The person behind the name
Mark Lamb's public career runs from a tribal police department and a county deputy's badge to two terms as Pinal County Sheriff, a national media profile built on the border, a statewide Senate primary and, in 2026, the Republican nomination for Arizona's 5th District. [3][35]
No official or campaign biography reviewed here states a birth date or birthplace, and none is printed. Reporting supplies the outline: he was 43 when elected sheriff in November 2016, and a 2021 Politico profile, drawing on his memoir, described a childhood spent largely in Hawaii and, in his own phrase, “all over the world,” a paintball business in Utah that failed, and a move to Arizona where he worked in pest control before a ride-along with a neighbor in law enforcement led him to policing. He lives in San Tan Valley, in Pinal County. His campaign biography describes him as a husband, father and grandfather; reporting identifies his wife as Janel and records five children. [8][9][1][28]
Education and professional preparation
Neither the county's biography nor the campaign's states a degree, and none is asserted here. The county biography records that he trained at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Deputy Academy and was valedictorian of his class; that the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community police hired him and named him Rookie of the Year and, the following year, Officer of the Year; that he was promoted to detective in its Gang Enforcement Unit and named Detective of the Year in his first year; and that he received the Arizona Gang Investigators Association's Award of Excellence as a lead detective on a multi-agency federal RICO case. KJZZ reported in 2017 that he spent six years with the Salt River police and joined the Pinal County Sheriff's Office in 2012; Politico dated the Salt River hiring to 2006. [3][7][9]
A public life that began with a county election
He was elected sheriff in November 2016, defeating Democrat Kaye Dickson with 58 percent of the vote in unofficial returns, and took office on January 1, 2017 as the county's 24th sheriff. In 2020 he was re-elected with 141,325 votes, 97.29 percent, against write-in candidates. He launched a campaign for the U.S. Senate on April 11, 2023, four days after NBC News reported the coming announcement, and finished second to Kari Lake in the July 30, 2024 Republican primary with 292,888 votes, 39.5 percent as computed from the official canvass, while carrying Pinal County. His second term ended when his elected successor, Ross Teeple, began his duties on January 1, 2025. [8][3][4][5][11][12][13][6]
On October 21, 2025 he filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission for the open 5th District seat, the day KJZZ reported his statement of interest in the race; President Trump endorsed him on Truth Social in a post that KJZZ reported on November 4, 2025, and again on July 10, 2026. In the July 21, 2026 Republican primary he defeated Daniel Keenan 52,352 votes to 36,854, 58.7 percent as computed from the official canvass, and faces Democrat Elizabeth Lee, a nurse who campaigns as “Nurse Lee,” on November 3, 2026. [17][18][19][31][35][34][39]
A note on this profile's limits. Lamb has never held legislative office, so there are no roll calls or sponsored bills to count; the record below is a sheriff's record, read from county and state documents, a congressional hearing transcript, the parties' accounts of a records lawsuit, and reporting. Degree records and personal financial disclosures were not part of this review.
Life & public service
From a tribal police department to the sheriff's office, a statewide primary and a congressional nomination, the documented milestones show how the record was built.
A national platform
Politico documented the American Sheriff Foundation, the Protect America Now coalition of sheriffs announced in February 2021, the American Sheriff Network streaming service launched in May 2021 and his appearance at a January 6, 2021 rally at the Arizona Capitol. See the fuller record. [9]
Testimony to the House Homeland Security Committee
Testified on February 28, 2023 at the committee's first hearing of the 118th Congress on human-smuggling stops, pursuits and fentanyl seizures in Pinal County. [10]
Accomplishments, in the record
County documents, a congressional hearing transcript, election canvasses and the parties' public accounts of a records lawsuit establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with shared credit where the work was a department's or a partner agency's rather than the sheriff's alone.
