Katie Hobbs wins Arizona governor's race against Andy Biggs
The incumbent Democrat secured a second term in office as early results showed a significant lead.
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Katie Hobbs wins Arizona governor's race against Andy Biggs
Photograph: Arizona Capitol Times (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Democrat Katie Hobbs has won re-election as Arizona governor, defeating Republican Andy Biggs.
- Early returns at 10 p.m. showed Hobbs with 58% of the vote to Biggs' 40%, with 68% of votes counted.
- Biggs acknowledged the race was a "tough hill to climb" but did not concede.
- Hobbs outspent Biggs by approximately 2.5 times, according to Arizona Mirror digest.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 10 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
68/100
Craft
87/100
Hype
55/100
10 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
Only 1 of the 10 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Democrat Katie Hobbs has won re-election as Arizona governor, defeating Republican challenger Andy Biggs. CBS News projected Hobbs as the winner of the race. Early returns on election night showed Hobbs with a significant lead over Biggs.
Vote counts and projections
At 10 p.m., with 68% of votes counted, Hobbs led with approximately 58% of the vote compared to Biggs' 40%, according to Arizona Capitol Times. CBS News projected Hobbs would win the race. Arizona Mirror digest reported that Hobbs was leading by 18 points when initial results were posted.
What the coverage left out
None of the left-rated or centre-rated digests mention the specific figure of 2.5 times that Hobbs outspent Biggs, which was reported by Arizona Mirror digest. The Gateway Pundit digest did not include vote percentages or specific figures from early returns.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 4 Nov 2026, 07:15, and will add the sides that appear.
How other outlets pictured it
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How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
5 rated outlets
- Reports from the left focused on Katie Hobbs' victory and her lead in early returns. Arizona Capitol Times highlighted Hobbs' "commanding lead" and noted she held a 58% to 40% advantage over Biggs as of 10 p.m. The outlet also mentioned Biggs acknowledging a "tough hill to climb." Arizona Mirror digest stated Hobbs was leading by 18 points and outspent Biggs by 2.5 times. NBC News and The Washington Post digests also reported Hobbs' projected win.
Centre
4 rated outlets
- Centrist reports focused on the projection of Hobbs' victory and the context of the race. CBS News projected Hobbs would win, noting Biggs was backed by former President Trump and had promoted conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. The outlet also mentioned Hobbs' history of vetoes and her work with a Republican-controlled legislature. Digests from AZ Family, The Hill, and Merced Sun-Star also reported Hobbs' projected win.
Right
1 rated outlet
- The single right-rated report, a digest from The Gateway Pundit, used the headline "BREAKING: Fraudster Katie Hobbs Wins Reelection for Arizona Governor Against Republican Andy Biggs." The digest stated Hobbs was declared the winner against the "Trump-Endorsed Republican challenger US Rep."
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Katie Hobbs wins Arizona governor's race against Andy Biggs?
- Of the 10 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 50% are rated left, 40% are rated centre, 10% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Katie Hobbs wins Arizona governor's race against Andy Biggs left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 10 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Katie Hobbs wins Arizona governor's race against Andy Biggs biased?
- Katie Hobbs wins Arizona governor's race against Andy Biggs is one event reported by 10 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Katie Hobbs wins Arizona governor's race against Andy Biggs?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Katie Hobbs wins Arizona governor's race against Andy Biggs?
- 10 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Who won the Arizona governor's race?
- Democrat Katie Hobbs won re-election as Arizona governor, defeating Republican Andy Biggs. CBS News projected her victory, and early returns showed her with a significant lead.
- What were the early vote counts?
- As of 10 p.m. on election night, with 68% of votes counted, Katie Hobbs led with approximately 58% of the vote to Andy Biggs' 40%. This was reported by Arizona Capitol Times.
- How much did the candidates spend?
- Arizona Mirror digest reported that Katie Hobbs outspent her Republican opponent Andy Biggs by approximately 2.5 times during the election cycle.
Read it at the source
10 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
5- Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs wins re-election over GOP Rep. Andy Biggs in Arizona (opens NBC News in a new tab)
- Gov. Katie Hobbs holds commanding lead in early returns (opens Arizona Capitol Times in a new tab)
Arizona Capitol Times — is Arizona Capitol Times biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Katie Hobbs surges to giant early lead over Andy Biggs (opens Arizona Mirror in a new tab)
Arizona Mirror — is Arizona Mirror biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Arizona governor election results 2026 (opens The Washington Post in a new tab)
The Washington Post — is The Washington Post biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Katie Hobbs projected to win second term as Arizona governor (opens USA Today in a new tab)
Centre
4- Katie Hobbs defeats Andy Biggs to win second term as Arizona governor, CBS News projects (opens AZ Family - Phoenix in a new tab)
AZ Family - Phoenix — is AZ Family - Phoenix biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs wins reelection, defeating GOP election denier Andy Biggs (opens CBS News in a new tab)
- Democrats hold Arizona governor’s mansion with Hobbs win (opens The Hill in a new tab)
- Katie Hobbs projected to win second term as Arizona governor (opens Merced Sun-Star in a new tab)
Merced Sun-Star
Right
1Not rated
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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