No crime, plenty of rot: Hobbs’ secrecy and GOP outrage could lead to deeper voter distrust

By: Elvia Díaz

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: September 11, 2026

Words: 681

Last Updated: 6 days, 20 hours ago

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Criminally, Gov. Katie Hobbs may be cleared. But politically and ethically, this whole thing with Sunshine Residential still stinks royally.

And, no, it’s not because the person who won’t charge her criminally is fellow Democrat Kris Mayes, the state’s attorney general.

It has a lot to do with Hobbs’ secrecy about a state contractor and political donor who conveniently got a $4 million annual rate hike and with Republicans weaponizing the mess to score votes …

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