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Warren Petersen

State Senator, Arizona Senate District 14 · Candidate for Arizona Attorney General · Republican

On the 2026 ballotChallenger · Arizona Attorney General · Nov 3 General

Ballot status source: Arizona Secretary of State — 2026 General Election Candidate Listing: Attorney General, PETERSEN, WARREN (REP) · read Sep 24, 2026

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Results

Certified results for Arizona Attorney General

Attorney General

2022 General Election · Nov 8, 2022
CandidateVotesShare
Kris MayesDemocrat1,254,61350.0%
Abraham "Abe" HamadehRepublican1,254,10250.0%
Samantha Severson (Write-In)Libertarian4180.0%

Certified — State of Arizona Official Canvass, Dec 5 2022 (pre-recount; AG recount certified Dec 29 2022 not reflected) · Arizona Secretary of State — State of Arizona Official Canvass

Attorney General

2022 Arizona General Election · Nov 8, 2022
CandidateVotesShare
Kris MayesDemocrat1,254,61353.6%
Abraham "Abe" HamadehRepublican1,073,73345.9%
Abraham "Abe" HamadehRepublican8,4810.4%
Write-in2,6110.1%
Not Qualified1,4650.1%
Samantha SeversonLibertarian2920.0%

Official canvass (county Boards of Supervisors); partial state coverage — counties: Coconino, Gila, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal · Arizona county official canvasses

Key Votes

The record

  • HB2947: general appropriations act; 2025-2026 — voted YesClose vote

    Third Reading · tally 16–11 (3 not voting) · Passed · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025). Enacts the Arizona general appropriations budget for fiscal year 2025-2026; amends prior-year budget laws and makes new appropriations across state agencies. Governor Hobbs vetoed this bill along with 14 other FY 2025-2026 feed bills on the ground that the budget slashed health care funding.

    Jun 25, 2025 · Official · Arizona State Senate — Journal of the Senate · source

  • SCR1041: expenditure limit; school districts; 2025-2026 — voted Yes

    Third Reading · tally 24–5 (1 not voting) · Passed · 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2025). Concurrent resolution authorizing Arizona school districts to spend local revenues in excess of the constitutional expenditure limitation in fiscal year 2025-2026; this annual authorization is required to allow schools to spend teacher pay and per-pupil funding increases enacted under prior law (including the Prop 123 settlement framework).

    Jun 19, 2025 · Official · Arizona State Senate — Journal of the Senate · source

  • HB2897: general appropriations act; 2024-2025 — voted YesClose vote

    Third Reading · tally 17–12 (1 not voting) · Passed · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session (2024). Enacts the Arizona general appropriations budget for fiscal year 2024-2025; passed as a House substitute for SB 1735; amends prior-year appropriation acts and makes new appropriations across state agencies. Signed by Governor Hobbs as Ch. 209 (2024).

    Jun 14, 2024 · Official · Arizona State Senate — Journal of the Senate · source

  • HCR2060: border; benefits; fentanyl; illegal entry (ballot referral) — voted YesClose vote

    Third Reading · tally 16–13 (1 not voting) · Passed · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session (2024). Concurrent resolution referring to Arizona voters a ballot measure (eventually Prop 314 / the Secure the Border Act) that would authorize state action in response to an 'unsecured border,' restrict public benefits to lawful residents, and impose state criminal penalties for illegal entry and fentanyl trafficking. Voters approved it as Proposition 314 in November 2024.

    May 22, 2024 · Official · Arizona State Senate — Journal of the Senate · source

  • HB2677: abortion ban; repeal — voted NoClose vote

    Third Reading · tally 16–14 · Passed · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session (2024). Repeals Arizona Revised Statutes section 13-3603, which dated to territorial law of 1864 and banned nearly all abortions. The repeal eliminated the near-total abortion ban that had been reimposed in 2022 when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Signed by Governor Hobbs as Ch. 181 (2024).

    May 1, 2024 · Official · Arizona State Senate — Journal of the Senate · source

  • SB1221: basin management areas; appropriation — voted YesClose vote

    Third Reading · tally 16–12 (2 not voting) · Passed · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session (2024). Adds new articles to ARS Title 45 creating basin management area designations for groundwater management, with appropriations to implement; relates to groundwater supply planning and conservation in areas facing depletion. Bill passed the Senate but was held in the House and did not become law.

