Katie Hobbs

Hobbs says she will expand access to health care and reproductive care, including family planning resources, Medicaid-related services, and protections for women and medical professionals.

Hobbs says she wants to lower costs for families, expand child care and career-training opportunities, and provide tax relief such as child tax credits and sales-tax exemptions for items like diapers, medicines, and feminine hygiene products.

Hobbs supports protecting reproductive freedom and says she will work to increase access to abortion services and reproductive care, repeal older abortion restrictions, and use state authority to oppose restrictive measures.

Hobbs says Arizona should pair border security with federal immigration reform, including more resources for border communities, support for law enforcement and hospitals, and a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants including DREAMers.

Hobbs has supported gun-safety measures and vetoed several bills backed by gun-rights advocates, including measures related to guns on campuses and other expansions of gun access.

Hobbs says Arizona should modernize water management and infrastructure, protect natural resources from climate impacts, and build a cleaner energy economy that lowers costs and diversifies the state’s energy supply.

Hobbs has focused on state-level security concerns involving foreign adversaries, including proposing and signing the BAN Act to restrict certain foreign governments from owning land near military bases and critical infrastructure.

Hobbs’ office says it follows a non-discrimination policy and has promoted equal opportunity protections, including for LGBTQ Arizonans and state employees.

Hobbs has promoted artificial intelligence and other technology to improve state government efficiency and fraud detection, and she created an AI steering committee to guide policy and oversight.

Hobbs emphasizes state support for local solutions on housing affordability and homelessness, including more affordable housing, streamlined permitting, and targeted assistance for people experiencing homelessness.

Hobbs supports free early childhood education, affordable child care, stronger student supports, more post-secondary opportunities, and efforts to improve educator retention.

Hobbs signed legislation in 2026 that moved Arizona’s primary election date to late July and made other election-administration changes, including signature-curing and observer-access provisions.