The file

Katie Hobbs

Democratic · Governor of Arizona · Arizona · Spectrum score -15

Governor ·

Katie Hobbs is Governor of Arizona in Arizona. Political positions and ideology score -15 (Center-left). Hobbs is the survivor.

College: Northern Arizona University, B.S.W. 1993 · Arizona State University, M.S.W. 1995
Spouse: Patrick Goodman
Children: Two
Résumé: Governor of Arizona · 2023–
Secretary of State · Arizona · 2019–2023
Arizona Senate / House · 2011–2018

Net worth: $1.8M
Salary: $95,000
Before office: $400K
2026 raised: —
Years in office: 7

Where Katie stands on the spectrum

Katie Hobbs scores -15 on Spectrum’s left–right line (center-left), mixed on economic issues and mixed on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite -15 · Center-left · economic -20 · social -15 · authoritarian -4

Confidence 83. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Hobbs is the survivor. The file is a 2022 that the national GOP treated as stolen in advance, a social-worker résumé, and a state that still does not know which way 2026 blows. The SoS years are why the other side hates her. They are also the job she already did.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$1.8M

+350% since taking office

Disclosure midpoint, 2025

Before office$400K

Now$1.8M

Social worker to SoS to governor. Not a Phoenix developer. 2022 was a coin flip she won.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $0
Cash on hand: $0

Top industries

Unions
Lawyers
Small-dollar leftover

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Social worker to governor. Funds, thin.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$50K–$250K
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$15K–$75K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$50K–$250K
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$15K–$75K

Sum of ranges $65K–$325K · midpoint $195K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

Polymarket · Kalshi

Implied probability from open contracts. Real money, not a poll. Updates while you sit here.

Live wire

Live · checked just now

New articles land here as they publish. Checking about every 12 seconds.

Conflicts

2022 Kari Lake as a national product that Hobbs had to survive.
Border-state Democrat with a social-work résumé the consultants sanded down.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -20
Social: -15
Authoritarian: -4
Confidence: 83

Taxes & spending-20
Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget
Health care-26
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy-22
Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down
Business regulation-14
Stronger antitrust, labor, and consumer rules
Labor & wages-16
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
Immigration+2
Tighter borders, more deportations
Abortion-60
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns-20
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
Crime & policing+18
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
Schools & speech-18
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances+10
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
Civil liberties-8
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

No roll-call first dimension on file — issues only.

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

State record
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.