2026 forecast

Arizona Governor forecast

Katie Hobbs vs Andy Biggs. The model has Hobbs ahead by 10.8 points, winning 97 percent of 10,000 simulated elections.

Likely DModel D +10.8Polls D +6.7Updated October 13, 2026

County simulation

15 counties
D +40R +40Hover a county for the simulated vote

Every simulated outcome

10,000 sims
D +61.9: 1 simulationsD +59.6: 0 simulationsD +57.4: 0 simulationsD +55.1: 0 simulationsD +52.9: 0 simulationsD +50.6: 0 simulationsD +48.4: 0 simulationsD +46.1: 0 simulationsD +43.9: 0 simulationsD +41.6: 0 simulationsD +39.4: 1 simulationsD +37.1: 2 simulationsD +34.9: 2 simulationsD +32.6: 9 simulationsD +30.4: 18 simulationsD +28.1: 26 simulationsD +25.9: 76 simulationsD +23.6: 149 simulationsD +21.4: 299 simulationsD +19.1: 504 simulationsD +16.9: 863 simulationsD +14.6: 1182 simulationsD +12.4: 1455 simulationsD +10.1: 1558 simulationsD +7.9: 1363 simulationsD +5.6: 1106 simulationsD +3.4: 665 simulationsD +1.1: 384 simulationsR +1.1: 192 simulationsR +3.4: 78 simulationsR +5.6: 33 simulationsR +7.9: 20 simulationsR +10.1: 7 simulationsR +12.4: 5 simulationsR +14.6: 1 simulationsR +16.9: 0 simulationsR +19.1: 0 simulationsR +21.4: 0 simulationsR +23.6: 0 simulationsR +25.9: 1 simulationsD +63.0R +27.0

80 percent of simulations fall between D +18.3 and D +3.3. Negative margins are Democratic wins.

Polls of the race

Full average
PollsterSampleAgeMargin
OnPoint averageLOWESS Election Day projectionD +6.7
GrayHouse for Norton (R)550 LV5dD +8.3
GQR for Hobbs (D)600 LV9dD +3.3
Equis Research1,214 RV34dD +6.3
Arizona State University1,300 RV39dD +12.0
NextGen Polling (R)1,627 LV55dD +3.3
HighGround, Inc.400 LV56dD +14.1
Quantus Insights780 LV57dD +7.7
Kreate Strategies (R)900 LV58dD +6.1
Noble Predictive Insights923 LV61dD +12.4
Stealth Analytics530 LV61dD +5.2
Grayhouse (R)600 LV63dD +6.3
The Tarrance Group (R)600 LV75dD +6.2
Fabrizio Ward and Impact Research bipartisan913 LV77dD +7.6
Noble Predictive Insights996 RV159dD +3.6
TIPP Insights (R)1,159 LV172dD +9.5
Noble Predictive Insights1,023 RV229dD +6.6
Center for Excellence in Polling519 LV262dD +8.9
NXTGenP (R)2,725 LV300dD +19.9
Emerson College850 RV337dD +2.5
Noble Predictive Insights948 RV421dD +1.6
Noble Predictive Insights1,026 RV515dD +1.6
Pulse Decision Science (R)501 LV552dD +6.3
Noble Predictive Insights1,006 RV607dD +1.6
Kreate Strategies (R)924 LV613dD +0.1

Estimated vote by group

model crosstabs
GroupShareHobbsBiggs
GenderMen47%50.147.4
Women53%57.939.7
Age18 to 2915%57.540.0
30 to 4422%52.245.4
45 to 6431%52.645.0
65+32%55.642.0
RaceWhite67%45.951.7
Black5%84.613.0
Latino20%66.531.1
Asian and other9%72.824.2
Race and genderWhite men31%39.857.8
White women36%51.246.4
Black men2%82.515.2
Black women2%86.511.2
Latino men10%64.033.6
Latino women10%68.928.7
All other races9%72.824.2