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Katie Hobbs
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Hobbs in 2022
Governor-elect of Arizona
Assuming office
January 2, 2023
SucceedingDoug Ducey
21st Secretary of State of Arizona
Assumed office
January 7, 2019
GovernorDoug Ducey
Preceded byMichele Reagan
Minority Leader of the Arizona Senate
In office
January 5, 2015 – January 7, 2019
Preceded byAnna Tovar
Succeeded byDavid Bradley
Member of the Arizona Senate
from the 24th district
In office
January 7, 2013 – January 7, 2019
Preceded byDon Shooter
Succeeded byLela Alston
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives
from the 15th district
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 7, 2013
Preceded byDavid Lujan
Kyrsten Sinema
Succeeded byJohn Allen (redistricted)
Personal details
Born
Kathleen Marie Hobbs

(1969-12-28) December 28, 1969 (age 52)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Patrick Goodman
​
(m. 1996)​
Children2
EducationNorthern Arizona University (BSW)
Arizona State University (MSW)
WebsiteCampaign website

Kathleen Marie Hobbs (born December 28, 1969) is an American politician and social worker who is the governor-elect of Arizona, having been elected in 2022. She has served as the 21st secretary of state of Arizona since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Hobbs served in the Arizona Senate from 2013 to 2019 and in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013.

Born and raised in Arizona, Hobbs holds degrees in social work from Northern Arizona University and Arizona State University. She specialized in domestic violence and worked for one of nation's largest domestic violence centers. Inspired to run for office by her involvement with Emerge Arizona, Hobbs was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2010 and to the Arizona Senate in 2012. She served as Senate minority leader from 2015 to 2019 and was elected secretary of state of Arizona in 2018.

Hobbs won the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election, narrowly defeating Republican nominee Kari Lake.[1][2] She is set to become Arizona's fifth female governor[3][4] scheduled to be sworn in on January 2, 2023.[5]

Early life, education, and career

Hobbs was born on December 28, 1969, in Phoenix, Arizona. She has a twin sister, Becky.[6] A first-generation Arizonan, Hobbs was raised in Tempe in a middle-class family that sometimes relied on food stamps.[7] She comes from a Catholic family and volunteered at her church as a child.[8] She went to Catholic schools throughout her childhood and graduated from Seton Catholic High School in 1988.[9]

Hobbs attended Northern Arizona University, where she received a bachelor's degree in social work in 1992. She later attended Arizona State University, where she received a master's degree in social work in 1995.[10] She paid for college through scholarships and work-study programs.[8]

Social worker

Hobbs has been a social worker since 1992. She specializes in domestic violence, mental health, and homelessness.[11]

Hobbs was the chief compliance officer for Sojourner Center, one of the nation's largest domestic violence centers.[12] She is an adjunct faculty member of social work at Paradise Valley Community College and Arizona State University.[13]

Hobbs is affiliated with the National Association of Social Workers.

Early political career

Before seeking elected office, Hobbs participated in political leadership programs in multiple organizations, including Valley Leadership, Emerge Arizona, and the Center for Progressive Leadership.[14] She was a delegate for Hillary Clinton at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.[15]

Hobbs served on the Phoenix Women's Commission and the Phoenix Human Services Commission.[16]

Hobbs was the executive director of Emerge Arizona from 2013 to 2019.[17]

Arizona House of Representatives

Hobbs was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2010. She represented the 15th legislative district alongside Lela Alston.

Hobbs credited her interest in politics to her involvement with Emerge Arizona and was inspired to run for office by the people she assisted as a social worker, believing they were not being heard by the government.[18] She advocates ending domestic violence.[19]

Hobbs served one term in the House of Representatives and ran for state senate in 2012.

Arizona Senate

Hobbs was elected to the Arizona Senate in 2012 and reelected in 2016. She represented the 24th legislative district. She originally did not want to run for state senate but did so due to redistricting.[20] Hobbs became minority leader in 2015 and served two terms in that position.[21]

In 2015, during her first term as minority leader, Senate staffer Talonya Adams, a Black woman, complained to Hobbs about her concerns about racial and gender-based discrimination and was later fired in part by Hobbs.[22] In November 2021, Adams won a discrimination lawsuit related to her firing and was awarded a judgment of $2.75 million.[23]

Hobbs resigned her seat in the State Senate on January 7, 2019, after being elected secretary of state. She was succeeded by Alston.

