Andy Biggs
Andy Biggs has had decades in government. I am running because Arizona needs results.
Andy Biggs served for years in the Arizona Legislature, rose all the way to President of the Arizona Senate, and has been in Congress since 2017. He has introduced hundreds of pieces of legislation during his congressional career, but introducing bills is not the same as getting meaningful legislation across the finish line.
I also disagree with important parts of his record. Biggs voted against the final PACT Act that expanded healthcare and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances. His approach to government is often driven by national ideological battles, while I believe Arizona's Governor needs to wake up every morning focused on Arizona.
My priorities are water security, affordability, stronger schools, higher teacher pay, protecting small businesses, responsible border security and legal immigration, universal childcare, protecting our farmers and rural communities, reforming AHCCCS and broken state agencies, protecting Fourth Amendment privacy, holding data centers accountable for their water and energy demands, expanding Arizona jobs and stopping fraud, waste and corruption—all without simply reaching into taxpayers' pockets for more money.
I am not running to represent the Republican establishment or the Democratic establishment. I am running to represent Arizona. I will work with Republicans, Democrats and Independents when their ideas are good for our state.
Andy Biggs offers Arizona more ideology. I offer Arizona problem-solving, accountability and a government that works for the people who live here.
Not Left. Not Right. Only Forward.
TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk ordered just 8 days before he was murdered a “DOGE” style audit on the financials. I will complete this request as TPUSA infiltrated our government and politics today in a concerning and questioning way. Answers need to happen. And I will complete this audit to ensure this large political and religious special interest group is sound.
Andy Biggs NO Voting Record
Water security Biggs
NO — H.R. 3684 (2021), Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act- roads & water infrastructure
NO — H.R. 7776 (2022), Water Resources Development Act - flood control
NO — H.R. 8812 (2024) Water Resources Development Act- fed water resources
NO – November 2025 Globe relief letter - flood - refused to sign
FOX10 Interview 11/16/2025 with John Hook Biggs states
“We don’t have a water crisis. We have a water management crisis”
KJZZ reported 9/2026 Biggs is quoted:
“We have a lot of it [water], we’re going to make it useful.”
Rural communities Biggs
NO — HR 3874 (2021), Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, - rural broadband
Affordable healthcare
SB 1519 (2011) named “AHCCCS; Termination” - “socialized medicine”
NO — HR 6833 (2022); Affordable Insulin Now Act, capped cost; no deductible
NO — HR 5376 (2022), Inflation Reduction Act; medicare prescription provision
Veterans / military
NO — H.R. 3967, 2022; Honoring Our PACT Act, Expand VA healthcare & disability
Arizona jobs / semiconductor industry
NO — H.R. 4346 (2022) CHIPS and Science Act; fed support for semiconductor research
Education / workforce development
NO — HR 4346, 2022, CHIPS and Science Act; STEM covering pre-K-12
Childcare
NO — H.R. 1319 (2021), American Rescue Plan; COVID relief for childcare
American Rescue Plan
NO — HR 1319 2021, American Rescue Plan; education funding for learning loss
NO — HR 1319 2021, American Rescue Plan; mental health grants & addiction
NO — HR 1319 2021, American Rescue Plan; first responders & healthcare
Marriage equality
NO — H.R. 8404 (2022), Respect for Marriage Act,
Human Trafficking
NO – SB 1338 (2005); human trafficking offenses more severe
HB 2648 (2013) - Killed bill
NO— against sex trafficking bill
Katie Hobbs
Katie Hobbs has been in Arizona elected politics since 2011, serving in the State House, State Senate, as Senate Democratic Minority Leader, Secretary of State, and now Governor. During her four legislative sessions as Governor, she has vetoed more than 500 bills, reflecting the deep gridlock between her administration and the Legislature, and as a state senator she co-sponsored a 2018 proposal that would have increased Arizona’s gasoline tax from 18 cents to 36 cents per gallon. I believe Arizona needs a different approach. I will not increase taxes on hardworking Arizona families, and instead of governing through partisan warfare and mass vetoes, I will work with Republicans, Democrats, and Independents to negotiate solutions before bills ever reach my desk. My priorities are lowering the cost of living, securing Arizona’s water future, protecting school choice while demanding accountability, reforming failing state agencies, protecting small businesses, expanding job opportunities, strengthening disability and mental-health services, and eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse. Katie Hobbs represents years within the two-party political system; I represent independent leadership focused on results—Not Left, Not Right, Only Forward.