Two terms as Pinal County Sheriff
The county's biography describes the office he ran: a county the size of Connecticut and, by that page, nearly 500 employees; Politico, reporting in 2021, put the agency at 650 employees and a $39 million annual budget. He was elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020 with 141,325 votes, 97.29 percent, against write-in candidates, and served until his successor, Ross Teeple, took office on January 1, 2025. [3][9][5][6]
The campaign says the office was nearly $2 million over its approved budget when he took over in 2017 and under budget within six months; KJZZ's contemporaneous reporting recorded a shortfall of up to $2 million and, in March 2017, his statement that he had made a dent in it but did not expect it to be resolved completely. The six-month claim is the campaign's; this review found no county budget document confirming it. [23][7]
Testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee
On February 28, 2023 Lamb was one of four witnesses at the committee's hearing “Every State Is a Border State: Examining Secretary Mayorkas' Border Crisis,” the first of the 118th Congress. His oral statement reported a 377 percent increase over two years in traffic stops involving human smuggling and a 461 percent increase in related pursuits, and gave his office's M30 fentanyl pill seizures as zero in 2018, around 700 in 2019, over 200,000 in 2020, over 1.2 million in 2021 and over 1.4 million in 2022; his prepared statement put the increase in pills seized since 2020 at 610 percent. He told the committee, “You have to stop saying that the border is secure because the border is not secure.” [10]
The figures are the sheriff's own, as given to the committee; the transcript records them but does not audit them. Under questioning he described himself as chairman of the Alliance to Combat Transnational Threats and thanked the committee for Operation Stonegarden funds, the federal program through which his office partnered with the Border Patrol. [10]
The “American Sheriff” platform
Politico's October 2021 profile documented the ventures built around the office: the American Sheriff Foundation, a charity he incorporated in 2018; Protect America Now, a coalition of sheriffs founded in June 2020 by a group including the Republican strategist Nathan Sproul and announced in February 2021, which then listed 69 member sheriffs; and the American Sheriff Network, a subscription streaming service launched in May 2021 at $4.99 a month. His public-relations representative, Corey Vale, told Politico that Lamb was not paid by Protect America Now beyond expense reimbursements and that his outside activities were vetted through the county attorney, who confirmed consulting on the two ventures but said he did not review every appearance. [9][16]
The Arizona Republic's June 2026 reporting described the office's participation in the television program “Live PD,” in which film crews followed his deputies, and his later YouTube channels. These are business and media activities documented by reporting, not government records; their revenue is not established by the sources reviewed here. [28]
Two primaries, measured
The Secretary of State's official canvass of the July 30, 2024 Republican primary for U.S. Senate records Kari Lake with 409,339 votes, Lamb with 292,888, Elizabeth Jean Reye with 38,208 and a write-in candidate with 184: 39.5 percent for Lamb statewide, computed from those totals. In Pinal County he led Lake 31,659 to 18,754. [13]
The official canvass of the July 21, 2026 primary records 52,352 votes for Lamb and 36,854 for Daniel Keenan in the 5th District Republican primary, 58.7 percent computed from those totals; Lamb won the Maricopa County portion of the district 40,457 to 31,570 and the Pinal County portion 11,895 to 5,284. In the Democratic primary Elizabeth Lee received 30,857 votes to 9,703 for Chris James and 6,171 for Brian Hualde. [35]
What the race ratings measure
As of July 21, 2026 the Cook Political Report and Inside Elections rated the general election Solid Republican and Sabato's Crystal Ball rated it Safe Republican, per Ballotpedia. The Clerk of the House's statistics for the November 5, 2024 election record Andy Biggs holding the seat with 255,628 votes to 167,680 for Democrat Katrina Schaffner. A rating is a forecast of the district, not an evaluation of the candidate. [36][38]
Endorsements, as announced
President Trump endorsed him on Truth Social in a post reported by KJZZ on November 4, 2025 (“Mark Lamb has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next Congressman from Arizona's 5th Congressional District – HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!”) and posted a second endorsement on July 10, 2026, after the spring reporting described in the fuller record; CBS News noted that Jay Feely, whom Trump had urged to run elsewhere, moved to the 1st District. Club for Growth PAC endorsed him on December 16, 2025; Ballotpedia's summary of the primary lists Speaker Mike Johnson and Representatives Eli Crane and Paul Gosar among his endorsers. The National Association of Police Organizations endorsed him by letter of August 17, 2026 on the recommendation of the Arizona Police Association, and the campaign lists the Arizona Police Association, the Pinal County Deputies Association, the Maricopa County Deputies Law Enforcement Association and former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio among its supporters. Endorsements establish political support; they are not evaluations of the record. [19][31][32][37][20][36][22][21]
