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3 candidates are tracked for Arizona House District 18 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Bob Dohse, Nancy Gutierrez and Chris Mathis. Candidate information follows official Pima County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Bob Dohse (Republican), Nancy Gutierrez (Democratic), Chris Mathis (Democratic) are on the November 3 ballot for Arizona House District 18 (2 seats; vote for up to 2); Nancy Gutierrez, Chris Mathis are sitting members, per the azleg.gov member roster (57th Legislature). Nominees were chosen at the July 28 primary or by petition/nomination for minor parties and independents. The field is the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election (Election 69) certified candidate list, as read September 10, 2026. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Bob Dohse is the Republican candidate for Arizona House District 18 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election certified candidate list. He supports keeping Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship Account program at its current scale while adding oversight and staff to prevent fraud, waste and abuse, per Tucson Sentinel election-guide coverage. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 10, 2026; the Secretary of State's certified candidate listing is the only verifiable source for Bob Dohse.
2026 priorities
- Add oversight and staffing to the Empowerment Scholarship Account program, per Tucson Sentinel election-guide coverage
Nancy Gutierrez is the Democratic candidate for Arizona House District 18 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election certified candidate list. A career educator with 30 years of teaching experience in Arizona public schools, she is the sitting representative for the district, per the azleg.gov member roster (57th Legislature), and serves as Assistant Minority Leader and chairs the Education Committee.
2026 priorities (per the campaign site)
- Increase public education funding and repair aging school infrastructure
- Protect reproductive health care access
- Allow local firearm safety regulation by repealing state preemption
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-01.
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Chris Mathis is the Democratic candidate for Arizona House District 18 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 General Election certified candidate list. He is the sitting representative for the district, per the azleg.gov member roster (57th Legislature), and teaches health care law and policy as a Professor of Practice at the University of Arizona's law school while practicing elder law.
2026 priorities (per the campaign site)
- Protect Arizona's water resources
- Invest in public schools
- Restore reproductive rights
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-01.
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