Warren Petersen
Republican · AZ · President of the Arizona State Senate
Warren Petersen is a Republican candidate in the August 4, 2026 Arizona primary for Attorney General.
Campaign Finance Information — Attorney General
Campaign Finance Information · Attorney General · August 4, 2026
Data last updated July 27, 2026
- Raised
- $1,664,829
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- Retired$278,415
- CEO$119,500
- Homemaker$94,020
- Owner$81,600
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- Attorney$56,000
Direct contributions by size
- $5,000+$1,057,900
- $1,000-$4,999$430,500
- $500-$999$106,373
- $250-$499$38,000
- $100-$249$22,582
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 supporting this candidate: $617,421
Industries funding these supporting groups
- Construction$45,078
- Finance and investment$6,020
- Real estate$1,609
- Education$155
- Technology$100
Groups that spent money supporting this candidate (3)
- Restore Order Arizona$611,951
Funded mainly by BoaVida, a company that owns mobile-home parks and is being sued by Arizona's attorney general. · azcapitoltimes.com · seethemoney.az.gov
- Keep Arizona Free PAC$4,910
- NicoPAC$560
Funded mainly by the campaign fund of Arizona's Senate Republicans, plus a few individual donors. · transparencyusa.org
Industry amounts are contributions to these groups, not amounts necessarily spent on this candidate.
Source: Arizona Secretary of State · 2026 cycle · seethemoney.az.gov
Track record
Environment and Public Health
· 2 records
Petersen, House Speaker Steve Montenegro, and a home-builders association sued the Arizona Department of Water Resources over 2024 groundwater-rule amendments affecting development in Phoenix and Pinal County.
March 10, 2025Against
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
As Senate president, Petersen and House Speaker Ben Toma formed a six-member Joint Legislative Study Committee on Water Security.
April 11, 2023For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Immigration
· 3 records
Petersen, T.J. Shope, and John Kavanagh filed an SB 1487 complaint asking the Arizona Attorney General to review Pima County's policy restricting federal immigration enforcement use of county property.
April 6, 2026For
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen prime-sponsored SB 1164 requiring Arizona local governments and law-enforcement agencies to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
January 23, 2025For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen prime-sponsored HB 2084 to prevent local permitting rules from obstructing construction of an international boundary wall on state or private land, subject to federal law.
January 13, 2020For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Public Safety and Crime Control
· 1 record
Petersen filed an appellate brief defending Arizona's lifetime registration and online-identifier reporting requirements for convicted sex offenders.
April 13, 2026For
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Election Integrity
· 5 records
Petersen petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit ruling that blocked parts of Arizona's documentary proof-of-citizenship voting law.
February 19, 2026For
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen and House Speaker Steve Montenegro filed an Arizona Supreme Court amicus brief arguing that the Elections Procedures Manual must comply with Administrative Procedure Act notice-and-comment requirements.
September 22, 2025For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen and House Speaker Ben Toma obtained a Superior Court ruling invalidating provisions of the 2023 Elections Procedures Manual governing voter registration, petition circulators, and county canvassing.
December 19, 2024For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen and House Speaker Ben Toma challenged voter-approved Proposition 211's campaign-donor disclosure framework; a Superior Court judge denied their request for a preliminary injunction.
December 29, 2023Against
Source: apnews.com · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen offered an adopted Senate floor amendment to HB 2243 requiring voter-registration cancellation after confirmed death, nonresidency, or noncitizenship, with notice procedures.
June 22, 2022For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Data Privacy
· 1 record
Petersen prime-sponsored SB 1786 requiring providers of public artificial-intelligence tools to embed content-verification information in generated or materially altered content.
February 5, 2026For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Civil Rights
· 7 records
Petersen sponsored SB 1741, the Arizona Released Time Education Act, which the Legislature approved and transmitted to the governor.
June 11, 2026For
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen and House Speaker Ben Toma filed an amicus brief seeking to preserve Arizona's statutory prohibition on gender-reassignment surgeries for minors during litigation over state health-plan coverage.
July 10, 2023Against
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen prime-sponsored SB 1048 to repeal the governor's authority to close businesses during a declared state of emergency.
January 10, 2022For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen prime-sponsored SB 1459 providing de novo court review of administrative decisions and allowing courts to decide legal and factual questions without agency deference.
January 28, 2021For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen prime-sponsored SB 1273 expanding independent judicial review of contested administrative cases and review of licensing requirements.
January 23, 2018For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen prime-sponsored SB 1072 requiring courts reviewing administrative decisions to decide legal and factual questions without deferring to an agency's prior determination.
January 17, 2017For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen prime-sponsored HB 2153 to expand Arizona's statutory protection for the exercise of religion against state action.
January 22, 2014For
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
General
· 10 records
The NFIB Arizona PAC endorsed Petersen for Arizona attorney general.
June 17, 2026
Source: nfib.com · researched July 13, 2026
Center for Arizona Policy Action and its political action committee endorsed Petersen for Arizona attorney general.
April 23, 2026
Source: azaction.org · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen and House Speaker Steve Montenegro issued a joint statement opposing a federal receivership over Arizona prison health care and supporting the state corrections department's appeal.
February 27, 2026
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen prime-sponsored SB 1529 requiring municipalities to establish preapproved housing-design programs and regulating related development approvals.
February 10, 2025
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Arizona Senate Republicans selected Petersen to remain Senate president for a second consecutive term.
November 12, 2024
Source: azsenaterepublicans.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen prime-sponsored SB 1343 to require periodic review and automatic expiration of state agency rules unless renewed.
January 30, 2024
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen prime-sponsored SB 1103 changing administrative-review and approval procedures for municipal and county development decisions.
January 19, 2023
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen prime-sponsored HB 2569 recognizing qualifying out-of-state occupational licenses for new Arizona residents.
February 4, 2019
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen prime-sponsored HB 2064 requiring high-school students to pass a civics test as a graduation requirement.
January 12, 2015
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Warren Petersen joined as a prime sponsor of HB 2608, which closed the Elected Officials' Retirement Plan to new members and created a defined-contribution option for newly elected officials.
February 12, 2013
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Integrity and Ethics
· 3 records
Petersen and House Speaker Ben Toma sent the National Association of Attorneys General a litigation-hold letter over its custody, investment, and expenditure of public-settlement money.
March 1, 2023
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
After a legislative hearing aired unsupported bribery allegations against public officials, Petersen and House Speaker Ben Toma publicly disavowed the claims and blamed the presenter.
February 28, 2023
Source: apnews.com · researched July 13, 2026
Petersen prime-sponsored SB 1487 establishing Attorney General review and fiscal penalties when a local government violates state law.
February 2, 2016
Source: azleg.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Elections
- Attorney General · August 4, 2026 · Arizona
Profile last researched July 6, 2026.