Arizona Democratic statewide candidates and officeholders have spent $9.7 million during the 2022 election cycle. Among statewide officials and candidates, Katie Hobbs has spent more than any other Democrat.
Hobbs is Arizona Secretary of State and is running for Governor of Arizona in 2022. Hobbs raised $5.0 million and spent $4.3 million between Jan. 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022. According to Arizona Secretary of State reports, Hobbs spent the most money with the following individual payees and PACs.
Katie Hobbs’s Top 10 Payees, (1/1/2021 – 6/30/2022)
Of the $4.3 million in reported expenditures, $3.0 million went to these 10 payees:
| Total Expenditures | Name | Type |
| $1,206,840 | Al Media LLC | ENTITY |
| $874,300 | Authentic Campaigns Inc | ENTITY |
| $161,569 | Alaina Pemberton | INDIVIDUAL |
| $125,100 | Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research Inc | ENTITY |
| $114,289 | Internal Revenue Service Federal | ENTITY |
| $109,219 | Intuit Quickbooks | ENTITY |
| $102,557 | Vantiv Ecommerce | ENTITY |
| $97,000 | The Money Wheel LLC | ENTITY |
| $90,899 | Andrew Markoff | INDIVIDUAL |
| $77,072 | Rosevely Huerta | INDIVIDUAL |
The data above are based on campaign finance reports that active Arizona PACs submitted to the Arizona Secretary of State. Political expenditures that are not controlled by candidates or their campaigns, known as satellite spending, are not included in candidate totals. Federal PACs are not required to report to state agencies. Transparency USA publishes campaign finance data following major reporting deadlines. State or federal law may require filers to submit additional reports.
See updates to Katie Hobbs’s campaign finance data after the next reports are available.
| Report Name | Report Due Date |
| 2021 | 1/15/2022 |
| 2022 Q1 | 4/15/2022 |
| 2022 Q2 | 7/15/2022 |
| 2022 Pre-Primary | 7/23/2022 |
| 2022 Post-Primary and Q3 | 10/15/2022 |
| 2022 Pre-General | 10/29/2022 |
| 2022 Post-General and Q4 | 1/17/2023 |
This article is a joint publication from Ballotpedia and Transparency USA, who are working together to provide campaign finance information for state-level elections. Learn more about our work here.