Policy Positions
Positions as of June 30, 2026, extracted from source websites.
Climate(3)
Supports developing solar and wind infrastructure in Arizona to address climate and energy needs.
"Promote renewable energy: Develop solar and wind infrastructure to climate and energy."
Supports implementing water conservation measures and long-term infrastructure projects to address Arizona's water crisis, including desalination and sustainable water sources.
"I will implement conservation measures modeled after successful programs in Nevada and reduce our dependence on the Colorado River, Lake Mead, and Lake Powell. I will review and advance long-term infrastructure projects, including desalination and other sustainable water sources, to secure Arizona's future water supply."
Supports streamlining the environmental review process for construction while also addressing water conservation and data center environmental impact.
"Streamlining environmental review process."
Criminal Justice(1)
Supports robust reentry programs with audited outcomes to help released prisoners reestablish in the community.
"Ensure reentry programs are safe and provide a program of integrity that is high standard to help released prisoners to reestablish in the community; programs will complete audits on program outcome."
Economy(9)
Supports taxing data centers and ending their tax cuts to fund public services and address cost of living.
"I will also address water through data center plants and ensure that data centers are paying taxes to build, have greater restriction on building, and review their water sources being used. Finally, I will immediately change the tax cuts to data centers making the data centers pay their way."
Supports requiring high-water-use industries like data centers to pay fair taxes and meet stronger development and resource-use standards.
"I will also ensure rapid growth and high-water-use industries, including data centers, are held accountable through fair taxation, stronger development standards, and responsible water and energy use requirements."
Supports small businesses through tax credits and grants, particularly those providing access to childcare and ride-share.
"Support local businesses through tax credits and grants that provide access to childcare and ride share."
Opposes raising taxes on Arizona families to fund childcare, instead favoring reallocation of existing government funds.
"My plan will use a tiered funding system that does not require raising taxes on Arizona families. Instead, funding will come from reducing government waste, fraud, and misuse of existing taxpayer dollars and redirecting those savings toward childcare services."
Supports creating employer rebate and incentive programs to encourage businesses to provide childcare support for their employees.
"I will also create employer rebate and incentive programs that help businesses provide childcare support for their employees."
Supports reducing workplace discrimination against families needing maternity or paternity leave.
"Reduce workplace discrimination against families needing maternity leave including father."
Supports increasing minimum wage as part of addressing Arizona's cost of living crisis.
"We need to be able to reduce utility cost for residents, slow and reduce inflation in Arizona while increasing minimum wage, create opportunities for people in Arizona to live within their means without having to work multiple jobs to afford groceries and gas."
Supports responsible economic growth but opposes allowing data center expansion without oversight of water and energy consumption impacts.
"I support responsible economic growth, but not at the expense of our state's water future. Data centers consume significant amounts of water and energy, and during Arizona's ongoing water crisis, they must be held to a higher standard."
Candidate is herself a small business owner and implicitly advocates for small business interests as part of her people-first platform.
"Teri Ann Hourihan is a proud Arizona native, devoted mother, small business owner of an integrated health care company"
Education(11)
Strongly supports school choice and the ESA (Empowerment Scholarship Account) program, arguing it is safe, cost-effective, and well-overseen.
"I support protecting school choice while also addressing the broader challenges facing our education system. The ESA program shows its a safe program, costs less tax payer money, and has more oversight than other choices."
Supports maintaining and protecting the ESA/voucher program and universal school choice in Arizona, while calling for greater accountability and audits across all school types.
"Allowing families to make a choice about their child's school program is important to so many families... A reform of Arizona schools needs to happen to protect ESA and also protect and support public schools. Both systems, I believe, are capable of running simultaneously without hurting either one."
Supports providing counseling services within public school settings.
"Funding to provide counseling services within public school settings."
Plans to order a comprehensive audit and reform of Arizona's education funding system to ensure money reaches students and classrooms effectively.
"I will order a comprehensive audit and reform of Arizona's education funding system to ensure taxpayer dollars are being spent as intended and delivering results for students."
Supports reviewing and increasing teacher salaries to align with national averages and ensure fair compensation.
"I will review executive board and higher up educator salaries to review national average to state average and reduce or increase and do the same for teachers and public school staff."
Supports removing materials that promote sexual activity from schools unless taught formally by an educator in a designated class setting.
"Material in schools will be eliminated that promote sexual activity between any person(s) unless a formal classroom teaching on sexuality or title of like is being taught by an educator in a formal manner."
Supports increasing per-pupil spending and teacher pay, but wants to cap non-instructional spending and conduct audits to redirect existing surplus funds more effectively.
"Mandate transparent district audits; cap non-instructional spending. Review salaries of teachers and public administrative staff in schools to ensure fair salary profiles are being implemented with state reviews."
Supports increased funding accountability and transparency in Arizona's education system, calling for audits to eliminate waste and fraud while ensuring dollars reach classrooms.
