August 8, 2022

Campaigning for the general election begins

Arizona's candidates for governor launched their general election campaigns over the weekend.

Vote Here A bilingual English/Spanish vote sign outside a precinct in Arizona.
Christopher Conover/AZPM

Democratic nominee Katie Hobbs spent the first weekend after the primary election on a campaign swing through Southern Arizona highlighting issues including water, the border, and health care.

Hobbs gathered with supporters outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Tucson on Saturday. She pledged to protect and expand access to abortion following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe versus Wade.

"I would use my veto pen to veto any legislation that further restricts abortion access or other reproductive health care in Arizona. I would install agency heads over related agencies that are pro-choice and would work to expand access to family planning and other resources for women," Hobbs said.

Hobbs also traveled to Nogales and Yuma, highlighting issues including water and the border.

Republican nominee for governor, Kari Lake, traveled to Dallas, where she introduced former President Donald Trump at a meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference.

By posting comments, you agree to our
AZPM encourages comments, but comments that contain profanity, unrelated information, threats, libel, defamatory statements, obscenities, pornography or that violate the law are not allowed. Comments that promote commercial products or services are not allowed. Comments in violation of this policy will be removed. Continued posting of comments that violate this policy will result in the commenter being banned from the site.

By submitting your comments, you hereby give AZPM the right to post your comments and potentially use them in any other form of media operated by this institution.
AZPM is a service of the University of Arizona and our broadcast stations are licensed to the Arizona Board of Regents who hold the trademarks for Arizona Public Media and AZPM. We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples.
The University of Arizona