Katie Hobbs
As governor, Hobbs has taken no public position on U.S. weapons or funding sent to the government of Israel, and the Arizona actions most often cited on this issue were taken by officials other than her. Arizona's anti-boycott statute -- which bars state contracts with, and state investment in, companies that boycott Israel or Israeli-occupied territory -- originated in HB2617, signed by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey on March 17, 2016, was partly blocked by a federal court on First Amendment grounds in September 2018, and was then narrowed by SB1167 in 2019 and extended to public universities and community colleges by SB1250 in 2022, all before Hobbs took office in January 2023. Hobbs was a state senator when that original bill passed, and the official Senate roll call records her voting No on HB2617 on third reading on March 10, 2016, one of six Democrats to do so as it passed 23-6. The state's Israel-linked investment decisions sit with the elected State Treasurer, not the governor: Republican Treasurer Kimberly Yee announced in October 2023 that Arizona would increase its Israel bond holdings after the Oct. 7 attacks, having earlier used the anti-boycott law to pull state investments from Unilever over Ben & Jerry's decision to stop sales in Israeli-occupied territory. Arizona's Republican-controlled legislature has routed its 2026 Israel measures around the governor's desk: HCR2047, affirming Israeli sovereignty over 'Judea and Samaria' and directing state agencies to drop the term 'West Bank,' passed the House on February 23, 2026 and the Senate on April 20, 2026, and, as the Arizona Capitol Times noted, 'because the measure is crafted as a resolution, it did not need gubernatorial approval.' Hobbs did act on one Israel-adjacent bill: on June 22, 2026 she signed SB1808 (Chapter 243), which bars homeowners' associations from prohibiting the display of the flag of a major non-NATO U.S. ally established on May 14, 1948 -- drafted so that it applies only to Israel's flag. Her 2026 campaign site carries no foreign-policy or Israel content.
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