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Maricopa County, AZ

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

18 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
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County and municipal contests depend on your exact address — use the address lookup below for the full slate. Every race links to official sources on the Arizona voter hub.
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U.S. House, Arizona District 3
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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Yassamin Ansari
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Yassamin Ansari is the incumbent U.S. Representative for Arizona's 3rd Congressional District who holds degrees from Stanford and Cambridge and previously served in Phoenix city government, where she led passage of the city's Climate Action Plan, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Climate action and clean energy
  • Protecting reproductive rights
  • Lowering costs for housing and health care
Key voting record
Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Opposed
Voted no on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Opposed
Voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Opposed
Campaign siteFull profile
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David Redkey
Biography
Redkey is a certified teacher who has lived in Arizona for nearly four decades, per the campaign site. He describes his campaign as focused on measuring the country's success by the quality of life of its poorest residents, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Proposes extending military health coverage to civilians, describing it as "TriCare Prime for All."
  • Opposes congressional stock trading and calls for greater integrity in government.
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Alan Aversa
Biography
Aversa holds a bachelor's degree in physics and astronomy from the University of Arizona and has taught physics and computer programming, per the campaign site. He currently works as a substitute teacher for charter schools and previously ran for a Phoenix Union High School District school board seat in 2022, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Says parents should be the primary decision-makers in their children's education.
  • Calls for reducing U.S. involvement and funding in overseas conflicts and prioritizing domestic issues first.
  • States opposition to abortion.
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Arizona fields are from the Secretary of State's certified July 21 primary canvass; the certified general candidate listing is the final word on printed lines. No Republican qualified for this district's November ballot; a Republican write-in fell short of the nomination threshold. Re-verify at the certified general listing.
Governor
4 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Katie Hobbs
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Lower costs and expand economic opportunity
  • Protect water, public schools, and reproductive rights
  • Manage state government pragmatically
Key voting record
Used executive and legislative tools to focus state government on water supply, housing, and affordability issues. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
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Andy Biggs
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Secure the southern border and fully fund public safety
  • Incrementally eliminate Arizona's income tax and cut state spending
  • Expand reliable energy to lower utility and gas costs
Key voting record
Voted for final House passage of the 2025 Republican tax-and-spending law on. Supported
Voted for the immigration-detention measure requiring federal custody of certain migrants charged with theft-related crimes. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
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Risa Lombardo
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Supports campaign finance reform and public financing of elections
  • Supports a rapid transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy
  • Supports policies aimed at a living wage and a stronger social safety net
Per the campaign site.
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Teri Ann Hourihan
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • States she will not accept PAC, corporate or special-interest campaign donations
  • Prioritizes expanding access to affordable healthcare and preventive care
Per the teriann4azgov.org.
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State Mine Inspector
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Walter 'Les' Presmyk
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Serving as an ambassador for the mining industry
  • Pursuing MSHA certification for the department's New Miner Training program for underground miners
  • Strengthening the partnership with the University of Arizona's College of Mines
Per the campaign site.
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Brian Matlock
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Lists abandoned mine hazards as a primary focus area for the office
  • Calls for modernizing the Mine Inspector's Office to strengthen accountability and effectiveness
Per the matlockforazmi.com.
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Attorney General
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Kris Mayes
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Protect consumers and public safety
  • Defend water, environmental, and reproductive-rights enforcement
  • Use the attorney general's office in state and federal litigation
Campaign siteFull profile
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Warren Petersen
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Challenge federal policy through state legal action
  • Strengthen public safety and border enforcement
  • Defend conservative legal priorities
Campaign siteFull profile
Secretary of State
3 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Adrian Fontes
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Protect election access and security
  • Improve voter confidence and election administration
  • Modernize public records and business services
Campaign siteFull profile
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Alex Kolodin
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Change election administration and auditing practices
  • Increase transparency in state filings
