Issue Alignment · 2026 Arizona Primary
Who Aligns With My Views?
Select your stance on up to 12 key issues. We'll show you which candidates' recorded public positions align with yours — based only on verified sources, with no ranking or endorsement.
Step 1
Your Stances
Select your position on any issue — skip any you prefer not to weigh.
Water Policy
Management of Arizona's water resources including the Colorado River Compact, groundwater management, and drought response. Arizona faces one of the most severe water crises in the American West, with Lake Mead and Lake Powell at historically low levels. Debate centers on how to balance the needs of agriculture, cities, tribal nations, and the environment as demand increasingly outpaces supply.
Education Funding
K-12 public school funding, teacher pay, school choice programs, and higher education investment. Arizona has long ranked among the lowest states in per-pupil spending, and teacher shortages remain acute. The expansion of the Empowerment Scholarship Account voucher program has intensified debate over whether public funds should follow students to private or home schools.
Border Security & Immigration
Border enforcement policies, immigration law, state-level border security programs, and asylum policy. Arizona shares nearly 400 miles of border with Mexico, making this a defining issue in state politics. Candidates disagree on deploying state resources to the border, cooperation with federal agencies, and how to address the humanitarian dimensions of migration.
Housing Affordability
Policies addressing housing costs, zoning reform, rental assistance, and homelessness in Arizona's growing urban areas. Home prices across the Phoenix metro have more than doubled in a decade, and rents have risen sharply in Tucson, Flagstaff, and Scottsdale. Zoning deregulation, density rules, short-term rental limits, and public housing investment are all contested approaches.
Election Integrity
Election administration, voter ID requirements, mail-in voting, audit procedures, and voter registration policies. Arizona has been at the center of national elections debates since 2020 and operates one of the country's most extensive all-mail voting systems. Candidates differ on how to maintain voter rolls, strengthen ID requirements, and balance access with security.
Healthcare Access
Access to health insurance, Medicaid expansion, rural healthcare, and prescription drug costs. Arizona expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, but coverage gaps remain — particularly in rural counties and among low-income residents. Key debates include mental health parity, hospital consolidation, the cost of insulin and other drugs, and whether to further expand or scale back coverage.
Public Safety & Criminal Justice
Policing policies, criminal sentencing, drug enforcement, and criminal justice reform. Arizona has one of the highest incarceration rates in the U.S., and crime remains a top voter concern along the border and in urban areas. Candidates are divided on mandatory minimums, bail reform, police funding levels, drug decriminalization, and the treatment of juvenile offenders.
Energy Policy
Electricity rates, renewable energy standards, utility regulation, and the state's energy future. Arizona receives some of the highest solar irradiance in the nation, yet clean energy development remains politically contested. Key issues include the Arizona Corporation Commission's oversight of utilities, rooftop solar net metering rates, the future of fossil fuel generation, and grid reliability.
Economic Development & Jobs
Business incentives, workforce development, infrastructure investment, and tax policy. Arizona has attracted major semiconductor, electric vehicle, and tech manufacturing investments in recent years, including the TSMC chip fabrication campus. Candidates debate corporate subsidies, right-to-work laws, minimum wage levels, and how to grow a skilled workforce without pricing out existing residents.
Reproductive Rights
Abortion access, contraception policy, and related healthcare legislation. Arizona's abortion laws have shifted dramatically since the Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling, and the legislature has repeatedly revised restrictions. Candidates are divided on codifying abortion rights in state law, gestational limits, exceptions for rape and incest, and how far state government should reach into personal healthcare decisions.
Transportation & Infrastructure
Roads, highways, public transit, broadband access, and state infrastructure investment priorities. Arizona's population boom has strained the I-10 and I-17 corridors, and the Phoenix metro remains one of the least transit-connected major cities in the U.S. Key debates include expanding light rail and bus rapid transit, funding rural road maintenance, building out EV charging networks, and closing the broadband gap that leaves many rural and tribal communities without reliable internet access.
Government Spending & Taxation
State budget priorities, income and property tax rates, government program spending, and fiscal policy. Arizona transitioned to a flat income tax in recent years, and debates continue over whether further cuts would fuel growth or hollow out funding for schools, roads, and public health. With the state budget swinging between record surpluses and projected shortfalls, candidates are divided on how much to spend on social services, how much to return to taxpayers, and how to fund infrastructure without raising taxes.
Results are based only on candidates' verified public stances on file. Candidates with no data for a given issue are excluded from scoring on that issue. This tool does not endorse or rank candidates.
Select your stances above to see your matches
You can select as few or as many issues as you like