Money raised, as filed
The Federal Election Commission's summary for Mark Lamb for Congress, covering October 1, 2025 to July 1, 2026, shows $1,222,217 in total receipts, of which $1,111,291 came from individuals ($596,592 itemized and $514,699 unitemized) and $70,400 from other committees; $978,791 in disbursements; a $40,000 candidate loan made and repaid within the period; $243,426 in cash on hand and no debts. Ballotpedia reported that Keenan had raised $1,851,302 by the same date, and Politico reported that he put more than $1.6 million of his own money into the race and that Club for Growth spent $250,000 on advertising for Lamb; CBS News put Keenan's self-funding at more than $1.5 million. Figures are rounded to the dollar. [17][36][33][37]
Family & community
His campaign biography describes him as “a husband, father, and grandfather who understands that strong families build strong communities.” Reporting identifies his wife as Janel Lamb, the author of a book titled “The Sheriff's Wife,” and records five children; the family's home is in San Tan Valley, in Pinal County. [1][9][26][28]
The county biography records no civic board or charitable role beyond the office. The campaign's endorsement pages list local Republican clubs and law-enforcement associations, which establish political support rather than community service, and the American Sheriff Foundation, the charity he incorporated in 2018, is described in the fuller record. [3][21][16]
His campaign biography, under the heading “A MAN OF GOD,” says his faith “guides his life, shapes his values, and strengthens his commitment to serving others with integrity, courage, and humility,” but names no denomination; this profile makes no claim about one. [1]
Mission & priorities
“In Congress, Mark will bring practical Arizona leadership to Washington. He will work to secure the border, restore order to our immigration system, defend the Constitution, support law enforcement, and advance an economy where families and small businesses can thrive.” {2}
The following summarizes the agenda on Lamb's campaign website and in his campaign's posts. He has no legislative record, so each item is a stated position, checked where possible against what he did as sheriff.
01Secure the border and keep ICE
The campaign's home page promises to “secure the border, restore order to our immigration system, defend the Constitution, support law enforcement,” and a September 9, 2026 post opposes abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement: “Defunding the police and abolishing ICE are not solutions to the problems facing American families.” The record behind the position is his February 28, 2023 testimony to the House Homeland Security Committee, summarized above, and his office's participation in Operation Stonegarden, the federal program whose funds he thanked the committee for. [2][24][10]
02Fiscal responsibility
A September 10, 2026 post argues that “Free isn't free. The American people are paying the bill.” It sets out a test for federal spending: “Is this necessary? Is it constitutional? Is it working? Is the money being spent efficiently? And are we putting the interests of American citizens first?” The record he cites is the sheriff's office budget: the campaign says the agency was nearly $2 million over budget when he arrived in 2017, under budget within six months and within budget for the rest of his tenure. KJZZ's reporting in March 2017 recorded a budget shortfall of up to $2 million and a hiring freeze when he took office; the six-month and full-tenure claims are the campaign's, and this review found no county budget document confirming them. [23][7]
03Support law enforcement
The campaign presents him as an ally of officers, and law-enforcement associations have endorsed him: the Arizona Police Association, the Pinal County Deputies Association, the Maricopa County Deputies Law Enforcement Association and, by letter of August 17, 2026, the National Association of Police Organizations, which wrote that it “is confident you will continue your strong support for the law enforcement community in Congress.” As sheriff he led an agency the county describes as nearly 500 employees; the biography records no officer-safety or staffing statistics, and none are asserted here. [22][21][3]
04Fentanyl and addiction
The September 9 post links border enforcement to overdose deaths: “We need to disrupt the criminal networks trafficking deadly drugs, secure our border, and give law enforcement the resources necessary to do their jobs. We also need effective prevention, treatment, and recovery resources for Americans struggling with addiction.” His 2023 testimony gave the seizure figures above and told the committee that Arizona lost 44 children under 17 to poisonings in 2021, seven of them under a year old. [24][10]
05Data centers, water and power
A September 5, 2026 post argues that Arizona “can welcome innovation and economic growth without sacrificing the water, power and neighborhoods Arizona families depend on,” proposes that large projects answer for their water and electricity demands (“Growth should pay for growth.”), and concedes that many decisions on water use, utility planning, land use and zoning “belong at the state and local levels.” The post cites Salt River Project's figure that data centers accounted for 5.1 percent of its record summer peak demand in 2025. A position on a state and local question, stated by a candidate for federal office. [25]
