Arizona income and taxes

Source topic or question: September 10, 2026 - Press Release

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Two new ads will highlight Katie Hobbs’s Culture of Corruption and Andy Biggs’s vision to eliminate the state income tax...

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Source topic or question: Tax Policy

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Signed state tax relief in each year of her first term, including relief affecting workers, families, and seniors.

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Source topic or question: Family Tax Relief

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Expanded the state Child Tax Credit and increased the standard deduction and senior deduction.

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Source topic or question: Health care affordability and access

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As both a healthcare provider and business owner, I understand the challenges families face when insurance premiums, deductibles, and out-of-pocket costs continue to rise faster than wages. I also understand the pressures placed on employers who want to provide quality healthcare benefits for their employees but struggle with escalating costs. My administration will pursue innovative solutions that increase affordability and expand access to care. This includes developing employer rebate and incentive programs that help businesses provide healthcare coverage to their workforce, increasing transparency in healthcare pricing, and strengthening oversight to ensure insurance companies are not engaging in unfair pricing practices that drive up costs for consumers. I will also work to create additional healthcare options for Arizonans by encouraging competition, supporting independent healthcare providers, expanding access to preventive and mental health services, and reducing unnecessary administrative barriers that increase costs without improving patient care. Healthcare should be affordable, accessible, and focused on patients—not bureaucracy. Arizona can lead the nation in creating a healthcare system that supports families, employers, providers, and taxpayers while delivering better outcomes for everyone. As Governor, I will fight for practical, fiscally responsible solutions that lower costs, expand choices, and make healthcare more affordable for every Arizona family

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Source topic or question: Water & Energy Costs

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Water in Arizona is reaching a critical point right now that many in the public do not realize the real crisis happening. Arizona is needing to quickly, and immediately, implement a long term solution to water preservation as water in the Colorado River, Lake Powell, and Lake Meade are reaching all time lows. Arizona is also part of the 7 state basin Colorado River plan but is the second to last of the states receiving the least. Lake Powell and Lake Meade are reducing in water annually at all time lows. Arizona cannot rely on these sources exclusively anymore and we need to address now what to do. I will put in emergency orders for water conservation in the state similar to other states such as Nevada who is one of the leading states in water conservation now. I will implement and review Nevada’s current water conservation methods to implement in Arizona as there are working blueprints in other states similar to Arizona that can work here. Nevada is a similar state as Arizona regarding the Colorado River crisis and similar weather and how they are creating long term solutions to reusing and conserving water and building conservation plants to have. Nevada states Nevada as a state is “drought resistant” with these plans in place. Arizona has reviewed plans for desalination water plants in Mexico and approval for 5.5 billion dollars was given for the plan to have water funneled through Mexico through systems and tunnels to Arizona in a desalination process. Following approval of this plan it was later dropped due to legislatures questioning the process through ecosystems that they believed could be harmed (despite the plant developers stating this will not occur) https://www.enr.com/articles/55659-arizona-advances-55b-mexico-desalination-plant-proposal. Now, Arizona is reviewing how to work with California to purchase more of their Colorado River water. One idea for this too, is that Arizona could help fund California’s current desalination plant as a short term solution in purchasing the Colorado River water while coming up with a plan for a long term solution in Arizona. The problem, I think, with Arizona purchasing water from California’s right to Colorado River water is this is not a long term solution but still a short term solution. We need plants for water conservation occurring in other states that supply their water outside of the Colorado River and other sources of water running low to supply Arizona long term. I will review where the 5.5 billion dollar fund approval is, why it stopped, and how to start a plan now to ensure water sustainability long term in Arizona. Fighting lawsuits for water conservation of depleting sources is not a long term solution either. I want Arizona to have its own plan outside of the other current conservation methods and plants operating that creates a "drought resistant” plan in Arizona, too. These plants can take up to 10-20 years, therefore, I will review short term plans such as buying colorado river from california while our current long term plan starts. Immediately these areas need to happen as Arizona is growing fast and our water cannot keep up with it. I will also address water through data center plants and ensure that data centers are paying taxes to build, have greater restriction on building, and review their water sources being used. Finally, I will immediately change the tax cuts to data centers making the data centers pay their way, have greater parameters to building, and energy resource use by the data centers paid by them to extend and/or operate.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Education Quality / ESA Protection

