10/22/2025
🚨 BREAKING: Warren Petersen Leads in Third Quarter Fundraising for Arizona Attorney General’s Race
Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen, a Republican, raised $789,465 during the third quarter this year in the race for Arizona Attorney General. He raised the most of the three candidates in the race, which include incumbent Democrat Kris Mayes and Republican Rodney Glassman.
Petersen said in a statement, “We need a chief prosecutor who is focused on pursuing justice and upholding the rule of law, rather than promoting a partisan agenda, like the liberal extremist currently occupying the office.” Petersen said he “is the only candidate in the race endorsed by County Attorneys throughout Arizona and Attorneys General from across the country.” His endorsements include a broad range of support. Glassman lists three endorsements on his website, and Mayes doesn’t list any on her site.
Mayes raised $621,991.07 and Glassman raised $489,338.51. This puts Petersen at $1,103,549.08 raised so far. Mayes has raised $1,508,653.39 and Glassman has raised $2,826,323.83. Much of Mayes’ money comes from Democratic PACs, and Glassman is heavily self-funded.
Petersen’s priorities are defending the rule of law, keeping communities safe and restoring trust in the attorney general’s office. Mayes’ priorities are protecting Arizona consumers, fighting the Fentanyl crisis, holding corporations accountable and groundwater protections and sustainability. Glassman’s priorities are fighting the drug cartels, prosecuting election fraud, defending the Second Amendment and eliminating waste, fraud and abuse.
Petersen, who previously served as a prosecutor for the City of Scottsdale, presided over one of the most conservative Arizona Legislature in years. Mayes worked as a reporter for The Arizona Republic then served on the Arizona Corporation Commission for several years. Glassman, who was previously a Democrat, served on the Tucson City Council and as Acting Town Manager of Cave Creek. In addition to a business law practice, he serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force JAG Corps Reserve.
According to Petersen, he is challenging Mayes in part due to her aggressive litigation suing the Trump administration numerous times and prosecuting the 2020 alternate Republican electors for Trump. In May, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sam Myers ordered the case returned to a grand jury for re-indictment, finding that prosecutors failed to provide grand jurors with the full text of the Electoral Count Act of 1887. This is a federal law that Myers found central to the defendants' defense that they were acting lawfully as a contingent slate in case of ongoing election challenges. The Maricopa County Republican Committee (MCRC) unanimously passed a resolution in December 2023 calling on the Arizona House of Representatives to impeach Mayes due to the lawfare.