Katie Hobbs Veto Record
Water Security
HB 2062 (2024) — concerned Assured Water Supply certificates in the Phoenix AMA. Hobbs said it would weaken/circumvent Arizona's Assured Water Supply protections. Arizona Legislature
HB 2123 (2024) — would have prohibited certain requirements for well-water measuring devices. Hobbs said it conflicted with sound groundwater management. Arizona Legislature
HB 2184 (2024) — created/modified a brackish groundwater pilot program. Hobbs vetoed it because she said the issue should be handled in the overall budget. Arizona Legislature
HB 2202 (2025) — groundwater/AMA legislation. Hobbs said it weakened rural groundwater protections. Arizona Legislature
HB 2203 (2025) — changed historical-water-use rules for subsequent Active Management Areas. Hobbs said it did not solve Arizona's water-policy challenges. Arizona Legislature
HB 2271 (2025) — would have expanded groundwater supply-and-demand information reported for rural groundwater basins. Hobbs vetoed it, saying it would not solve the state's water challenges. Arizona Legislature
HB 2551 (2025) — concerned grandfathered groundwater rights in the Willcox AMA. Hobbs vetoed it. Arizona Legislature
SB 1116 (2025) — required ADWR procedures concerning alternative groundwater models. Hobbs said the bill imposed arbitrary timelines and did nothing to ensure water security. Arizona Legislature
SB 1518 (2025) — concerned groundwater rights and irrigation. Hobbs vetoed it while negotiations over a broader rural-groundwater framework were underway. Arizona Legislature
HB 2026 (2026) — concerned how water sources are evaluated for Arizona's 100-year Assured Water Supply requirement. Hobbs vetoed it; a similar measure had also been vetoed in 2024. Arizona Legislature
HB 2102 and HB 2103 (2026) — dealt with water hauling and groundwater transportation. Hobbs said they did not constitute meaningful rural-groundwater reform.
Rural Communities
HB 2086 — water improvements/water hauling.
HB 2088 — subsequent Active Management Areas (AMAs).
HB 2089 — allowed voters to petition for an election to remove a subsequent AMA designation. Hobbs specifically said it would weaken rural groundwater protections. Arizona Legislature
HB 2094 — changed the definition of contiguous property in a groundwater-related context. Hobbs said she would not consider rural-groundwater bills outside the broader negotiations. Arizona Legislature
HB 2202 — another subsequent-AMA measure. Hobbs again said it would weaken rural groundwater protections. Arizona Legislature
HB 2203 — historical groundwater use/subsequent AMA.
HB 2271 — would have required ADWR's five-year groundwater-basin assessments to include additional information, including groundwater levels, pumping/recharge metrics and other supply-and-demand information. Hobbs said it would not make a difference in solving Arizona's current water-policy problems. Arizona Legislature
HB 2274 — particularly relevant to Cochise County/Willcox. It would have provided a process for a water-improvement program and potentially a domestic water improvement district in the Willcox Groundwater Basin. Hobbs vetoed it, saying it failed to address the broader water-policy challenges and should be handled through the larger rural-groundwater negotiations. Arizona Legislature
HB 2572 — subsequent AMA/groundwater-rights legislation. Hobbs said it would weaken groundwater protections and reiterated that she wanted rural-groundwater legislation handled through comprehensive negotiations.
Healthcare
2023: SB 1600 (born-alive/medical care) and HB 2530 (pregnancy/substance-use services). Arizona Legislature
2024: HB 2183 (parents/minors' medical records) and SB 1511 (sex/gender information and health insurers). Arizona Legislature
2025: HB 2126 (minor medical records), HB 2439 (pregnancy resources), HB 2449 (AHCCCS eligibility), SB 1072 (medical-board complaints), SB 1268 (hospital immigration-status reporting), SB 1600 (informed consent), plus the healthcare budget reconciliation bill HB 2966. Arizona Legislature
2026: SB 1051 (hospital immigration reporting), HB 2086 (vaccination/mask requirements), HB 2584 (genetic-sequencing equipment), HB 2660 and SB 1124 (health regulatory boards), and HB 2796 (AHCCCS eligibility), among others. Arizona Governor's Office
Military
HB 2393 — election procedures that included participation by uniformed-service and overseas voters.
HB 2404 — voter-registration-card provisions with an exception concerning active-duty military members and their families.
SB 1570 — psilocybin-services legislation that specifically included veteran participation/representation. The Arizona Veterans' Service Advisory Commission documented these three as vetoed.