06Constitutional rights and the pandemic mandates
The campaign biography says that during the pandemic he refused to enforce mask and vaccine mandates for employees and allowed local businesses to remain open, and calls him “a steadfast defender of free speech, religious liberty, the Second Amendment, and personal freedom.” Politico reported in 2021 that he publicly resisted the state's mask mandates and stay-at-home orders and spoke at what Politico described as an anti-vaccine rally in Phoenix, having called vaccine mandates “garbage”; the county biography of the same period describes him as “a strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights.” [1][9][3]
07Election integrity
The campaign's news page lists his interviews on election integrity, and Ballotpedia notes that he and Keenan both campaigned as constitutional conservatives. The clearest statement in the record is his testimony: asked at the February 28, 2023 hearing whether Donald Trump won the 2020 election, he answered, “Well, Joe Biden is the President now,” then, pressed, “I believe that he lost the election,” adding that “Election integrity absolutely matters” and, asked about fraud, “There's always fraud in every election.” Asked whether fraud had a material impact on the result, he answered, “As a law enforcement official, I have seen zero evidence that would show me otherwise.” See the fuller record for the 2021 reporting on his statements about the 2020 result. [2][36][10]
How to assess a proposal. A campaign plan states an intention. Enactment, implementation costs, replacement revenue, and measured results are separate questions. These priorities should be read alongside the legislative and voting history above.
The fuller record
A useful profile includes policy tradeoffs, the limits of a claim, and responses to material criticism. For a sheriff who has not held legislative office, the fuller record is what the county's documents, the courts and the press established about how the office was run.
The Arizona Republic's investigation and the county attorney's inquiry
In an investigation by The Arizona Republic, published in the Arizona Daily Star on May 23, 2026 and built on interviews and screenshots, several women alleged that explicit messages and images were sent to them from Lamb's personal phone number and social-media accounts, primarily between 2016 and 2020. One of them, Tammy Peacock, who died in 2021, had preserved messages that, by the newspaper's account, came from an account with Lamb's profile picture, linked to the state's revenge-porn statute and said “I will call DPS.” The newspaper noted that Lamb had publicly denied an affair with Peacock in 2018. He did not respond to its April 15 list of allegations; his campaign's lawyer, Andrew Gould, wrote on April 18 that “various false, misleading, and potentially defamatory allegations have circulated online for years.” After a further Republic report, which FOX 10 Phoenix described on May 27 as citing unidentified sources for racist and homophobic text exchanges and threatening messages to women, the campaign said the newspaper's article rested on a decade-old text from a person who could not be located and called it “Not exactly what one would call quality, independent journalism.” His primary opponent, Daniel Keenan, called it “a pattern of disqualifying, disgraceful, and embarrassing behavior unbecoming of a congressman”; in July his spokesperson, Ed Morabito, said “these allegations are false and come from long-discredited political opponents,” and KJZZ reported on primary night that the campaign had denied all of the allegations. On June 22, 2026 Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller closed a preliminary inquiry that reviewed material submitted to the Board of Supervisors in 2020 and more than three gigabytes of additional material, finding “no evidence that Lamb acted in a criminal manner” and that no record could be found of the investigation that the former county attorney, Kent Volkmer, had said his office conducted; KJZZ noted that the inquiry concerned the allegation that he used his position to stop the women from speaking and did not address the broader allegations in the newspaper's reporting. The newspaper's account and the prosecutor's finding are both part of the record; neither is a court's judgment. [26][27][33][34][29][30][40]
Residence and the Tennessee ranch
The Republic reported on June 9, 2026 that Lamb and his family had opened a ranch resort in McNairy County, Tennessee, with a Memorial Day weekend grand opening, that he posted videos from the property throughout May, and that he assured voters the family's home in San Tan Valley would remain his primary residence. KJZZ's July 6 account of the race described the ranch, with rentable cabins and event space on 140 acres, and quoted him from the family's YouTube channel: “I'm going to be here when I can.” Politico also reported the residency question, and KJZZ noted on primary night that the campaign denied the claim that he does not live in the district. In April a campaign spokesperson answered the Republic's residency inquiry with “Is that a serious question from a serious reporter?” As the Republic and KJZZ noted, the Constitution requires a Representative to live in the state, not the district; the record establishes a Tennessee business and an Arizona home, and does not establish where he spends his time. The financing of the purchase, described in the same reports, concerns private finances and is outside this profile's rules. [28][40][33][34]