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Arizona public schools are failing today and the ESA program is being attacked as the culprit. I want to extend a greater audit in all school choice options, including public, charter, and ESA. Arizona is a leader in the country regarding school choice being now universal K-12. The ESA and voucher program are now under major political scrutiny as they are being attacked as the causation to public schools lacking in funding. While ESA is a program that has grown beyond what was originally planned to be, the program does not cost tax payers more money, but it arranges the allocation of funds differently. What is interesting is most do not realize that if ESA reduces or goes away tax payer will actually pay more, by millions annually. The reason is because the ESA program is actually less money then charter or public schools. Allowing families to make a choice about their child’s school program is important to so many families. I think the main reason people are upset is because the false narrative in the media regarding the funding and public schools failing. However, the literature and research supports that there is much more fraud and misuse of funding in the public and charter schools then there is in the ESA program. In fact, the ESA program as much stricter guidelines of reporting where the public and charter schools do not. For instance, before the voucher and ESA programs expanded in 2022, in 2019 and current enrollment in public schools was decreasing and increasing was chart public schools. Despite this fact, school districts continued to add more and more schools and buildings. Now, there are buildings and schools closing, yet, as a business model the business (i.e., school) grew faster than the demand. In business, you do not expand when prior years show expansion could bankrupt your business. This is essentially what many districts did. Now closures are happening, but it was already hypothesized before this. So billions of tax payer funding was placed into new buildings that are now vacant and sitting property of over 12 billion estimate. It costs Arizona taxpayers the most to send their kids to public schools versus charter or ESA or another optional program. Now we have billions of dollars of empty building and real estate in Arizona due to schools closing. The other reason why schools are closing is because cost of living and inflation in Arizona. Families are moving away from the expensive districts to different states or different areas of Arizona thus the students do not exist to go to those schools and since 2007 the birth rates in Arizona have decreased making school age children less available to attend. Then we have the expanded school choice program in 2022 which further removed children from public school districts to choose a private or home school. Literature does show that as fluctuation of the ESA and public school choice changes decrease and children stick to one over the other that tax payer dollars will decrease. One area that needs to happen in all programs is that when a student moves from one program to another the money needs to go with the child to that new school. What is happening now is the money does not go into the school and then this costs the school more money per the student not originally accounted for. This would reduce spending of students too. Further, we need accountability in spending in all tax payer dollars for school spending. This means that even when a student goes to a private school that school who accepts the funds needs to be transparent about the spending, too, or they do not get to utilize tax payer dollars.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Offer efficiency upgrade incentives

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Incentivize efficiency upgrades: tax credits and/or rebates.

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Source topic or question: Water Conservation

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While short-term measures may provide temporary relief, we need permanent solutions that make Arizona drought-resistant. I will also ensure rapid growth and high-water-use industries, including data centers, are held accountable through fair taxation, stronger development standards, and responsible water and energy use requirements. Arizona must lead the nation in water security, conservation, and resilience.

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Source topic or question: Inflation / Cost of Living

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Arizona’s cost of living and inflation index is 2x the national average goal (2% inflation to meet standards of living and wage increase) and above the national average of 3.8% that is also higher than the goal of inflation for the nation. As a result, Arizona is not affordable for many to live, eat, or put gas in their car without multifamily living, multiple jobs, and/or both. Arizona grew so fast that inflation grew with it as supply did not meet demand. This was coupled by an ongoing water crisis and drought Arizona is in and a moratorium of construction. Affordability/cost of living is not at the bottom of this list because it is least important but instead is at the bottom because I believe that when we address the areas above (water, school funding, fraud and agency reform) we will automatically begin to address the affordability and cost of living crisis happening in Arizona, too. We need to be able to reduce utility cost for residents, slow and reduce inflation in Arizona while increasing minimum wage, create opportunities for people in Arizona to live within their means without having to work multiple jobs to afford groceries and gas. I will address gas price inflation that can occur easily in the state of Arizona with gas station owners with the right to increase or decrease their cost at will. I will implement rebate programs, more that what already exists, to farmers market vendors and buyers, teachers, public servants, and first responders to address the overwhelming need to meet demand and supply to people serving our state and community. I will create rebate programs for removing grass and implementing desert landscape and low water usage in homes (again, enhancing what is present already in these setups). I will also create city structures that support shorter commutes and utilize current vacant buildings for low cost community living. Shelters and those who are homeless will have more resources, support, and attention to options to help them have safe housing, food options, and childcare support. I will also review, further, New Mexico’s universal childcare program that is no cost to the public to implement in Arizona in a short term plan and step up agenda to full cost covered 0-K grades. Taxing data centers and implementing this tax money to cost of living expenditures and changes will be reviewed as well as use of data center tax money being used for public school systems.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Education Quality / ESA Protection

