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Katie Hobbs

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Katie Marie Hobbs is an American politician serving as the 24th governor of Arizona since January 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously held the position of Arizona Secretary of State from 2015 to 2021, where she focused on election integrity and voter access. Hobbs has been an advocate for various issues, including public health and education reform, during her political career.

Quotes by year · 2020–2026216 total · peak 2021 (89)
2020: 10 quotes2021: 89 quotes2022: 47 quotes2023: 6 quotes2024: 10 quotes2025: 16 quotes2026: 38 quotes
Feb 24, 2025

Keep criminals and drugs out of Arizona's communities.

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Feb 24, 2025

I’m proud to launch Operation Desert Guardian to combat the cartels, stop drug smuggling and human trafficking, and secure Arizona’s border.

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Feb 11, 2025

Arizona was unprepared to enforce the death penalty, due to a shortage of corrections staff with expertise to carry out executions.

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Feb 7, 2025

More than 75,000 Arizona children — 1 in 4 — have parents who need child care but can’t access it.

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Apr 16, 2024

This law is so terrible for women in our state. It will have devastating consequences, which is why I called for them immediately to repeal this.

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Apr 16, 2024

Well, there is absolutely no excuse for their failure on this.

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Apr 16, 2024

There's no question that this ban and this ruling is going to motivate voters up and down the ballot because Arizonans are outraged about it.

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Apr 16, 2024

The Republicans in the state legislature who are now saying it goes too far, they voted for this ban in 2022, that explicitly left this law in place.

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Apr 16, 2024

I am worried about women's access to health care and the dire consequences that we will face in our state if women don't have access to the healthcare they need.

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Apr 8, 2024

These extreme legislators sent a fetal personhood bill to my desk that I was able to veto last year.

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Apr 8, 2024

It is really unconscionable that folks in Arizona now are going to have to go to Nevada, California, New Mexico or Colorado to get the care that they need.

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Apr 8, 2024

Look, Arizonans are going to be able to weigh in on this and enshrine abortion in our states' constitution in November. And I am confident that when given the opportunity, they will vote to protect abortion access.

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Apr 8, 2024

I've been calling on the legislature to repeal this archaic ban from day one of my administration.

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Apr 8, 2024

Arizonans across the state are reeling from this decision that reinstates the most draconian ban in the country. This is a ban that, as you said, was passed in 1864 before we were a state, before women had the right to vote.

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Dec 20, 2023

I'm taking action to fix the migrant crisis, with the federal government will not.

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Dec 14, 2023

The National Guard will head to multiple border locations including Lukeville where there's new video that shows hundreds of migrants in limbo.

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Dec 5, 2023

We need the government to step up and do its job and secure our border.

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Nov 5, 2022

If she were to win on Tuesday night and beat Kari Lake for governor, the top reason would be because Arizonans rejected the election conspiracy theories.

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Oct 23, 2022

The threat environment ahead of the Midterm Elections as 'incredibly heightened.'

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Oct 20, 2022

I will defend the right to vote that I believe in early voting and that my office is prepared to push back. Should there be anyone who will dispute the results of the 2022 election, including the woman she's running against for governor…

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Oct 9, 2022

We cut taxes on all kinds of everyday items like over-the-counter medication, school supplies, diapers, feminine hygiene products.

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Oct 9, 2022

We need to get comprehensive immigration reform done.

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