The public-records lawsuit
American Oversight, with the ACLU of Arizona as co-counsel, sued Sheriff Lamb and Pinal County in Pinal County Superior Court on May 29, 2024 over five public-records requests, submitted between October 2020 and June 2023, that had produced no records; the requests sought his communications about the 2020 election, an immigration rally in Hereford sponsored by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, and the “constitutional sheriffs” movement. By the plaintiff's account of the settled case, the office admitted in affidavits that it had not properly responded and had not begun searching electronic communications until after the suit was filed, and stated that “[h]istorical text message data” from two phones the county had replaced in April 2024 “cannot be retrieved.” The case settled in November 2024. No response from Lamb was reported at filing; the admissions are the office's own, as described by the plaintiff, and the court filings themselves were not retrieved for this review. [14][15]
The American Sheriff Foundation's filings
Arizona Luminaria reported on December 20, 2024 that the American Sheriff Foundation, the charity Lamb incorporated in 2018, had lost its federal tax exemption in May 2021 for three years of unfiled Form 990 returns, had filed no annual report with the Arizona Corporation Commission for 2022, 2023 or 2024, and had answered no on its 2018 certificate of disclosure to a question about prior bankruptcies, although Lamb wrote in his self-published memoir of a 2003 bankruptcy after his Utah paintball business failed, as both Politico and Arizona Luminaria noted from the book. Lamb told the outlet the answer was an honest oversight (“I don't know who did those, that's the lawyers”), that the foundation had taken no donations since 2022 and that he might amend the filing; a commission spokesperson said staff would begin the administrative dissolution process. Both Politico and Arizona Luminaria also cited The Arizona Republic's 2020 report that the foundation's early tax filing did not account for $18,000 of its spending, which Lamb, per Politico, attributed to an accountant's error. KJZZ relayed the Luminaria findings in July 2026, and ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer, drawing on IRS data, lists the foundation's exemption as issued in April 2018, records no Form 990 filings and notes that it no longer appears on the IRS's list of exempt organizations. The underlying state and IRS filings were not retrieved for this review. [16][9][40][42]
Statements about the 2020 election and January 6
Politico reported in 2021 that Lamb spoke at a January 6, 2021 rally at the Arizona Capitol protesting the presidential result, that on November 12, 2020 he said on One America News that the enthusiasm he saw for Trump in Arizona “does not compute” with the results, and that he “insists he has never said Biden did not win the election.” The same report quoted him on the Capitol rioters: “Just because somebody was there doesn't necessarily mean they're guilty.” In his 2023 testimony, asked whether Trump won, he said “I believe that he lost the election” and that “There's always fraud in every election,” adding, when asked whether fraud had a material impact on the result, that as a law enforcement official he had “seen zero evidence that would show me otherwise.” In the 2026 primary Keenan attacked the testimony as a betrayal of the President; Trump's endorsements of Lamb came in November 2025 and again in July 2026. [9][10][33][31]
Outside ventures and the sheriff's code of ethics
Politico's 2021 profile raised whether the ventures built on the office complied with the National Sheriffs' Association's model code of ethics, which bars using the office for private gain; a Loyola Law School professor who sits on the Los Angeles County sheriff's oversight commission said he believed they did not. Lamb's public-relations representative said his activities were vetted through the county attorney, and County Attorney Kent Volkmer confirmed consulting on Protect America Now and the American Sheriff Network but said he did not review every appearance. The association told Politico its code is “the basis of an organizational creed” and that sheriffs rely on state law. No finding by any oversight body appears in the sources reviewed. [9]
The jail commissary fund
Arizona Luminaria reported in September 2023 that at least $217,000 from the county jail's commissary fund, which state law reserves for inmates' welfare, had been spent under Lamb on weapons, ammunition and ballistic vests; Prison Legal News, citing that report and the Casa Grande Dispatch, put the figure at 5.5 percent of about $4 million spent from the fund between July 2018 and July 2023 and reported the ACLU of Arizona's legal director as saying the spending ran afoul of the statute. At a public hearing on October 18, 2023 Lamb told the Board of Supervisors that the purchases protected inmates and helped his officers do their jobs more safely, and the board, by Luminaria's account, gave him unanimous support. No audit finding or enforcement action appears in the sources reviewed. [16][41]
Questions & answers
Who is Mark Lamb?