  • Advance conservative legal priorities
Key voting record
Used his state legislative role to support Republican election-administration and transparency proposals. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
DC
Duwayne Collier
Biography
Duwayne Collier is the Green Party candidate for Arizona secretary of state on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's certified 2026 general-election candidate listing. No campaign website was found as of September 10, 2026.
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Corporation Commissioner
5 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Ralph Heap
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Opposes what he calls unjustified utility rate hikes on families and seniors
  • Supports a reliable, diverse power grid and opposes what he calls California-style energy mandates
  • Says he would bring more transparency to Corporation Commission decisions
Per the campaign site.
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Kevin Thompson
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Says he has worked to stop cost shifts tied to energy mandates and subsidies and opposes what he calls California-style energy policy
  • Highlights water infrastructure losses, saying utilities lose about 25 percent of their water through leaking pipes
  • Supports new energy technology, including micro-nuclear power, to advance Arizona's energy independence
Per the campaign site.
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Jonathon Hill
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Wants to restore full public-hearing review of utility rate cases rather than a formula-based process
  • Supports expanding protections for water supplies, including access for lower-income Arizonans
  • Would limit data center expansion and subsidies for large power users to reduce costs passed on to other ratepayers
Per the campaign site.
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Clara Pratte portrait
CP
Clara Pratte
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Says she would push to lower electricity and water costs for Arizona ratepayers
  • Wants more transparency from utility companies and says data centers should pay their fair share of costs
  • Supports clean energy investment and job creation in tribal and rural communities affected by coal plant closures
Per the campaign site.
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Mike Cease
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Opposes excluding third-party candidates from statewide debates
  • Supports scrutiny of Arizona companies' overseas business ties, including in the arms industry
  • Prioritizes addressing drought and expanding clean energy programs in the state
Per the Green Party of the United States.
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Treasurer
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
Elijah Norton portrait
EN
Elijah Norton
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Strengthen investment and cash-management oversight
  • Promote conservative fiscal policy
  • Improve transparency in state finance
Campaign siteFull profile
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NM
Nick Mansour
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Manage state investments responsibly
  • Use education and workforce experience in public finance
  • Increase transparency and service in the treasurer's office
Campaign siteFull profile
Superintendent of Public Instruction
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
KY
Kimberly Yee
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Increase school accountability and transparency
  • Support parental involvement and school choice
  • Connect education to workforce readiness
Campaign siteFull profile
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Teresa Leyba Ruiz
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Restore trust in educators and rebuild the teacher pipeline
  • Audit and add transparency to the ESA voucher program
  • Increase state funding for public schools
Campaign siteFull profile
Arizona Judicial Retention
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
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John R. Lopez IV
INCUMBENT
Biography
Justice Lopez was appointed to the Arizona Supreme Court in November 2016 and began service in January 2017; he previously served as Arizona's Solicitor General and spent more than 12 years in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Phoenix, including as Chief of the Financial Crimes and Public Integrity Section, per the court's official biography.
About this race
Retention vote: each judge appears alone with a yes-or-no question on keeping the seat. 80 more district or county retention judges depend on your address: see /judges/arizona.

Countywide races in Maricopa County

ZIP 85043 sits in Maricopa County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Maricopa County races (45).

Maricopa Clerk of the Superior Court
2 candidates
County ▾
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Sebastian 'Seb' Maximiliano Matta
DEM
Biography
Sebastian 'Seb' Maximiliano Matta is a first-time candidate with a longtime family background in the clerk's office, campaigning on modernization, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Accessibility of court records and services
  • Modernizing the clerk's office
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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JD
Jeff Dial
REP
Biography
Jeff Dial is a former Arizona state senator and state representative and an Army Reserve veteran who spent nearly a decade after leaving the legislature working in business operations, budget management and regulatory compliance, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Reliable records access
  • Fiduciary competence in the office's trust duties
  • Following the law and keeping the office out of politics
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
OPEN SEAT on the November 3 ballot: the previous clerk resigned in April 2025. This is Maricopa's marquee countywide race of 2026; supervisors, sheriff, recorder, and the other county offices were elected in 2024 and are not on this ballot. Maricopa voters also decide Proposition 413, a continuation of the jail facility excise tax, and 48 Superior Court judges face retention votes.

Statewide, Arizona voters also decide 8 ballot questions — see the Arizona ballot measures guide.

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