Name: 2026 Arizona governor's race
Start: 2026-11-03
Location: AZ, United States

2026 Arizona governor's race — polls, candidates & voter guide — IJR

Andy Biggs

Republican Party (United States)

Stated positions (26) ▾

Abortion: Supports pro-life legislation including protections for infants born alive after abortion attempts. [1]
Border enforcement & immigration law: Supports securing the border, restoring Remain in Mexico, completing the border wall, and enforcing immigration laws. [1][2][3]
Crime & policing: Supports fully funding public safety departments and partnering with law enforcement. [1]
DEI programs: Opposes federal funding for DEI and woke ideology programs abroad and in agencies like the Secret Service. [1][2]
Education: Supports returning power over education to states and local communities, opposing federal involvement and Common Core. [1]
Election Integrity: Supports election integrity measures to ensure timely results and limit voting to legal Arizona citizens. [1]
Election integrity: mail ballots: Supports cleaning up the permanent early voting list and linking identification to mail-in ballots rather than eliminating mail voting. [1][2]
Election integrity: voter ID: Supports election integrity legislation ensuring only legal Arizona citizens participate in elections. [1]
Energy: Opposes excessive regulation of the energy industry and supports expanding reliable, affordable domestic energy sources to lower costs for consumers. [1][2]
Energy production: Opposes unnecessary regulations on the energy industry that kill jobs, limit innovation, and raise costs. [1]
Federal spending & debt: Supports a balanced budget amendment and opposes additional federal COVID relief spending. [1][2]
Fentanyl & drug enforcement: Supports stronger border enforcement to combat fentanyl trafficking and pressure on sanctuary jurisdictions. [1]
Fiscal Policy and Government Spending: Supports balanced budgets, a balanced budget constitutional amendment, reducing inflation, and opposed large federal spending packages such as COVID relief bills. [1][2][3]
Health Care: Opposes the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), criticizing its passage and implementation. [1]
Health care: Opposes Obamacare as an intentional federal takeover of one-sixth of the economy. [1]
Housing costs: Supports policies to lower housing costs and increase supply of single-family homes through sensible water and land management. [1][2]
Immigration and Border Security: Supports securing the U.S.-Mexico border, restoring the Remain in Mexico policy, funding border barriers, and fully funding ICE and CBP operations; opposes sanctuary city policies. [1][2][3]
Israel: Supports providing military and security assistance to Israel funded by spending offsets. [1]
LGBT causes: Supports allowing businesses to cite religious beliefs to not serve gays. [1]
Limited Government and Constitutional Authority: Advocates restoring constitutional checks and balances, reducing federal regulatory overreach, and limiting the power of unelected bureaucratic agencies. [1]
Marijuana legalization: Opposes marijuana legalization and supports rolling back Arizona's voter-approved law. [1]
Parents' rights in education: Supports parental choice in education and incentivizing transparency in school curricula and materials. [1][2]
Regulation & permitting: Supports reducing overreaching regulations to lower costs for families and encourage job growth. [1][2]
School choice: Supports school choice policies and parental rights to choose education options including private and charter schools. [1][2]
Taxes: Supports tax reform to provide financial relief to families and businesses while rolling back regulations. [1]
Women's sports: Supports limiting female category events to biological females based on genetics. [1]

David Schweikert

Republican Party (United States)

Stated positions (29) ▾

Abortion: Opposes federal funding for abortion and supports protections for infants born alive after attempted abortions. [1][2]
Border enforcement & immigration law: Supports strong border security measures. [1]
Budget & the Deficit: Emphasizes reducing federal deficits and debt, arguing that raising taxes alone cannot solve fiscal imbalances and that spending reform is required. [1][2][3]
China & trade: Supports measures to address unfair Chinese trade practices and supply chain issues. [1][2]
Congressional stock trading: Supports banning stock trading by members of Congress and their families. [1]
Congressional term limits: Supports constitutional amendment imposing term limits on members of Congress. [1]
Crime & policing: Supports constitutional amendment establishing rights for crime victims including fairness, notice and restitution. [1]
EV mandates: Opposes EV tax credits and subsidies that distort markets and raise vehicle prices. [1]
Economy & Jobs: As a gubernatorial candidate, pledges to cut business regulations, keep taxes low, and recruit new businesses to create jobs across Arizona. [1]
Education: Strongly supports STEM education access at all grade levels. [1]
Election integrity: Voted to exclude Arizona and Pennsylvania electors on January 6, 2021. [1]
Election integrity: voter ID: Supports voter ID measures for election integrity. [1][2]
Energy production: Supports an all-of-the-above energy policy including drilling offshore, in ANWR, and pursuing clean coal. [1]
Federal spending & debt: Supports balanced budget amendments and limits on federal spending growth. [1]
Fentanyl & drug enforcement: Leads legislation to track fentanyl precursors and combat foreign evasion via shipping manifests. [1]
Free speech & tech censorship: Supports treating personal data as a private property right with user consent requirements for collection. [1]
Gun policy: Supports Second Amendment rights. [1]
Health care: Opposes the ACA as an economy killer and supports market-based reforms with pre-existing condition protections. [1][2]
Immigration: Supports stronger border security, opposes amnesty for illegal immigrants, favors ending birthright citizenship for children of non-citizen parents, and advocates a merit-based immigration system. [1][2][3]
Israel: Strong advocate for Israel as a key ally sharing democratic values. [1]
LGBT causes: Opposes the Equality Act and federal recognition of same-sex marriage. [1]
Marijuana legalization: Opposes full federal legalization of marijuana but supports certain research and banking reforms. [1]
School choice: Supports school choice programs to empower parents and improve student outcomes. [1]
Social Security & Medicare: Warns of ballooning deficits in Social Security and Medicare programs. [1]
Student loan forgiveness: Opposes student debt cancellation as unfair to non-borrowers and taxpayers. [1]
Taxation: Opposes raising taxes, arguing higher wages generate more tax revenue than tax hikes, and favors keeping taxes low to spur growth. [1][2]
Taxes: Supports extending tax cuts and lowering taxes to promote economic growth. [1]
Ukraine aid: Stands with Ukraine against Russian aggression. [1]
Welfare & Poverty: Supports maintaining work requirements for welfare recipients and photo ID for SNAP benefits. [1]

Issue	Hobbs	Biggs
	Pro Abortion	Protect Unborn
	Government Monopoly	Open Choice
	Supports LGBT Causes	Opposes LGBT Causes

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