Casa Grande, Arizona sample ballot 2026

Katie Hobbs is Arizona's incumbent governor and a Democratic candidate for re-election. Before becoming governor, she served as Arizona secretary of state and in the state Legislature; her campaign and governing record emphasize affordability, water, public education, reproductive rights, and pragmatic state management.

Andy Biggs is the Republican nominee for Arizona governor and a U.S. representative from Arizona's 5th District. A former Arizona Senate president and Trump-endorsed conservative, he won the July 21, 2026 Republican primary and faces incumbent Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs in November.

• Voted for final House passage of the 2025 Republican tax-and-spending law on July 3, 2025. Supported
• Voted for the immigration-detention measure requiring federal custody of certain migrants charged with theft-related crimes. Supported

Risa Lombardo is a retired paralegal and the Green Party candidate for governor, per the Secretary of State's certified canvass; running-mate listings settle at the certified general listing.

Teri Ann Hourihan is a licensed professional counselor and small-business owner of an integrated healthcare company who earned her Ph.D. in 2018, per the campaign site. She is running for Arizona governor on the No Labels Party ticket, per the campaign site.

Walter 'Les' Presmyk is a candidate for Arizona State Mine Inspector with more than 45 years of experience in the mining industry, including roles at Magma Copper Company, Miami Copper Company, and Salt River Project, per the campaign site.

Brian Matlock is a mechanical engineer and Marine veteran with decades of experience in the forestry, pulp and paper, foundry, and mining industries, and holds six U.S. patents, per the campaign site. He is running for Arizona State Mine Inspector, per the campaign site.

Kris Mayes is Arizona's incumbent attorney general and a Democratic candidate for re-election. Her office has focused on consumer protection, water and environmental enforcement, reproductive-rights litigation, election-related cases, and public-safety prosecutions.

Warren Petersen is the Republican nominee for Arizona attorney general and president of the Arizona Senate. He won the July 21, 2026 Republican primary and faces incumbent Democratic Attorney General Kris Mayes in November. His record centers on conservative legislation, litigation against federal policy, taxation, regulation, election policy, and public safety.

Adrian Fontes is Arizona's incumbent secretary of state and a Democratic candidate for re-election. A former Maricopa County recorder and Marine Corps veteran, he oversees statewide election administration, business filings, public records, and the state library and archives.

Alex Kolodin is the Republican nominee for Arizona secretary of state, an attorney, and a state representative. His campaign emphasizes election integrity, transparency, conservative legal priorities, and changes to how Arizona administers elections.

• Used his state legislative role to support Republican election-administration and transparency proposals. Supported

Heap is a fourth generation Arizonan, orthopedic surgeon and former state representative who has spent decades serving patients, schools and communities across Arizona, per the campaign site.

Thompson is an Air Force combat veteran who served eight years on the Mesa City Council and currently serves on the Arizona Corporation Commission, per the campaign site. He holds a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and worked 17 years in engineering and government relations for Southwest Gas, per the campaign site.

Hill is a scientist and engineer with 18 years of experience at Arizona State University working on NASA missions to Mars, Jupiter and asteroids, per the campaign site. He holds a master's degree in aerospace engineering and a doctorate in geological sciences, both from Arizona State University, per the campaign site.

Pratte, a member of the Navajo Nation who grew up in Lupton, Arizona, is a small business owner who co-founded Navajo Power, a utility scale and residential electricity provider, per the campaign site. She previously held senior positions at the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Department of Commerce, managing economic development and tribal affairs across three presidential administrations and four Navajo Nation administrations, per the campaign site.

Mike Cease is the Green candidate for Arizona Corporation Commissioner on the November 3, 2026 ballot (two seats are elected statewide), per the Secretary of State's certified 2026 general-election candidate listing. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.

Elijah Norton is the Republican nominee for Arizona's open state treasurer seat, a former Arizona Republican Party treasurer, and a business owner. His campaign emphasizes investment oversight, conservative fiscal policy, transparency, and a private-sector approach to managing public money.

Nick Mansour is the Democratic nominee for Arizona state treasurer and a former nursing-college executive. He faces Republican Elijah Norton in the November general election. His campaign emphasizes responsible investment, education and workforce experience, transparency, and using the treasurer's office to serve families and communities.

Kimberly Yee is Arizona's state treasurer and the Republican nominee for superintendent of public instruction. A former state legislator, she won the July 21, 2026 Republican primary over incumbent Tom Horne and faces Democrat Teresa Leyba Ruiz in November, with a campaign focused on school accountability, parental involvement, workforce readiness, and conservative education policy.

Teresa Leyba Ruiz is the Democratic nominee for Arizona superintendent of public instruction and a former president of Glendale Community College with more than three decades in education. Her campaign emphasizes restoring trust in educators, oversight of the ESA voucher program, and stronger public-school funding.