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David Hathaway recall, Santa Cruz County, Arizona (2025)
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An effort to recall Santa Cruz County, Arizona, Sheriff David Hathaway did not go to a vote in 2025. Recall organizers failed to gather the necessary 4,567 signatures by July 2, 2025, for the recall to move forward.[1][2]
Recall supporters
The recall petition was filed by Dan Dellinges. Dellinges cited Hathaway's decision to pull the county out of Operation Stonegarden, which KVOA described as "a federal program where deputies could make overtime by helping patrol the border," as reason for the recall petition.[3] As of 2025, Dellinges was the chairman of the Santa Cruz County Republican Party and a former volunteer with the Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team. Dellinges believes he was let go from the search and rescue team after supporting Hathaway's opponent, Mario Morales, in the 2024 general election.[3]
Recall opponents
Hathaway submitted the following response to the recall campaign to News 4 Tucson KVOA:[3]
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I respect all aspects of the political process. I will wait to see if the filer (the chairman of the Republican party) is able to obtain the required number of valid signatures. [4] |
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Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Arizona
No specific grounds are required for recall in Arizona. To begin the recall process, supporters must file an application for a recall petition that must be approved by the relevant election office. To get the recall on the ballot, supporters must collect signatures equal to 25% of the votes cast for all candidates at the last election for the relevant office in 120 days.[5]
Recall context
- See also: Ballotpedia's Recall Report
Ballotpedia covers recall efforts across the country for all state and local elected offices. A recall effort is considered official if the petitioning party has filed an official form, such as a notice of intent to recall, with the relevant election agency.
The chart below shows how many officials were included in recall efforts from 2012 to 2024 as well as how many of them defeated recall elections to stay in office and how many were removed from office in recall elections.
See also
- Ballotpedia's Recall Report
- Santa Cruz County, Arizona
- Recall campaigns in Arizona
- Political recall efforts, 2025
- Sheriff recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Recall Elections Blog, "Arizona: Santa Cruz Sheriff facing petitions," accessed March 31, 2025
- ↑ Patagonia Regional Times, "Effort to Recall Sheriff Hathaway Ends in Failure," July 17, 2025
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 KVOA, "Recall petition started against Santa Cruz County Sheriff," accessed March 31, 2025
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Recall," accessed October 16, 2023
