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Katie Hobbs

Democratic · AZ · Governor of Arizona

Katie Hobbs is a Democratic candidate in the August 4, 2026 Arizona primary for Governor.

Track record

Environment and Public Health

· 4 records
  • Hobbs signed SB 1611 creating a voluntary Ag-to-Urban groundwater conservation program that converts high-water irrigated land to lower-water development.

    June 30, 2025For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Hobbs signed an executive order directing Arizona's occupational-safety division to establish a task force and draft workplace heat-safety guidelines.

    May 22, 2025For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Hobbs signed SB 1081, SB 1181, and SB 1242 to promote renewable and recycled water use, protect groundwater, and support conservation infrastructure.

    June 19, 2024For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Hobbs declared a heat state of emergency, opened state cooling centers, and signed an order coordinating a statewide extreme-heat response plan.

    August 11, 2023For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Anti-Corruption

· 1 record
  • Hobbs signed an executive order prohibiting executive-branch employees from using or disclosing nonpublic government information to profit in prediction markets.

    July 9, 2026For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Healthcare Affordability

· 2 records
  • Hobbs' medical-debt initiative reported eliminating $642 million in debt for more than 485,000 Arizonans.

    December 22, 2025For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Hobbs signed a contract launching Affordable Arizona, making up to $30 million available to purchase and cancel qualifying residents' medical debt.

    March 4, 2024For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Public Safety and Crime Control

· 2 records
  • Hobbs signed Executive Order 2025-01 creating Operation Desert Guardian, a joint task force for border-security operations in Arizona's four border counties.

    February 25, 2025For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Hobbs' Task Force SAFE deployed National Guard personnel at ports of entry and helped seize more than six million fentanyl pills and 1,400 pounds of other illicit drugs by November 2024.

    November 18, 2024For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Housing Affordability

· 1 record
  • Hobbs signed HB 2720 establishing statewide accessory-dwelling-unit rules and HB 2721 allowing middle housing in central areas and large developments.

    May 21, 2024For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Social Programs and Welfare

· 2 records
  • Hobbs vetoed a Republican budget package that she said cut healthcare, nutrition assistance, child services, wildfire response, water protection, and border security.

    May 5, 2026For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Hobbs vetoed two House Republican budget packages that she said cut public safety, healthcare, childcare, veterans services, and small-business tax relief.

    June 25, 2025For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Public Education Quality

· 1 record
  • Hobbs signed executive orders requiring robust in-person school-facility inspections at least every five years and creating a council to update minimum facility guidelines.

    June 30, 2023For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Women's Reproductive Rights

· 3 records
  • Hobbs signed an executive order expanding access to free and affordable contraception for state employees and directing AHCCCS to assess broader access.

    May 20, 2024For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Hobbs signed HB 2677, repealing Arizona's 1864 near-total abortion ban.

    May 2, 2024For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Hobbs signed an executive order centralizing abortion-related prosecutions in the Attorney General's Office and limiting state assistance with out-of-state abortion investigations and extraditions.

    June 23, 2023For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Personal Income Tax Reduction

· 2 records
  • Hobbs signed the bipartisan Arizona First budget with a $1.4 billion tax cut for working families, a three-year data-center tax-credit moratorium, and investments in border security, healthcare, public safety, education, and water.

    June 13, 2026For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Hobbs signed Executive Order 2025-15 directing state tax forms to reflect a higher standard deduction and prospective deductions for tips, overtime, car-loan interest, and seniors.

    November 20, 2025For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Civil Rights

· 3 records
  • Hobbs signed executive orders adding medically necessary gender-affirming surgery to the state employee health plan and barring state support for conversion therapy for minors.

    June 27, 2023For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Hobbs signed an executive order prohibiting state agencies and new state contracts from discriminating based on hair texture and protective hairstyles associated with race.

    March 17, 2023For

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • A federal jury found that the Arizona Senate retaliated against Talonya Adams after she complained to decision-makers including Hobbs about sex-based pay disparity; the district court denied the Senate's motion to overturn that finding.

    November 10, 2021Against

    Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 13, 2026

General

· 4 records
  • Hobbs imposed a moratorium on most bill signings and announced she would veto bills until legislative leaders publicly produced and negotiated a budget, while exempting two public-safety bills.

    April 13, 2026

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • The Arizona AFL-CIO endorsed Hobbs for reelection as governor.

    July 16, 2025

    Source: katiehobbs.org · researched July 13, 2026

  • Hobbs signed a bipartisan state budget funding housing, public education, tribal communities, healthcare, roads, bridges, and broadband.

    May 11, 2023

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

  • Governor Hobbs vetoed a Republican budget package, saying it failed to address housing, public education, and household costs.

    February 16, 2023

    Source: azgovernor.gov · researched July 13, 2026

Integrity and Ethics

· 1 record
  • As Arizona Secretary of State, Katie Hobbs certified the state's 2020 general-election results alongside the governor, attorney general, and chief justice.

    November 30, 2020

    Source: cbsnews.com · researched July 13, 2026

Elections

  • Governor · August 4, 2026 · Arizona · incumbent

Profile last researched July 6, 2026.