    Feb 29, 2024 · Official · Arizona State Senate — Journal of the Senate · source

  • SB1231: state crime; illegal border crossings — voted YesClose vote

    Third Reading · tally 16–13 (1 not voting) · Passed · 56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session (2024). Creates a new Arizona state crime of illegal border crossing, allowing state law enforcement to arrest persons who enter Arizona unlawfully between ports of entry; directs state courts to order such persons to return to Mexico or another country. Governor Hobbs vetoed the bill.

    Feb 21, 2024 · Official · Arizona State Senate — Journal of the Senate · source

  • SB1720: general appropriations act; 2023-2024 — voted Yes

    Third Reading · tally 25–5 · Passed · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2023). Enacts the Arizona state general appropriations budget for fiscal year 2023-2024. Budget deal negotiated between Republican majority and Governor Hobbs included residential rental tax repeal and other provisions. Signed as Ch. 133 (2023).

    May 9, 2023 · Official · Arizona State Senate — Journal of the Senate · source
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  • SB1184: municipal tax exemption; residential leases — voted YesClose vote

    Third Reading · tally 16–14 · Passed · 56th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2023). Repeals the local and state transaction privilege tax (TPT) on residential rental income, eliminating the so-called 'rental tax' on residential leases. Governor Hobbs vetoed the bill; the rental tax exemption was subsequently enacted through the FY 2024 budget agreement (SB 1720, Ch. 133).

    Feb 9, 2023 · Official · Arizona State Senate — Journal of the Senate · source

  • HB2853: Arizona empowerment scholarship accounts; universal — voted Yes

    Third Reading · tally 16–10 (4 not voting) · Passed · 55th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session (2022). Expands Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program to universal eligibility — any K-12 student may use public funds for private school tuition, homeschooling, and other educational expenses; removes the prior requirement of disability or public-school enrollment. Signed as Ch. 388 (2022).

    Jun 24, 2022 · Official · Arizona State Senate — Journal of the Senate · source

  • HB2492: voter registration; verification; citizenship — voted YesClose vote

    Third Reading · tally 16–12 (2 not voting) · Passed · 55th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session (2022). Requires proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration; requires county recorders to verify citizenship documents; establishes federal-only voter rolls for those who do not submit proof. Signed as Ch. 99 (2022).

    Mar 23, 2022 · Official · Arizona State Senate — Journal of the Senate · source

  • SB1164: abortion; gestational age; limit — voted YesClose vote

    Third Reading · tally 16–13 (1 not voting) · Passed · 55th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session (2022). Bans abortion at 15 weeks gestational age, with exceptions for medical emergencies; signed into law as Ch. 105 (2022). Later superseded in effect by the reinstatement of the 1864 total ban (the Houck case), before the 1864 ban was itself repealed.

    Feb 15, 2022 · Official · Arizona State Senate — Journal of the Senate · source

  • SB1828: omnibus; taxation — voted YesClose vote

    Third Reading · tally 16–14 · Passed · 55th Legislature, 1st Regular Session (2021). Establishes a flat personal income tax rate in Arizona, phasing down from the existing graduated brackets to a single 2.5% rate; omnibus taxation measure also amending transaction privilege and other tax provisions. Enacted as Ch. 412 (2021).

    Jun 22, 2021 · Official · Arizona State Senate — Journal of the Senate · source

Newest first. A close vote was decided by 5% of the votes cast or less (or 10 votes or fewer, under a fifth of the votes). Broke with party: voted against most of their party, where the record gives the party split.

Committees and Appointments

  • Rules — Member

    Arizona State Senate, 2026 (57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session) · Member

    Official · Arizona State Legislature — committee membership (official API) · source

Their Money

Campaign finance

Last Change
Profile updated · Sep 25
Raised
$48,505this report
Cash on Hand
$259,220this report
Spent
$313,693this report

Arizona Secretary of State — See The Money (committee's filed report), 2026 - Post-Primary Election report — cash on hand $259,219.92 (through Aug 5, 2026)

Finance Reports

  • State campaign committee: Friends of Warren Petersen (See The Money entity 201600171)

    Committee registered with the Arizona Secretary of State (See The Money entity 201600171). Figures come from the committee's own filed reports: see the latest-report finance item. Campaign contacts were built from Schedule E1 operating expenses in every 2026-cycle report (internal table only).

