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Katie Hobbs recall, Governor of Arizona (2023-2024)
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An effort to recall Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) was launched on October 5, 2023. Supporters of the recall had 120 days—or no later than February 2, 2024—to collect 639,872 signatures to require a recall election.[1] No signatures were submitted for this recall effort.
Hobbs was elected as Arizona's governor in 2022 with 50.3% of the vote.
Recall supporters
The recall effort was initiated by Tyson James Draper on October 5, 2023. The recall petition listed the following reasons for recall:[1]
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I am exercising my constitutional rights as a free citizen of The United State of America, and following all the laws on the books to recall Governor Katie Hobbs. The grounds for which I am calling for her recall are a wide open southern border with Millions of Undocumented people entering illegally. Ms. Hobbs has no plan to rectify the situation and the problem continues to worsen by the day. In addition, Ms. Hobbs has lost the public trust by not providing the citizens of Arizona and type of transparency as pertaining to her recent travels to Asia and Washington DC. Lastly, Ms. Hobbs has completely lost the trust of her constituents by not being able to nominate any of her cabinet members and the Arizona Legislature is in total disarray under her leadership. For these reasons, I am seeking to file an application for recall and intend on collecting the needed signatures on the petition to make this happen. Thank you.[2] |
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Recall opponents
As of October 6, 2023, Ballotpedia did not identify a response to the recall petition from Katie Hobbs.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Arizona
A recall can be filed against any public officer on any grounds. The recall may not be filed until after the elected official has been in office in his or her first term for at least six months. This six-month limit does not apply to state legislators. In the case of state legislators, a recall petition may commence five days after the start of their first legislative session after their election. In the case of other elected officials, there is no six-month limit for subsequent terms in office.[3]
A recall petition must be filed at the office in which the officer being recalled files for nomination. The petition must contain a general statement explaining the recall, not exceeding 200 words. This petition must be signed by the sponsors who swear an oath that all signatures collected will be valid signatures.
The number of signatures required to qualify for a recall attempt for the ballot is 25% of the number of votes cast in the last election for that office. Recall supporters have 120 days to collect signatures.
If enough signatures are gathered, a recall election will be held. All qualified candidates can run against the incumbent. Whoever gets the most votes wins the office. If the incumbent wins he/she remains in office and no other recall can occur during that term unless the proponents pay the cost of the prior recall election.
Recall supporters had until February 2, 2024, to turn in 639,872 signatures to require a recall election.[1]
Election history
2022
See also: Arizona gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of Arizona
The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Arizona on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Katie Hobbs (D) | 50.3 | 1,287,891 |
 | Kari Lake (R)  | 49.6 | 1,270,774 | |
 | Liana West (G) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 254 | |
| Mikaela Lutes-Burton (L) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 213 | ||
 | William Pounds (Independent-Green Party) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 139 | |
| Steph Denny (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 74 | ||
| Alice Novoa (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 55 | ||
| Rayshawn Merrill (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 44 | ||
| Anthony Camboni (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 41 | ||
| Total votes: 2,559,485 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Barry J. Hess (L)
- Alex Sadowski (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Arizona
Katie Hobbs defeated Marco Lopez and Aaron Lieberman (Unofficially withdrew) in the Democratic primary for Governor of Arizona on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Katie Hobbs | 72.3 | 431,059 |
 | Marco Lopez | 22.8 | 136,090 | |
 | Aaron Lieberman (Unofficially withdrew) | 4.8 | 28,878 | |
| Total votes: 596,027 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Arizona
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Arizona on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kari Lake | 48.0 | 398,860 |
 | Karrin Taylor Robson | 43.1 | 358,682 | |
 | Matt Salmon (Unofficially withdrew) | 3.7 | 30,704 | |
 | Scott Neely | 3.1 | 25,876 | |
 | Paola Tulliani-Zen | 2.1 | 17,281 | |
| Carlos Roldan (Write-in) | 0.0 | 42 | ||
| Alex Schatz (Write-in) | 0.0 | 39 | ||
 | Patrick Finerd (Write-in) | 0.0 | 24 | |
| Total votes: 831,508 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Steve Gaynor (R)
- Kimberly Yee (R)
- Frank Konarski (R)
Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for Governor of Arizona
Barry J. Hess advanced from the Libertarian primary for Governor of Arizona on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Barry J. Hess (Write-in) | 100.0 | 550 |
| Total votes: 550 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Steve Remus (L)
Historical gubernatorial recalls
From 2003 to 2022, Ballotpedia tracked 120 gubernatorial recall efforts against 25 different governors. During that time, three recalls made the ballot and one governor was successfully recalled. Former California Gov. Gray Davis (D) was recalled by voters in 2003. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) was chosen as Davis' replacement. The only other governor to ever be successfully recalled was former North Dakota Gov. Lynn Frazier (R) in 1921. In 2012, Wisconsin voted to retain former Gov. Scott Walker (R) in the recall election. He received 53.1% of the vote. In 2021, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) was retained by voters.
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
- Recall campaigns in Arizona
- Political recall efforts, 2023
- Political recall efforts, 2024
- Gubernatorial recalls
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Arizona Secretary of State, "Initiative, Referendum and Recall Applications," accessed October 6, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Arizona Daily Star, "Dupnik recall effort gets another non-Pima boost - this time from Idaho," February 6, 2011