Secretary of State of Arizona

2018 election

See also: 2018 Arizona Secretary of State election
Hobbs sworn in as Secretary of State

On March 8, 2017, Hobbs announced her candidacy for Arizona secretary of state.[24] In the 2018 election, she faced Republican nominee Steve Gaynor. On November 6, 2018, the Associated Press prematurely called the race for Gaynor.[25][26] With the race as close as it was, neither Hobbs nor Gaynor initially claimed victory.[27][28] In the days to come, Gaynor's lead narrowed as more and more ballots were counted. On November 16, Hobbs was officially declared the winner by a margin of 20,000 votes.[29][30] She was the first Democrat to hold the post since Jane Dee Hull in 1995.[30]

Tenure

Hobbs was sworn in as secretary of state on January 7, 2019. Because Arizona has no lieutenant governor, Hobbs stood first in the line of succession to Governor Doug Ducey.[31]

2020 Arizona election audit

Main article: 2021 Maricopa County presidential ballot audit

In 2021, the Arizona Senate Republicans provided $150,000 to fund an audit aimed at contesting the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County. In a six-page letter, Hobbs wrote that the audit's chain of custody was lacking, calling it "a significant departure from standard best practices."[32] She added that the audit procedures appeared "better suited for chasing conspiracy theories than as a part of a professional audit".[32] In response, Hobbs received death threats, and the Arizona Department of Public Safety assigned personnel to guard her and her staff.[33]

Hobbs's complaints were echoed in a letter to the State Senate president Karen Fann from the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, which had a 4-1 Republican majority. Fann, referring to one of Donald Trump's claims of election fraud, contended that the county had deleted an entire database. The board of supervisors responded in a letter calling the accusations "false, defamatory, and beneath the dignity of the Senate."[34] It accused the Arizona Senate of "conspiracy theories that fuel the fundraising schemes of those pulling your strings."[34][35][36][37] Fann responded that the audit would continue when the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum site was next available.[38]

After consulting with the Department of Homeland Security and the Election Assistance Commission, Hobbs said she was told that it was impossible to know whether the voting machines the county turned over in response to the Senate subpoena had been compromised and that Dominion Voting Systems should re-certify them for future use.[39] While the Arizona Senate's contractor was in possession of the machines that had been subpoenaed, the county spent over $20,000 to lease other machines in order to conduct two local elections, and the costs of re-certifying the surrendered machines after their return would be in the six-figure range; however, the Senate signed an agreement with the county that said the county is not liable for any damages to the equipment while in the Senate's custody, so it is unclear whether the county would be liable for the costs.[39]

The audit was conducted by Florida-based company Cyber Ninjas, which had no previous experience in election audits and had not been certified by the federal government to conduct election audits.[40] Cyber Ninjas' owner, Doug Logan, supported Trump and promoted Trump's claims of election fraud.[41] The auditors released a report in September 2021, finding no proof of fraud and that their ballot recount increased Biden's margin of victory by 360 votes.[42][43]

Governor of Arizona

2022 election

Main article: 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election

On June 2, 2021, Hobbs announced her candidacy for governor of Arizona in the 2022 election to replace term-limited Republican governor Doug Ducey.[44][45][46]

Hobbs ran against former Customs and Border Protection chief of staff Marco Lopez and former state representative Aaron Lieberman in the Democratic primary. Despite declining to debate her opponents, she won the Democratic nomination with 72.3% of the vote.[47][48]

Hobbs faced the Republican nominee, former KSAZ-TV news anchor Kari Lake, in the general election. She limited access to reporters, sometimes going out of her way to avoid them, and held small-scale campaign events.[49][50] She declined to debate Lake, stating she wanted to deny Lake the opportunity to spread election denialism.[51][52] Hobbs narrowly defeated Lake with 50.3% of the vote.[53][54] After the election, Lake refused to concede the election and is assembling a legal team to contest the election results against Hobbs.[55][56][57]

Tenure

Hobbs is expected to be sworn in on January 2, 2023. Upon taking office, she will become Arizona's fifth female governor, a record for U.S. states.[58][3]

Personal life

Hobbs is married to Patrick Goodman, whom she met at church in 1992 and married in 1996.[59] Goodman is a child therapist at Phoenix Children's Hospital.[60] They have two children and live in Phoenix.[61][62][10]

Hobbs is Catholic.[63] She is a triathlete and has been an avid cyclist since high school.[64][65]

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