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I will review executive board and higher up educator salaries to review national average to state average and reduce or increase and do the same for teachers and public school staff. ESA oversight and funding review to examine how funding for ESA impacts public schools and how ESA programs are reviewed for student scores and learning to meet standards of the state. I will address funding happening to the “Results Based Funding” (RBF) that rewards schools for letter grade performance. This reward system needs to take into account, more, the schools in economically disadvantaged districts and reward in ways that ensures the low performing schools are better supported. Right now the districts heavily receiving the funds include school districts in esteemed economic standing. I will address the auditor general reports that most recently (2025) show that there is a misuse of nonoperational spending of over 9 million dollars and why. Greater accountability needs to happen to spending in public school spending and dollar allowance. I will require the public school systems to publicly share where tax payer dollars is going including tax payer dollars going to ESA programs and spending, keep identifying parent/child information private. A reform of Arizona schools needs to happen to protect ESA and also protect and support public schools. Both systems, I believe, are capable of running simultaneously without hurting either one. The increase in per pupil spending in Arizona is below the national average, as it is, and I will review this. Arizona is low because Arizona places lower taxes in sectors funding school systems. I will review the all school choice programs for fraud and misuse of funds and make immediate changes. Again, I believe all programs can work together for accountability to tax payers and the state and create a very healthy and promising future for our children. Finally, there is some evidence to suggest that over the years the formula being used by the school education system in Arizona continues to inflate actual cost of school, increasing every year the amount coming in despite enrollment decrease. There is evidence to support that there is a surplus of money that within the school education system that is not being utilized by the districts. I will figure out where this money is and why it is being held back from going to pay teachers salaries higher and student education.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Offer business childcare and rideshare incentives

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Support local businesses through tax credits and grants that provide access to childcare and ride share.

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Source topic or question: Housing and cost of living

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Teri Ann Hourihan for AZ Governor. Arizona’s cost of living and inflation rates remain above national targets, making it increasingly difficult for families to afford housing, groceries, transportation, and other necessities. As Governor, I will address affordability by tackling its root causes. Arizona’s rapid growth, combined with water shortages, drought conditions, and housing supply constraints, has driven costs higher. By strengthening water security, improving school funding, reforming government agencies, and reducing fraud and waste, we can create long-term affordability for residents. My administration will work to lower utility costs, reduce inflationary pressures, increase wages, and expand opportunities for Arizonans to live within their means without needing multiple jobs. I will pursue stronger oversight of fuel pricing, expand rebate programs for teachers, first responders, public servants, farmers market vendors and shoppers, and incentivize water-efficient landscaping. I will promote affordable housing through adaptive reuse of vacant buildings, strengthen homelessness services, explore universal childcare options, and evaluate data center tax revenues to support affordability initiatives and public education

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Source topic or question: State Corruption / Mismanagement

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Inflation / Cost of Living Arizona’s cost of living and inflation index is 2x the national average goal (2% inflation to meet standards of living and wage increase) and above the national average of 3.8% that is also higher than the goal of inflation for the nation. As a result, Arizona is not affordable for many to live, eat, or put gas in their car without multifamily living, multiple jobs, and/or both. Arizona grew so fast that inflation grew with it as supply did not meet demand. This was coupled by an ongoing water crisis and drought Arizona is in and a moratorium of construction. Affordability/cost of living is not at the bottom of this list because it is least important but instead is at the bottom because I believe that when we address the areas above (water, school funding, fraud and agency reform) we will automatically begin to address the affordability and cost of living crisis happening in Arizona, too. We need to be able to reduce utility cost for residents, slow and reduce inflation in Arizona while increasing minimum wage, create opportunities for people in Arizona to live within their means without having to work multiple jobs to afford groceries and gas. I will address gas price inflation that can occur easily in the state of Arizona with gas station owners with the right to increase or decrease their cost at will. I will implement rebate programs, more that what already exists, to farmers market vendors and buyers, teachers, public servants, and first responders to address the overwhelming need to meet demand and supply to people serving our state and community. I will create rebate programs for removing grass and implementing desert landscape and low water usage in homes (again, enhancing what is present already in these setups). I will also create city structures that support shorter commutes and utilize current vacant buildings for low cost community living. Shelters and those who are homeless will have more resources, support, and attention to options to help them have safe housing, food options, and childcare support. I will also review, further, New Mexico’s universal childcare program that is no cost to the public to implement in Arizona in a short term plan and step up agenda to full cost covered 0-K grades. Taxing data centers and implementing this tax money to cost of living expenditures and changes will be reviewed as well as use of data center tax money being used for public school systems.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 15, 2026

