Katie Hobbs

Katie Hobbs
Arizona State Senate District 24
Incumbent
In office
January 7, 2013-Present
Term ends
January 5, 2015
Years in position	0
Party	Democratic
Compensation
Base salary	$24,000/year
Per diem	$35/day for the first 120 days of regular session and for special sessions and $10/day thereafter.
Elections and appointments
First elected	November 6, 2012
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	Four consecutive terms
Prior offices
Arizona House of Representatives District 15
2011-2013
Education
Bachelor's	Northern Arizona University, 1992
Master's	Arizona State University, 1995
Personal
Profession	Social Worker
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Katie Hobbs is a Democratic member of the Arizona State Senate, representing District 24 since 2013.

Hobbs is a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 15 from 2011 to 2013. She is a former volunteer for the Arizona Democratic Party and Chair of District 15 Democrats.

Hobbs earned her BA in Social Work from Northern Arizona University in 1992. She went on to receive her MA in Social Work from Arizona State University in 1995.

Hobbs has been employed as director of government relations for the Sojourner Center. She is a member of the adjunct faculty of Paradise Valley Community College's Social and Behavioral Sciences. She has worked as a social worker since 1992.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Hobbs served on the following committees:

Arizona Committee Assignments, 2013
• Elections
• Government and Environment
• Health and Human Services
• Audit

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Hobbs served on these committees:

Arizona Committee Assignments, 2011
• Government
• Health and Human Services
• Transportation

Issues

Campaign themes

2012

Hobbs's campaign website listed the following issues:

• Improving Arizona's schools

Excerpt: "Katie Hobbs believes in funding our schools, not cutting them. She knows that small classroom sizes, quality teachers, and up-to-date schools are the key to our children's future success."

• Creating Jobs

Excerpt: "The key to Arizona's success is quality, sustainable jobs. That's why Katie sponsored legislation to give preference to in state companies (HB2680) and why she's voted against the Republicans' massive corporate tax cuts and special interest giveaways."

• Equal opportunity for all

Excerpt: "Whether it's fighting against the GOP's attack on women or protecting the rights of all of Arizona's citizens, Katie understands the importance of equality."

Elections

2012

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2012

Hobbs won election in the 2012 election for Arizona State Senate District 24. She defeated Ken Cheuvront in the August 28, 2012, Democratic primary. She won the general election on November 6, 2012.

Arizona State Senate, District 24, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Katie Hobbs	66.4%	38,142
	Republican	Augustine "Auggie" Bartning	33.6%	19,326
Total Votes				57,468

Arizona State Senate, District 24 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Katie Hobbs	61.2%	7,234
Ken Cheuvront	38.8%	4,589
Total Votes		11,823

2010

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2010

Hobbs and Lela Alston won the August 24 primary. They then defeated Republicans Caroline B. Condit and Paul Yoder, Green Party candidate Luisa Evonne Valdez, and Independent Les White in the November 2 general election.

Arizona House of Representatives, District 15 General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Katie Hobbs (D)		15,885
Lela Alston (D)		15,167
Paul Yoder (R)		8,972
Caroline B. Condit (R)		8,424
Les White (I)		1,739
Luisa Evonne Valdez (G)		1,343

Arizona House of Representatives, District 15 Democratic Primary (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Katie Hobbs (D)		3,950
Lela Alston (D)		3,919
Ken Clark (D)		3,418

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, Hobbs raised $42,559 in contributions.

Her three largest contributors were:

Donor	Amount
Arizona List	$1,664
Food & Commercial Workers Local 99	$1,664
Arizona Education Association	$1,000

Scorecards

Goldwater Institute

See also: Goldwater Institute's Legislative Report Card

The Goldwater Institute releases its "Legislative Report Card" annually for all Arizona legislators. This report card tracks how legislators voted on key votes and assigns them a letter grade based on how closely their votes agree with the Institute's positions. The primary values emphasized in the ratings are whether votes expand or restrict liberty.

2012

Hobbs received a score of 37 out of 100 in the 2012 report card for a grade of F+ according to the Goldwater Institute’s grading scale. This score was 8 higher than her score on the 2011 report card. Hobbs’s 37 in 2012 was tied for the 56th highest grade among all 60 Arizona State Representatives.

Recent news

This section displays the most recent stories in a google news search for the term "Katie + Hobbs + Arizona + House"

Katie Hobbs News Feed

• Bipartisan Senate passes budget, AHCCCS expansion - Arizona Capitol Times
• DES launches Arizona welfare-reform plan - AZCentral.com - azcentral

Personal

Hobbs and her husband Pat have two children.

External links

Suggest a link

• Katie Hobbs' campaign website
• House website
• Project Vote Smart Biography
• Project Vote Smart legislative profile
• Campaign Contributions: 2010
• Facebook page
• Twitter feed

References

Political offices
Preceded by Don Shooter (R)	Arizona State Senate, District 24 2013–present	Succeeded by NA
Preceded by David M. Lujan	Arizona House, District 15 2011–2013	Succeeded by '

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