ROOTED IN THE COPPER STATE
Born and raised in Arizona, Katie Hobbs has spent her life fighting for the people of this state—and she’s never been afraid to tackle hard challenges head-on. Growing up in a working-class family in Tempe, Katie learned the value of service and hard work from her parents. When times were tough, her family relied on food stamps and their church community to get by.
With rising costs, Katie understands the challenges of working-class Arizonans because she’s lived them herself. Her first job was at a Burger King in Tempe, then she waited tables at Pizza Hut in Flagstaff to help pay for school. She earned scholarships and worked her way through NAU and ASU, earning her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work. Her first job out of college was working with homeless youth in Phoenix, and then she went on to help run one of the largest domestic violence shelters in the country. Katie knows what it’s like to lose a home to foreclosure—and she’s committed to making sure other Arizonans don’t have to go through the same. She raised two kids through the Great Recession, drove for Uber to make ends meet, and she and her husband are still paying off their student loans
Katie’s experiences as a social worker, a mom, and a middle-class Arizonan demonstrate the power of turning obstacles into opportunities. That’s why, as governor, she tackles the difficult issues that too many career politicians have overlooked for years. With common sense leadership, she’s putting people over politics to deliver real, lasting results.
A CHAMPION FOR EVERY ARIZONAN
As a social worker, Katie saw what happens when career politicians ignore the real problems families face. So she turned her frustration into action and decided to run for office—and has never lost an election.
When Katie became the first Democrat elected secretary of state in Arizona in almost thirty years, she had tough challenges to tackle. She promised to bring trust and accountability to the office – and she did. Katie modernized the office, fixed broken systems, and battled misinformation from foreign and domestic sources. In 2020, she delivered a historically secure election for Arizona. In the dangerous aftermath of the Big Lie conspiracy – amidst threats to herself, her family, and her colleagues – Katie stepped up and fearlessly defended the will of Arizona voters.
Through it all, she was watching the consequences of career politicians kicking the can down the road on the state’s most difficult challenges – like tackling the water crisis, securing the border, and investing in public education. That’s why she ran for governor: to serve her home state and take on the problems career politicians had been ignoring for decades. Since taking office in 2022, she’s brought people together to make progress—understanding that the work is never done.
KATIE IS COMMITTED TO SOLVING ARIZONA’S BIGGEST CHALLENGES
Katie always puts Arizona first, and that means working across the aisle to get things done. That’s why she eliminated the tax on rent, helped working Arizonans with down payment assistance to buy their first homes, and slashed red tape to make housing more affordable. Katie is also canceling two billion dollars in medical debt for one million Arizonans because no family should have to choose between life-saving medical care and putting food on the table. She secured the largest investment in child care since the Great Recession and gave 750,000 Arizona families a tax rebate to put more money back in the pockets of hardworking Arizonans so their family budgets have more room to spend on what matters most to them.
Where Washington politicians have failed, Katie has delivered. She created a Border Coordination Office within the Arizona Department of Homeland Security to ensure local, state, and federal governments work together to secure the border. During her term, she has delivered more than $100 million in border security funding to local law enforcement agencies, and she secured well-deserved pay raises for our brave state police and firefighters. She deployed the Arizona National Guard to the border and launched Task Force SAFE to keep communities safe and stop fentanyl from flooding our streets. When leaders put politics aside and get to work, the results are clear: under Katie’s leadership, Task Force SAFE has already stopped over 19 million fentanyl pills, 6,598 pounds of other illicit drugs, and 237 weapons from crossing the border.
Katie knows that securing Arizona’s water future isn’t a partisan issue—and that protecting our water supply means bringing everyone to the table to get results. She hammered out a strong water policy compromise hailed as the most consequential Arizona water legislation since the Groundwater Management Act of 1980—one that will create jobs, lower housing costs, and conserve water. And when a foreign corporation was pumping Arizona’s groundwater unchecked, Katie took action and ended their leases.
She’s invested in public education from kindergarten through higher education, and she’s expanding apprenticeships and career training so more Arizonans can be first in line for good-paying jobs that don’t require a four-year degree.
Fulfilling her promise to protect Arizonans’ healthcare, in 2024 Katie repealed Arizona’s 1864 total abortion ban, made birth control available over the counter, and protected women and doctors from prosecution. While Washington politicians work to take healthcare away from hundreds of thousands of Arizonans, Katie protected the healthcare of over 60,000 Arizonans with autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and intellectual disabilities.
Katie Hobbs’ leadership is making a real difference for Arizona families. She brings people together, cuts through the partisan noise, and stays focused on what matters most. There’s still more work to do, but one thing’s for sure: no one will fight harder than Katie to deliver for Arizona.
“I know what it takes to turn our challenges into opportunities — opportunities to make Arizona the best place to live, work, and raise a family. We need leaders who will look to the future, not dwell on the past. Leaders who can bring people together to get the job done. I’m going to keep doing just that, and I hope you’ll stand with me.”
Katie is a mom of two adult kids, and she lives in Phoenix with her husband and their dog, Harley.
