Jake Hoffman
Republican · AZ · Arizona State Senator, District 15
Jake Hoffman is an Arizona state senator and technology, marketing, and communications executive from Queen Creek. Before joining the Legislature, he served on the Higley school board and Queen Creek Town Council. He served in the Arizona House before beginning Senate service in District 15 in 2023.
Track record
Government Efficiency
· 2 records
As chair of the Senate Committee on Director Nominations, Hoffman led a hearing that recommended confirming Michael Wisehart as director of the Arizona Department of Economic Security.
February 20, 2025For
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Hoffman sponsored HB 2570, which limited license suspension or revocation for violations of pandemic emergency orders and became Arizona law as Chapter 367.
May 19, 2021For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Civil Rights
· 1 record
Hoffman sponsored SB 1439, a proposed specialty license plate recognizing Charlie Kirk, and publicly criticized the governor's veto as inconsistent with free-speech and civic-engagement values.
March 6, 2026For
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov · researched July 18, 2026
General
· 5 records
Hoffman filed a state Senate ethics complaint against Senator Analise Ortiz over her public warning about immigration-enforcement activity and sought expulsion or other sanctions. The complaint was an allegation, not an ethics finding.
September 3, 2025
Source: axios.com · researched July 18, 2026
Hoffman publicly described his role recruiting candidates for an Arizona Freedom Caucus-backed slate for the 2026 Republican primaries.
June 11, 2025
Source: axios.com · researched July 18, 2026
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club endorsed Hoffman for Arizona Senate District 15 in the 2022 election.
August 1, 2022
Source: azfree.org · researched July 18, 2026
Hoffman helped launch the Arizona Freedom Caucus and became its founding chairman.
July 25, 2022
Source: axios.com · researched July 18, 2026
Hoffman joined ten other Arizona Republicans on December 14, 2020, in signing a certificate asserting that they were Arizona's duly elected presidential electors for Donald Trump; the document was sent to Congress and the National Archives and was not counted.
December 14, 2020
Source: apnews.com · researched July 18, 2026
Integrity and Ethics
· 5 records
Arizona prosecutors dismissed the presidential-elector criminal case after losing an appeal, while stating that they intended to seek a new indictment; Hoffman and the other remaining defendants had pleaded not guilty.
June 18, 2026
Source: apnews.com · researched July 18, 2026
An Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper reported clocking Hoffman at 89 mph in a 65-mph zone; he was stopped but not cited under the state constitution's legislative-immunity provision.
January 22, 2025
Source: azfamily.com · researched July 18, 2026
Hoffman pleaded not guilty to nine felony counts in the Arizona presidential-elector case.
June 6, 2024
Source: kjzz.org · researched July 18, 2026
An Arizona state grand jury indicted Hoffman on conspiracy, fraud, and forgery charges arising from the 2020 presidential-elector effort. An indictment is an allegation and does not establish guilt.
April 24, 2024
Source: azag.gov · researched July 18, 2026
Facebook removed a coordinated inauthentic-behavior campaign operated by Rally Forge, the marketing company then led by Hoffman, after identifying fake accounts used for mass commenting.
October 8, 2020
Source: axios.com · researched July 18, 2026
Elections
- State Senator - District No. 15 · July 21, 2026 · State Senate District 15; Arizona · incumbent
Profile last researched July 18, 2026.