Clear contrast between Biggs’s record of supporting law enforcement while Hobbs endangers Arizonans
GILBERT, AZ—Katie Hobbs’s soft record on crime and failure to keep Arizonans safe will be on display at tonight’s Arizona Police Association forum in Phoenix. From Arizona’s fentanyl death rate skyrocketing to her disturbing record of vetoing bills that would crack down on child predators, Hobbs has put Arizonans in danger from human, drug, and sex traffickers.
Republican nominee for Governor Andy Biggs will take the stage at tonight’s forum with a long record of protecting Arizonans and strong endorsements from respected leaders like Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell, Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan, Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller, Pinal County Sheriff Ross Teeple, and the Arizona Law Enforcement Association.
Biggs also recently passed the CSAFE Act through the U.S. House of Representatives with unanimous, bipartisan support. The bill would crack down on predators by creating federal penalties for coercing children into performing abusive acts.
Katie Hobbs’s terrible history of failing to protect Arizonans includes:
–Eliminating the Border Strike Force in Arizona in her first week on office, leading to the Biden Border Crisis in 2023. The Strike Force was created by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey to crack down on human and drug trafficking across the Souther Border.
–Opposing the Arizona Secure Border Act, which was approved by 60% of Arizona voters in 2024. The bill made illegally crossing the border a state crime and gave local police officers the ability to arrest illegal aliens.
–The fentanyl death rate has skyrocketed in Arizona under Katie Hobbs while rates have gone down in nearly every other state in the country. Hobbs has vetoed multiple bills to crack down on fentanyl dealers as well refusing to call fentanyl trafficking a public health crisis with her veto of HB 2649.
Katie Hobbs also has a disturbing pattern of protecting predators and pornographers through misguided vetoes since becoming Governor. Hobbs’s dangerous vetoes include:
SB 1583 (2023)– This bill would have required the names of all sex offenders to be published on a website managed by the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Hobbs’s veto gave cover to sexual predators and reduced the transparency needed to keep children safe.
SB 1253 (2023)– This bill would have required sex offenders to give notice to their child’s school of their status as a sex offender. Hobbs’s veto endangered children at schools whose parents may not have been aware of a sex offender’s presence in their community.
SB 1155 (2024)– This bipartisan bill “would have prohibited a person on lifetime probation for a sexual offense from petitioning the court to terminate that probation before 20 years have passed for class 2 and 3 felonies and 10 years for classes 3-6.” Hobbs’s veto increased the likelihood that sexual predators would be able to get off probation and re-terrorize their victims.
HB 2133 (2026)– This bipartisan bill would “have required websites hosting sexual material, including artificial intelligence-generated sexual depictions, to verify that each person depicted in the material is of legal age and consented to it.” Hobbs’s veto prioritized politicians and pornographers over innocent children who could be exploited on the internet.
As a member of Congress, Biggs worked with Senator John McCain to pass the Ashlynne Mike Amber Alert in Indian Country Act to invest resources into protecting Arizona’s children.
Learn more about Andy’s record of protecting Arizonans in the “Protector” ad below:
The Biggs for Arizona campaign has also released a new digital video sharing victim rights advocate Kayleigh Kozak’s story and the work Lt. Governor nominee Sine Kerr did at the State Capitol to get results and give hope to Kayleigh and other victims of sexual abuse.
Learn more about Sine Kerr’s work to protect victims in “Kayleigh’s Story”:
