Arizona statewide candidates raise millions ahead of 2026 midterms

With just over a year to go before the 2026 midterm election, candidates for Arizona’s statewide office have already amassed millions of dollars, with incumbent Gov. Katie Hobbs leading the way. 

The Democrat raked in $1.4 million in contributions during the third quarter of 2025, from July 1 to Sept. 30, according to campaign finance reports that were due Oct. 15. 

She adds that to the $3.3 million she already raised this year, which she said is more than any other gubernatorial candidate in a non-election year, leaving her with $5.4 million in cash on hand. 

“Arizonans are rallying behind Katie Hobbs because they know she’s focused on delivering results — lowering costs, securing the border, and solving problems,” Nicole DeMont, Hobbs’ campaign said in a statement. “While her opponents are locked in a contest for desperate approval from Washington, Katie Hobbs is bringing Republicans, Democrats, and Independents together to move Arizona forward.”

Hobbs’ campaign bragged that it had out-fundraised the entire field of Republican challengers during the third quarter. 

Longtime U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, one of the two Trump-endorsed Republicans hoping to face Hobbs in the 2026 general election, raised $564,000 during the third quarter for a total of $1.2 million so far with $630,200 on hand.

Karrin Taylor Robson, a lobbyist and businesswoman also endorsed by Trump, raised $414,500 in the third quarter, for a total of $1.8 million in individual contributions this year. But Robson has already spent more than $3 million on operating costs, after she lent her campaign $2.2 million earlier this year. She had $978,000 in cash on hand. 

This is Robson’s second bid for governor: She lost the Republican primary to Kari Lake in 2022, who went on to lose the general election to Hobbs. 

The most recent Republican candidate to enter the race for governor, longtime U.S. Rep. David Schweikert only announced his candidacy Sept. 30, so he was not required to file a campaign finance report for the third quarter. 

In the race for attorney general, Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen, a Republican, outraised incumbent Democrat Kris Mayes, taking in about $789,465.00 in the third quarter.

That puts Petersen at $981,000 raised this cycle so far, and leaves him with $1.1 million in cash on hand, including $97,500 he loaned his campaign

Mayes, part of the coalition of Democratic attorneys general who have filed numerous lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s executive overreach and flouting of the U.S. Constitution, raised about $622,000 during the quarter, putting her total at nearly $1.5 million, with just over $1.5 million on hand.

Petersen’s top challenger in the GOP primary for attorney general and a frequent candidate for elected office in the Grand Canyon State, Rodney Glassman, raised about $489,000 for a total of nearly $1.7 million so far this year. Glassman had nearly $2.8 million in cash on hand, including $1 million he loaned to his own campaign in the last quarter of 2024.

Glassman is currently being investigated by prosecutors in Coconino County for campaign finance violations made over the last two years, when he’s accused of accepting individual donations above the legal limit. 

In the race for secretary of state, incumbent Adrian Fontes raised $244,300 this quarter for a total of $545,800 this cycle, outpacing by far Republican challenger, state Rep. Alexander Kolodin, who raised only $90,500 in the quarter for a total of $192,350 and nearly $203,000 in cash on hand, including a $95,000 loan from Kolodin to his campaign. 

In the race for Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee raised $42,950 during the quarter for a total of $205,000, which includes $144,400 leftover from her campaign for treasurer, leaving $196,670 in cash on hand

The Republican is challenging an incumbent from her own party, Tom Horne, who raised $30,500 in the quarter for a total of $124,000. Arizona Freedom Caucus leader, Sen. Jake Hoffman, R-Queen Creek, recruited Yee to challenge Horne after Hoffman took issue with Horne’s actions to increase accountability for the state’s school voucher program. 

Democratic candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction, Michael Butts, a former school board member and assistant principal, raised just $3,200 in the quarter for a total of $4,370 and $1,660 on hand. 

Elijah Norton, a businessman and former treasurer of the Arizona Republican Party who is running to replace Yee as state treasurer, reported that he raised no money through donations this quarter, but had $960,700 on hand after he gave his campaign $1.1 million earlier this year. 

Democratic candidate for treasurer Nick Mansour raised $220,900 in the third quarter, for a total of $222,800, including $22,000 of in-kind donations he made to his own campaign.