    Sep 24, 2026 · Official · Arizona Secretary of State — See The Money

  • Campaign finance: 2026 - Post-Primary Election report — cash on hand $259,219.92

    Friends of Warren Petersen (committee 201600171). Reporting period July 1, 2026-July 21, 2026, filed 08/05/2026: beginning cash $524,407.51; receipts $48,505.00; disbursements $313,692.59; ending cash $259,219.92. Cycle to date: total income $1,855,754.36; total expenditures $1,788,513.17. 8 filed 2026-cycle reports parsed for vendor contacts (13 contacts recorded internally).

    Aug 5, 2026 · Official · Arizona Secretary of State — See The Money (committee's filed report)

Money shows as the filings named here report it. Payees are who the campaign paid; individual contributors are not shown.

Advertising

Who is advertising for and against Warren

  • Advertising summary — for and against (2026 cycle)

    For: own campaign $24,300 on Google (“Friends of Warren Petersen” 3 ads, Jun 23–Jul 22, 2026); outside Google ads $0–$0; Snap $0; broadcast TV not searched. Against: outside Google ads $0–$0; opponent campaign ads $0–$0; Snap $0. 2026 cycle. FEC independent expenditures: not applicable (state race). Meta: not searched — no API access.

    Jul 22, 2026 · Official · Ads summary (2026 cycle) · source

Spend as each platform or filing reports it. Each line is a separate measure, and they are not added together.

In Their Words

What they have said, on the record

“I have managed over 110 cases or amicus briefs, including high-profile matters like the Save Women’s Sports Act that reached the U.S. Supreme Court (Doe v. Warren Petersen).”
2026 Primary Voter Education Guide — Attorney General candidate statementsSep 24, 2026 · Self-published · Citizens Clean Elections Commission voter education guide (candidate-submitted statement) · source
“I will restore the Attorney General’s office to its core mission: fighting crime, rooting out corruption, securing our elections, and defending our Constitution.”
2026 Primary Voter Education Guide — Attorney General candidate statementsSep 24, 2026 · Self-published · Citizens Clean Elections Commission voter education guide (candidate-submitted statement) · source
“From what I know, the principles of it are we want to make sure legal citizens are voting and we want to have chain of custody”
AZ AG rivals spar over suing Trump, regulating data centersSep 24, 2026 · Press · Arizona Daily Star (Capitol Media Services) · source
“Already leading a major branch of government, I have the legal experience, leadership, and judgment to be Attorney General on day one. I respectfully ask for your vote”
Mayes and Petersen debate border security, utility rates, and water in Arizona AG raceSep 23, 2026 · Press · FOX 10 Phoenix · source
“There are very valid concerns about data centers, but there's three big issues with data centers.”
Mayes and Petersen debate border security, utility rates, and water in Arizona AG raceSep 23, 2026 · Press · FOX 10 Phoenix · source
“I'm going to protect families and businesses and keep your costs low.”
Attorney General Kris Mayes, Warren Petersen clash in combative debateSep 23, 2026 · Press · ABC15 Arizona · source
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“What I’m going to do is fight crime, defend the laws in the Constitution, and root out fraud, waste and corruption”
Kris Mayes, Warren Petersen trade accusations in bitter attorney general debateSep 23, 2026 · Press · KTAR News · source
“Obviously, we don’t agree on a lot of things ideologically, but we’ve had a relationship where we agree to disagree”
Arizona AG candidates pitch competing priorities as early voting nearsSep 22, 2026 · Press · Cronkite News · source
“I’ve been called the de facto AG”
Arizona AG candidates pitch competing priorities as early voting nearsSep 22, 2026 · Press · Cronkite News · source
“The choice is whether we're going to turn into California or whether we're going to remain the wonderful state that we are”
Trump looms over Arizona AG showdownSep 4, 2026 · Press · Arizona Daily Star (Arizona Republic) · source

In the News

Press coverage

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Reach Them

Websites and accounts

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The 2026 Field

Who else is running for Arizona Attorney General

  • Kris MayesDemocrat · Incumbent · On the 2026 ballot

The Paper Trail

Filings, results and exhibits

  • On the Nov. 3, 2026 general election ballot for Attorney General (Arizona) — Republican

    Listed by the Secretary of State as “PETERSEN, WARREN”, party REP. Won the July 21, 2026 Republican primary over Rodney Glassman (official canvass totals not retrieved; see source note). Opponent: MAYES, KRIS (DEM).

    Sep 24, 2026 · Official · Arizona Secretary of State · source

  • Attorney General · AZ-AG

    Republican · Candidate · On the 2026 ballot

    Sep 4, 2026 · Official · Arizona Secretary of State

Not on file for Warren yet: Polls. Coverage varies by state and office.

File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_m4bf2vhcc.

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