Arizona Legislature

The Veto Number Is Real. The Context Is Missing.

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Attack ads will say Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed 401 bills. The public record shows what those bills were, what the veto blocked, and it has cost Arizona taxpayers. Seventy of those vetoes were ordinary legislative friction, the kind that happens between any governor and any legislature regardless of party. The remaining 331 followed a pattern that is documented in the public record and consistent across three legislative sessions.

The Veto Queen Story Is Missing Its First Three Chapters

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Arizona voters will hear that Katie Hobbs vetoed 401 bills. That number is real. The context behind it — the audit that cost taxpayers at least $8.6 million, the structural reasons Arizona was targeted, and the wealth extraction agenda those vetoes blocked — is the part the attack ads leave out.