There is no other way to say it: Tuesday’s election was a blue tsunami. From the top of the ballot to the bottom, in Arizona and across the nation, voters chose Democrats over Republicans with remarkable consistency.
Governor Katie Hobbs won a second term by nearly 13 points. Democrats are on track to win every statewide office on the ballot, and unofficial results show them taking control of both the Arizona House and Senate. If those results hold, Democrats will control the governor’s office and the Legislature for the first time since 1966. In fact, the surest path to avoid defeat for a Republican in Arizona this year was to run for a “nonpartisan” office, one where no party label appears on the ballot.
The tsunami’s impact was felt across the entire country. At the federal level, Democrats flipped seven U.S. Senate seats and more than 40 House seats. The votes are still being counted, but early estimates suggest it was the largest House popular-vote margin since the Watergate election of 1974. In other states, Democrats also flipped at least five governorships, including Texas, Georgia, Iowa, Ohio, and Nevada, and now hold a majority of the nation’s governorships for the first time since 2010. By any measure, this was one of the most significant turns against a governing party in modern American history.
What drove it? Economic pressures, concerns about the country’s direction, and dissatisfaction with national leadership appear to have played significant roles. Many voters were feeling the strain of rising costs and uncertainty about the future. Although the president was not on the ballot, the election became, at least in part, a referendum on his administration and the direction of the country. Republican candidates faced a difficult political environment as a result.
The new Democratic majority in Arizona was swept into office on an astounding wave. Yet it would be a profound mistake to interpret that success as something it is not. Exit polling, common sense, and the echoes of political history all point to the same cause: an anguished electorate’s backlash against an unpopular president.
And the same ballot tells a deeper story.
Proposition 318, which protects girls’ sports and preserves privacy in school locker rooms, passed with 59 percent of the vote. More than 1.3 million Arizonans voted yes, more than voted for any candidate for statewide office. On the very night Arizona voters handed Democrats historic victories, they approved 318 by a wider margin than any winning statewide candidate received. Arizona was not alone in its stand for female athletes. On the same night, voters in Nebraska, Washington, and Colorado also approved measures protecting girls’ sports.
In the election of 2026, voters reacted to pain; they did not reject principle. They did not turn their backs on protecting innocent children, empowering parents, and prioritizing families.
So let me be clear about what comes next for CAP. Our mission has not changed, and neither has our resolve. We stand ready to work with every elected official, regardless of party, to protect and welcome all life, to build up marriage and family, and to promote the first freedom: the freedom of all Arizonans to worship God and live out their faith.
These foundational principles are the strength of our community and our nation. Every healthy political party will prioritize them. No political party can ignore them or assail them without becoming deeply sick.
We will be at the Capitol every day of the session. Our team will read every bill. When legislation cuts against these values, we will find it, we will tell you about it, and we will tell you exactly how to make your voice heard. That means timely alerts, clear explanations, and simple ways to contact your lawmakers when it matters most.
How to Take Action Now
If this week left you discouraged, you are not alone. But discouragement is a feeling, not a calling. Here are five things you can do, starting today, that will matter long after these results are certified.
Pray first, and pray by name. Scripture calls us to pray “for kings and all those in authority” (1 Timothy 2:1–2), and that call does not depend on who won. Pray for every newly elected official. Pray for wisdom, for humility, and for hearts open to protecting life, strengthening families, and honoring religious freedom. Prayer is not the least we can do. It is the first and most important thing we can do.
Join us Tuesday for the full story. On Tuesday, November 10, at 7:00 p.m. our team will walk through the results, what they mean for the 2027 session, and how we are preparing for it, and how you can take action. Click Here to Register.
Learn the names of your lawmakers. Many districts will send new faces to the Capitol in January. Look up your two state representatives and your state senator at CAP’s action center. These are the people you will be praying for and speaking to. To find elected officials names and how to contact them, just enter your zip code in the “View Your Election Center” form on the right side of the page. CAP’s action center will have updated legislators’, their contact information and action items before the next legislative session begins.
Sign up for Request to Speak now, not in January. If you do only one thing on this list besides pray, make it this. Request to Speak (RTS) is the Legislature’s official online system for telling lawmakers where you stand on a bill. From your kitchen table, you can register your support or opposition, leave a comment for committee members, or sign up to testify, and lawmakers see those positions before they vote. Click here to sign up for RTS.
Bring two friends with you. This fall, many of you committed to bring two friends to the polls. Keep that same promise for the session. Invite two friends to join the CAP Network at azpolicy.org and to set up their RTS accounts. One voice is heard. Three voices are noticed.
Our hope never rested on an election. The work of building a good society is generational work, and its deepest foundations are laid around dinner tables, in churches, and in neighborhoods, not only at the Capitol. No election can take that work from us, and no election can do it for us. As Galatians 6:9 reminds us, we must not grow weary in doing good.
Elections change who governs us. They do not change what is true, or who we are called to be. The people of Arizona showed this week that even in a blue tsunami election they still stand for children and families. We will stand with them.