Jobs
SB 1166 (2023) — Public-sector job requirements. This bipartisan bill would have prohibited public employers from rejecting applicants solely because they lacked a college degree, with exceptions for jobs genuinely requiring degrees. It passed the Arizona House 58–0 before Hobbs vetoed it, saying it created unnecessary and unworkable administrative burdens. Arizona Legislature
HB 2108 (2023) — Unemployment/workforce system. Changed unemployment-insurance procedures. Hobbs vetoed it, arguing it would create additional barriers for workers and interfere with modernization of the unemployment system. Arizona Legislature
HB 2502 (2024) — Employment and job-training services. Concerned employment/training requirements for SNAP recipients. Hobbs vetoed it, saying Arizona should instead invest resources in the SNAP Career Advancement Network. Arizona Legislature
HB 2450 (2025) — Unemployment benefits. Would have changed/reduced unemployment benefits. Hobbs vetoed it, arguing that reducing UI would not connect unemployed Arizonans with jobs matching their skills more quickly. Arizona Legislature
HB 2774 (2025) — Nuclear energy/industrial development. Would have streamlined permitting related to small modular reactors for large industrial energy users. Legislative supporters argued it could attract advanced manufacturing and data-center investment and jobs, particularly in rural Arizona. Hobbs vetoed it. That job-creation argument comes from the bill's legislative supporters, so it should be attributed to them rather than stated as an established effect. Arizona Legislature
SB 1584 (2025) — State employment. Addressed state workforce hiring practices. Hobbs vetoed it, saying Arizona already had merit-based hiring and warning the legislation could affect employment opportunities for veterans. Arizona Legislature
SB 1036 (2026) — Unemployment benefits/work requirements. Hobbs vetoed the measure, saying it would cause unnecessary delays for workers, burdens for employers and costs to the state. Arizona Legislature
SB 1056 (2026) — State hiring/vacant positions. Concerned state-agency vacant positions and hiring. Hobbs vetoed it, saying it did not accurately reflect Arizona's merit-based hiring system and would interfere with agencies' ability to serve Arizonans. Arizona Legislature
SB 1670 (2026) — Skilled trades licensing. Would have removed municipal/county authority to require journeyman licenses for certain plumbing, electrical, HVAC, mechanical and related trades. Hobbs vetoed it, citing local control, construction standards and safety. Arizona Legislature
Education
HB 2670 (2025) — fetal-development/health education. Would have required fetal-development instruction. Hobbs vetoed it, saying instructional requirements should be handled by the State Board of Education and schools and that the bill conflicted with Arizona's opt-in sex-education requirements. Arizona Legislature
HB 2640 (2025) — school district leases. Addressed termination/nonrenewal of school-district leases. Hobbs vetoed it because she opposed retroactively undoing decisions made by elected school boards. Arizona Legislature
HB 2610 (2025) — school boards/superintendents. Addressed school district governing-board members and superintendents; Hobbs vetoed it. Arizona Governor's Office
HB 2969 (2025) — K–12 education budget. This was an entire FY2026 K–12 budget-reconciliation bill. It included provisions involving failing-school tutoring, Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind and classroom spending. Hobbs vetoed it as part of a larger budget dispute, arguing the overall proposal inadequately funded K–12 and other priorities. Arizona Legislature
HB 2954/HB 2967 (2025) — higher education. These dealt with higher-education funding, including community-college STEM/workforce programs. They were vetoed as part of the FY2026 budget dispute. Arizona Legislature
HB 2008 (2026) — school libraries. Would have placed restrictions involving professional associations and school libraries. Hobbs vetoed it. Arizona Governor's Office
HB 2040 (2026) — public educational institutions/adoption information. Hobbs vetoed it. Arizona Governor's Office
HB 2075 (2026) — school-district employment contracts. Addressed publication of school-district employment contracts. Hobbs vetoed it. Arizona Governor's Office
HB 2033 (2026) — statewide testing. Concerned requirements for providing Arizona's statewide assessment in written form. Hobbs vetoed it. Arizona Governor's Office
HB 2093 (2026) — mental-health education. Would have changed/repealed certain mental-health instruction requirements. Hobbs vetoed it. Arizona Legislature
HB 4033 (2026) — school bonds. Concerned school-bond ballot language. Hobbs vetoed it. Arizona Governor's Office
HB 2249 (2026) — Parents' Bill of Rights. Among other provisions, it addressed parental notification/consent concerning social transitioning at school and access to children's educational records, and created remedies for violations of parental rights. Hobbs said the legislation threatened schools and educators with financial penalties and encouraged litigation rather than collaboration. Arizona Legislature
HB 4148 (2026) — FY2027 K–12 education. This was a major K–12 budget-reconciliation bill. Among its provisions, it would have increased the statutory base level from $5,113.26 to $5,215.53 for FY2027. Hobbs vetoed it during the 2026 budget fight. Arizona Legislature
Childcare
HB 2785 (2026) — Tax package that included childcare-related tax deductions and expanded child tax credits
HB 4152 (2026) — Included an Arizona income-tax subtraction for qualifying child and dependent-care expenses