Source topic or question: Teri's Agenda

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Water & Energy Costs Water in Arizona is reaching a critical point right now that many in the public do not realize the real crisis happening. Arizona is needing to quickly, and immediately, implement a long term solution to water preservation as water in the Colorado River, Lake Powell, and Lake Meade are reaching all time lows. Arizona is also part of the 7 state basin Colorado River plan but is the second to last of the states receiving the least. Lake Powell and Lake Meade are reducing in water annually at all time lows. Arizona cannot rely on these sources exclusively anymore and we need to address now what to do. I will put in emergency orders for water conservation in the state similar to other states such as Nevada who is one of the leading states in water conservation now. I will implement and review Nevada’s current water conservation methods to implement in Arizona as there are working blueprints in other states similar to Arizona that can work here. Nevada is a similar state as Arizona regarding the Colorado River crisis and similar weather and how they are creating long term solutions to reusing and conserving water and building conservation plants to have. Nevada states Nevada as a state is “drought resistant” with these plans in place. Arizona has reviewed plans for desalination water plants in Mexico and approval for 5.5 billion dollars was given for the plan to have water funneled through Mexico through systems and tunnels to Arizona in a desalination process. Following approval of this plan it was later dropped due to legislatures questioning the process through ecosystems that they believed could be harmed (despite the plant developers stating this will not occur) https://www.enr.com/articles/55659-arizona-advances-55b-mexico-desalination-plant-proposal. Now, Arizona is reviewing how to work with California to purchase more of their Colorado River water. One idea for this too, is that Arizona could help fund California’s current desalination plant as a short term solution in purchasing the Colorado River water while coming up with a plan for a long term solution in Arizona. The problem, I think, with Arizona purchasing water from California’s right to Colorado River water is this is not a long term solution but still a short term solution. We need plants for water conservation occurring in other states that supply their water outside of the Colorado River and other sources of water running low to supply Arizona long term. I will review where the 5.5 billion dollar fund approval is, why it stopped, and how to start a plan now to ensure water sustainability long term in Arizona. Fighting lawsuits for water conservation of depleting sources is not a long term solution either. I want Arizona to have its own plan outside of the other current conservation methods and plants operating that creates a "drought resistant” plan in Arizona, too. These plants can take up to 10-20 years, therefore, I will review short term plans such as buying colorado river from california while our current long term plan starts. Immediately these areas need to happen as Arizona is growing fast and our water cannot keep up with it. I will also address water through data center plants and ensure that data centers are paying taxes to build, have greater restriction on building, and review their water sources being used. Finally, I will immediately change the tax cuts to data centers making the data centers pay their way, have greater parameters to building, and energy resource use by the data centers paid by them to extend and/or operate. Expand interstates for corridor partnerships to ensure safe roads and safe actions..Incentivize efficiency upgrades: tax credits and/or rebates.Promote renewable energy: Develop solar and wind infrastructure to climate and energy.Ensure utility companies are not placing unnecessary costs onto the consumers.Support companies that complete energy audits for free or low cost.

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Source topic or question: Education and workforce training

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Elijah believes in an Arizona First agenda. He supports shrinking the size and scope of government, cutting taxes for all Arizonans, eliminating and fighting bureaucracy, expanding school choice for Arizona families and pushing back bad financial policies. As Treasurer, Elijah will serve as a financial watchdog and shine a light on how tax dollars are spent — or misspent — holding our politicians and unelected bureaucrats accountable.

Statement date not recorded · Profile reviewed Sep 16, 2026

Source topic or question: Economy, jobs, taxes, and affordability

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Elijah is fed up with the broken promises of career politicians. As State Treasurer, he’ll fight for everyday Arizonans, reject calls for more spending and higher taxes, and put We The People first.

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Source topic or question: Increase Funding For Education Without Raising Taxes

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Arizona owns approximately 9 million acres of trust land and maintains a $9.9 billion endowment fund dedicated to the benefit of education. Nick will approach these assets with a long-term, disciplined strategy, improving how they are managed so we can generate greater and more reliable funding for Arizona’s classrooms without raising taxes on families or businesses.

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Source topic or question: Increase Funding For Education Without Raising Taxes

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Increase Funding For Education Without Raising Taxes

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