GENERAL ELECTION 2026
WHEREAS, Article 7, Section 11 of the Constitution of the State of Arizona provides that there shall be a general election of Representatives in Congress, and of State, County and precinct officers on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of the first even numbered year in which Arizona is admitted to Statehood and biennially thereafter; and
WHEREAS, Article 6, Section 38 of the Constitution of the State of Arizona provides that the name of any justice or judge of the Supreme Court or an intermediate appellate court, and any judge of the Superior court except for judges of the Superior court in counties having a population of less than two hundred fifty thousand persons, according to the United States census, whose declaration of desire to be retained in office has been filed in the office of the Secretary of State and certified to the several Boards of Supervisors, shall be placed on the appropriate official ballot at the next general election under nonpartisan designation; and
WHEREAS, Article 4, Part 1, Section 1 (10) of the Constitution of the State of Arizona provides that when any Initiative or Referendum petition or any measure referred to the people by the Legislature shall be filed, in accordance with this section, with the Secretary of State, who shall cause to be printed on the official ballot at the next regular election the title and number of such measure, together with the words “Yes” and “No” in such manner that the electors may express at the polls their approval or disapproval of the measure; and
WHEREAS, Section 16-214, Arizona Revised Statutes provides that at least thirty days before a general election, the Governor shall issue a proclamation containing a statement of the time of election, the offices to be filled, and shall transmit a copy of the election proclamation to the officer in charge of elections of the several counties;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Katie Hobbs, Governor of the State of Arizona, do hereby proclaim the
GENERAL ELECTION 2026
To be held in the form prescribed by law on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2026, which shall be Tuesday, November 3, 2026, for the election of the following officials: nine United States Representatives in Congress, one Governor, one Lieutenant Governor (elected jointly with the Governor), one Secretary of State, one Attorney General, one State Treasurer, one Superintendent of Public Instruction, one State Mine Inspector, two Corporation Commissioners, thirty State Senators, sixty State Representatives, one Arizona Supreme Court Justice, eight Judges of the Arizona Court of Appeals Division One, and six Judges of the Arizona Court of Appeals Division Two;
And for each of the counties of the State, as prescribed by law, such county officers, judges, justices of the peace, constables, and school district and community college governing boards, as may be applicable in each county;
And to afford an opportunity for the qualified electors of the State of Arizona to vote upon any referred and initiated measures or constitutional amendments that are submitted in the form prescribed by the law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Arizona.
GOVERNOR
DONE at the Capitol in Phoenix effective the second day of October in the Year Two Thousand and Twenty-Six and of the Independence of the United States of America the Two Hundred and Fifty-First.
ATTEST:
SECRETARY OF STATE
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