根据决策台总部（DDHQ）的预测，亚利桑那州州长凯蒂·霍布斯（民主党）将保住这个摇摆州的州长官邸。
Democrats hold Arizona governor’s mansion with Hobbs win Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) is projected to maintain the purple state’s gubernatorial mansion, per Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).
这位民主党人击退了共和党众议员安迪·比格斯（亚利桑那州）的挑战，赢得在大峡谷州的第二个任期。在选举日前的民调中，她领先对手，DDHQ和《库克政治报告》均预测该竞选倾向民主党。自1967年以来，亚利桑那州州长从未在连选中失利。
The Democrat fended off a challenge from Republican Rep. Andy Biggs (Ariz.) to clinch a second term leading the Grand Canyon State. She led her opponent in the polls heading into Election Day, with DDHQ and Cook Political Report forecasting the race as leaning in Democrats’ favor. An Arizona governor has not lost reelection since 1967.
上一次州长选举因霍布斯的对手、共和党人卡里·莱克提起挑战2022年结果的最高调选举诉讼并拒绝认输而成为全国头条。这些诉讼最终均被驳回。
The state’s last gubernatorial contest garnered national headlines after Hobbs’s opponent, Republican Kari Lake, filed the highest-profile election case challenging the 2022 results and refused to concede. The lawsuits were all ultimately dismissed.
霍布斯在竞选期间拒绝与比格斯辩论，她的竞选团队告诉《亚利桑那镜报》称，“与亚利桑那人面对面交流比为简短音频片段和政治表演设计的舞台更有效。”这位民主党人在2022年也拒绝与莱克辩论。
Hobbs refused to debate Biggs on the campaign trail, with her campaign telling the Arizona Mirror that “face-to-face engagement with Arizonans is more effective than a stage designed for short soundbites and political theater.”The Democrat also declined to debate Lake in 2022.
比格斯是特朗普总统的坚定盟友、财政鹰派和众议院自由核心小组成员，曾投票推翻2020年大选结果，并指控亚利桑那州的选举存在大规模舞弊。
Biggs, a staunch ally of President Trump, fiscal hawk and member of the House Freedom Caucus, voted to overturn the 2020 election results and alleged widespread fraud in Arizona’s contest.
共和党目前控制州众议院和参议院，但两个多数党地位周二都岌岌可危。据《镜报》报道，霍布斯自2023年以来已行使否决权541次，创下州纪录。
Republicans currently control both the state House and Senate, but both majorities are on the line Tuesday. Hobbs has set the state’s veto record — 541 since 2023, per the Mirror.
这位州长在一个曾两次投票给特朗普、2020年投票给前总统拜登的摇摆州，选择了一位前共和党市长作为竞选搭档。
The governor chose a former GOP mayor as her running mate in the purple state that voted for Trump twice and former President Biden in 2020.
在担任州长之前，霍布斯曾是一名社工，2019年至2023年担任亚利桑那州州务卿，此前在州立法机构任职八年。
Prior to the governorship, Hobbs, a social worker, served as Arizona secretary of State from 2019 to 2023 after an eight-year stint in the State Legislature.