15 months. That is how much time we have left until Arizona can elect a new governor, and it couldn’t come soon enough.
Since taking office in 2023, Katie Hobbs has been a complete disaster. The heights of her corruption have certainly been well documented. From her illegal use of public resources to solicit money for her inauguration, to an alleged pay-to-play schemebetween Hobbs and an Arizona group home that donated to her inauguration, to shelling out $700,000 to a company owned by the brother of the now-former Office of Tourism Director to create a new state logo, Hobbs has proven that the people of Arizona are her lowest priority. And there are no signs that will change any time soon.
In the latest reveal of her efforts to turn her office into a jobs program for her political friends, it was discovered that Hobbs handed out nearly $600,000 in taxpayer money to a former Democrat politician and her assistant for two newly created jobs.These just add to the long line of other phony baloney jobs Hobbs has created so that her buddies can get paid six-figure salaries to sit around and do nothing on your dime. In fact, just last year, she added six new jobs in the newly created Office of Resiliency (whatever that is), four new employees in the Office of Tribal Relations, and three new in-house attorneys, to name a few. All total, Hobbs has increased executive employment costs by over 50%!
With all these new government jobs, you would think Arizona must be leading the way in the nation for job creation, but no. It’s just the opposite. Since Hobbsbecame Governor of Arizona, our state has fallen from4th in the nation for job growth to 47th. But what do you expect from a governor who has made it her top priorityto attack educational freedom all while blowing a hole in the state’s budget?
The reality is that Katie Hobbs has had plenty of time and opportunities to ensure Arizona is headed in the right direction both economically and more. Instead, she’s been happy to serve as the ultimate obstructionist governor, spending all her time putting Arizona behind other states by blockading meaningful reforms.
In 2023, Hobbs broke Arizona’s veto record with 143 vetoes, blasting the previous record of 58 set in 2005 by another Democrat Governor, Janet Napolitano. But apparently, that was only scratching the surface. This year, Hobbs followed up with 178 vetoes. That’s 35 more than her own record two years ago and more than triple the amount of Napolitano in her record-setting year!
Surely, there must have been a good reason for these vetoes, right? Wrong.
Many of Hobbs’ vetoes this past legislative session were particularly egregious. Just take a look for yourself at this small sampling. In 2025, Hobbs:
Hobbs vetoed parental rights bills, 2nd Amendment bills, water legislation, tax relief, and more. The list could go on and on and on. (You can see for yourself.)
It’s been a bad look for a governor who claimed to beseeking “common ground” with the legislature going into this year. That’s probably why she’s resorted to another attempt to buy votes with her latest stunt to “pay off medical debt.” But just like last time, it’s another one of her latest schemes that’s sure to end in controversy.
The people of Arizona are tired of it. They’re tired of the lies. They’re tired of the corruption. And they’re tired of being Katie Hobbs’ last priority.
It’s time for a new governor. November 2026 can’t come soon enough.
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