Voucher oversight fight tilts GOP superintendent primary toward Kimberly Yee over Tom Horne

By: Gloria Rebecca Gomez

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: July 22, 2026

Words: 492

Last Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago

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Kimberly Yee is maintaining a large lead in the GOP nomination for public schools chief, a victory that would see her unseat GOP incumbent Tom Horne, who is in his second stint as the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Late Tuesday evening, Yee led Horne with 54% of the vote, a difference of more than 32,000 votes. The winner will face off in November against Democrat and former Glendale Community College President Teresa Leyba Ruiz …

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