Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has used a guiding principle to navigate policy spats with the GOP-controlled Legislature during her first term: If you can’t beat them, veto them.
Hobbs, who flipped the gubernatorial seat in 2022, hit a milestone by recording her 170th veto last week, breaking the record for an Arizona governor that she set with 143 vetoes in 2023. The tally includes 28 Republican budget bills she vetoed on June 25.
The budget vetoes—and the bipartisan spending plan she later signed—are the capstone to a legislative session that ...