"I will work to revamp Arizona's education funding system to ensure taxpayer dollars are used responsibly and effectively. My administration will strengthen oversight, increase transparency, and implement regular audits to identify and prevent fraud, waste, and misuse of education funds."
Supports school choice while also calling for accountability of taxpayer dollars going into the education system.
"protecting school choice and ensuring tax payer dollars going into the education system is accounted for"
Supports implementing free universal childcare in Arizona modeled after New Mexico's program, funded by redirecting existing taxpayer dollars rather than raising taxes.
"As Governor of Arizona, I will work to implement free universal childcare modeled after the successful program in New Mexico. My plan will use a tiered funding system that does not require raising taxes on Arizona families. Instead, funding will come from reducing government waste, fraud, and misuse of existing taxpayer dollars and redirecting those savings toward childcare services."
Will review administrative and teacher compensation as part of a broader effort to evaluate and reform education funding formulas.
"I will ensure funding follows students as they move between educational programs, review administrative and teacher compensation, and evaluate school funding formulas to prioritize classroom resources."
Guns(2)
Supports legislation requiring background checks on private gun sales in Arizona.
"Support legislation that requires background checks on private gun sales in Arizona."
Supports maintaining Second Amendment rights to bear arms.
"Maintain the 2nd amendment right to bear arms."
Healthcare(5)
Opposes elective abortion but supports protecting medical necessity abortions and will not repeal the current voter-approved Arizona abortion law; supports improved contraception access and adoption to reduce abortions.
"I am Pro Life... I will not repeal the law that is in place currently that the voters of Arizona voted on for the current abortion law in place. If change comes it will be through the voters again, not through a focused appeal of the current decision by voters... Medical necessity to abortion will be protected."
Supports expanding behavioral health and crisis services in impoverished and high-crime communities, including placing mental health clinics near shelters.
"Increase behavioral health services and crisis services in impoverished communities that have increased substance abuse issues... Place mental health clinics in or near shelters to provide crisis services on hand at the site."
Supports cracking down on Medicaid fraud and misuse of funds while protecting legitimate providers and patients, including immediate review of excluded providers and payment backlogs.
"I will stop the fraud immediately. There is absolutely no reason why the fraud continues out the door of medicaid other than we have a system that continues to intentionally fail. We have to stop this, prosecute those who committed fraud, and let free those who are innocent caught in the net."
Supports protecting funding for disability services and ensuring reliable delivery of healthcare support programs for individuals with disabilities.
"I am committed to protecting funding for disability services, strengthening support systems for caregivers, and ensuring that Arizona remains a state where individuals with disabilities and their families are valued, supported, and empowered to thrive."
Supports holding healthcare providers and insurance companies accountable to ensure services are delivered reliably without abrupt loss of coverage.
"As governor, I will work to ensure that healthcare providers and insurance companies are held accountable, that services are delivered reliably, and that families are not left without care due to abrupt policy or funding changes."
Immigration(9)
Supports legal immigration and believes a fair, orderly immigration system benefits everyone.
"I support legal immigration and believe that a fair, orderly, and secure immigration system benefits everyone."
Supports strong border security as essential to protecting communities and enforcing laws in Arizona.
"I support strong border security, legal pathways for immigration, and professional law enforcement that upholds the law while respecting the dignity and rights of all people."
Supports border patrol operations and legal immigration, with a focus on stopping drug trafficking.
"Ensure border patrol are supported in the needs of their work and job performance for drug trafficking stop. Border control and legal immigration supported."
Supports creating pathways to residency and citizenship for undocumented individuals who have no criminal record.
"Create options for easier residency and citizenship for families and people who have been in Arizona illegally but have not committed criminal acts of any type."
Supports legal pathways for immigration as part of a structured and humane border policy.
"I support policies that strengthen border security, combat human trafficking and exploitation, and encourage legal pathways for immigration."
Emphasizes due process rights for individuals in immigration proceedings while also supporting secure borders and lawful enforcement.
"Every person detained for immigration proceedings should have access to the legal processes guaranteed under federal and state law."
Supports humane immigration enforcement that respects constitutional due process, opposing abuse or neglect in detention but supporting lawful enforcement.
"I also believe that no individual in government custody should be subjected to abuse, neglect, unsafe conditions, or unnecessary violence. Detention facilities operating within Arizona should meet appropriate standards for safety, accountability, and humane treatment."
Supports legal immigration processes.
"Border control and legal immigration supported."
Supports ensuring an effective legal immigration process.
"ensuring an effective legal immigration process"
Social Issues(2)
Is personally pro-life and opposes elective abortions, but will not repeal the current Arizona law and supports protecting medically necessary abortions; opposes federal funding for elective abortions.
"I am Pro Life. Pro Life represents that the baby in the womb regardless of age is a human being and should not be aborted electively in any circumstance unless medically necessary... Federal monies should never be spent on elective abortions in states where abortion is legal and allow for elective abortions to occur."
Opposes DEI mandates, calling for their elimination as part of agency accountability reforms.
"Enforce performance-based budgeting; eliminate DEI mandates and redundant environmental grants."