Mental health
HB 2093 (2026) — Mental-health instruction in Arizona schools. The bill would have removed certain mental-health curriculum requirements and eventually repealed the statutory mental-health instruction requirement. VETOED. Arizona Legislature
HB 2183 (2024) — Parental access to minors' medical records, including circumstances involving mental-health screening and treatment. VETOED. Arizona Legislature
HB 2126 (2025) — Parental access to minors' medical records, including emergency mental-health screening and treatment. VETOED. Arizona Legislature
First responders / law enforcement
HB 2221 (2025) — Would have restricted municipalities from reducing funding for municipal police departments and established requirements concerning law-enforcement funding. VETOED. Hobbs said she supported increased police funding but opposed the bill because it undermined local decision-making. Arizona Legislature
FY2026 budget package (2025) — Hobbs vetoed multiple budget bills. However, do not characterize these as vetoes against first-responder raises: her veto message specifically argued that the Legislature's budget did not provide adequate funding for first-responder pay raises. Arizona Legislature
Disability / vulnerable populations
HB 2183 (2024) — Medical-record legislation affecting minors and other potentially vulnerable patients, including those needing mental-health treatment. VETOED. Arizona Legislature
HB 2968 (2025) — Human-services budget reconciliation bill involving DES programs, including TANF provisions. VETOED as part of the FY2026 budget dispute
Family & Parental Rights
SB 1005 (2023) — Parental Rights: Addressed legal remedies involving government actions that interfere with parental rights. VETOED. Arizona Governor's Office
HB 2541 (2025) — DCS / Parental Rights: Required additional disclosure and sworn affidavits in DCS dependency and termination-of-parental-rights proceedings. VETOED. Arizona Legislature
HB 2256 (2025) — Family Court / Parenting Time: Addressed therapeutic intervention and expert testimony in domestic/family-court proceedings involving children and parenting time. VETOED. Arizona Legislature
HB 2671 (2025) — Kinship/Foster Families: Would have required extended family members to be included in searches for potential kinship foster placements and related court proceedings. VETOED. Hobbs said existing law and practice already included extended family members. Arizona Legislature
HB 2249 (2026) — Parents' Bill of Rights: Expanded parental rights concerning children's educational records and parental consent/notification involving social transitioning at school, while creating remedies for violations. VETOED. Arizona Legislature
HB 2662 (2026) — Family Court / Parenting Time: Addressed qualifications for expert testimony in parenting-time cases, including cases involving domestic violence. VETOED. Arizona Legislature
SB 1018 (2026) — Forced/Minor Marriage & Family Protections: Addressed enforcement of foreign law involving forced or coerced marriage, marriage involving minors, domestic violence, polygamy, honor violence, and other conduct prohibited under Arizona law. VETOED. Hobbs said existing state and federal law already prohibited the conduct at issue. Arizona Legislature
Protecting Children
HB 2759 (2023) — Human trafficking / child sex trafficking. Would have expanded civil liability to people who facilitated human trafficking or knowingly benefited from facilitating it. It also would have prohibited incorporation of organizations whose officers/directors/trustees had convictions for offenses including sex trafficking, forced-labor trafficking and child sex trafficking. VETOED. Arizona Legislature
SB 1583 (2023) — Child sex offenders / public sex-offender information. Addressed information published about offenders convicted of crimes including child molestation, sexual conduct with a minor, child sex trafficking, taking a child for prostitution, luring a minor for sexual exploitation, and continuous sexual abuse of a child. VETOED. Arizona Legislature
HB 2133 (2026) — Sexual images / minors / AI-generated material. The “Protect Act” would have imposed verification and consent requirements on commercial websites publishing sexual material, with the Attorney General able to seek penalties of up to $250,000 when a minor was depicted. VETOED
Risa Lombardo
Risa Lombardo does not have a record of serving in the Arizona Legislature. Public records and reporting instead show a complicated political history: she was registered as a Democrat for years, voted in Republican primaries in 2022 and 2024, served as a Republican precinct committeeman, and then entered the governor’s race as a Green Party candidate; the Arizona Green Party itself has gone so far as to “actively oppose” her candidacy. There have also been reported questions surrounding her campaign spending and compliance with Clean Elections disclosure requirements, although those are allegations and should not be presented as proven violations unless formally determined by regulators. Where Risa and I differ most is that I am running as an independent voice with a detailed Arizona-focused agenda: lowering the cost of living, securing our water future, protecting small businesses and rural communities, reforming AHCCCS and state agencies, improving education, strengthening border security while supporting legal immigration, protecting constitutional rights, and confronting fraud, waste and corruption. I believe Arizona needs a governor whose positions are clear, consistent and centered on solving problems—not another candidate whose political identity leaves voters questioning where she truly stands.