Source: legiscan.com · researched September 5, 2026
Race Carine Werner is in:
- State Senator - District No. 4 · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 4; Arizona · incumbent
Past race Carine Werner ran in:
- State Senator - District No. 4 · July 21, 2026 · State Senate District 4; Arizona · incumbent
Profile last researched August 9, 2026.