Mark Lamb's public career runs from a tribal police department and a county deputy's badge to two terms as Pinal County Sheriff, a national media profile built on the border, a statewide Senate primary and, in 2026, the Republican nomination for Arizona's 5th District. [3][35] No official or campaign biography reviewed here states a birth date or birthplace, and none is printed. Reporting supplies the outline: he was 43 when elected sheriff in November 2016, and a 2021 Politico profile, drawing on his memoir, described a childhood spent largely in Hawaii and, in his own phrase, “all over the world,” a paintball business in Utah that failed, and a move to Arizona where he worked in pest control before a ride-along with a neighbor in law enforcement led him to policing. He lives in San Tan Valley, in Pinal County. His campaign biography describes him as a husband, father and grandfather; reporting identifies his wife as Janel and records five children. [8][9][1][28]
What office is Mark Lamb running for in 2026?
Who is Mark Lamb running against?
On October 21, 2025 he filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission for the open 5th District seat, the day KJZZ reported his statement of interest in the race; President Trump endorsed him on Truth Social in a post that KJZZ reported on November 4, 2025, and again on July 10, 2026. In the July 21, 2026 Republican primary he defeated Daniel Keenan 52,352 votes to 36,854, 58.7 percent as computed from the official canvass, and faces Democrat Elizabeth Lee, a nurse who campaigns as “Nurse Lee,” on November 3, 2026. [17][18][19][31][35][34][39]
What are Mark Lamb's stated priorities?
The following summarizes the agenda on Lamb's campaign website and in his campaign's posts. He has no legislative record, so each item is a stated position, checked where possible against what he did as sheriff. The campaign lists: Secure the border and keep ICE; Fiscal responsibility; Support law enforcement; Fentanyl and addiction; Data centers, water and power; Constitutional rights and the pandemic mandates; Election integrity.
What does the public record show?
County documents, a congressional hearing transcript, election canvasses and the parties' public accounts of a records lawsuit establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with shared credit where the work was a department's or a partner agency's rather than the sheriff's alone. The county's biography describes the office he ran: a county the size of Connecticut and, by that page, nearly 500 employees; Politico, reporting in 2021, put the agency at 650 employees and a $39 million annual budget. He was elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020 with 141,325 votes, 97.29 percent, against write-in candidates, and served until his successor, Ross Teeple, took office on January 1, 2025. [3][9][5][6]
How was this profile researched?
Reviewed September 17, 2026, with an independent fact-check of every cited claim completed September 18, 2026. This is a documented overview of publicly available biography, major actions and stated priorities. Lamb has held no legislative office, so there are no roll calls, sponsored bills, attendance figures or ideology scores to report; the record is a sheriff's, read from county and state documents, a congressional hearing transcript, the parties' public accounts of a records lawsuit and reporting. Primary percentages are computed from the canvass totals, which print no candidate percentages. Degree records, personal financial disclosures, the sheriff's office's audited budgets, the foundation's underlying state and IRS filings, the court file of the records lawsuit, the county attorney's own release and the 2024 Senate campaign's finance reports were not part of this review. Ballotpedia's candidate page, OpenSecrets and KTAR's report of Lamb's own response to the 2026 allegations could not be retrieved and are not cited; Wikipedia was used only to locate documents. Numerical claims retain their original meaning and attribution. Historical sources do not imply current positions. A prosecutor's finding and a newspaper's investigation are each labeled as what they are. The source list provides direct links so readers can check the underlying material. Filings and campaign pages may change after this review.
Sources & methodology
Government records anchor the profile: the Secretary of State's canvasses, the county's canvass, the Federal Election Commission's summary and the House committee's hearing transcript. The county's own biography establishes attributed background; original reporting supplies scrutiny and responses; advocacy material and campaign pages are labeled as such.
- 01Who Is Mark Lamb | Mark Lamb for Congress (campaign biography)Mark Lamb for Congress (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Campaign biography: eight years as sheriff; husband, father and grandfather; the pandemic-mandate claims; the “A MAN OF GOD” passage. Self-descriptions.Campaign or advocacy material - 02Mark Lamb for Congress | Arizona CD-5 (campaign home page)Mark Lamb for Congress (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
The campaign's statement of purpose quoted in this profile; links to the campaign's social-media accounts and news posts.Campaign or advocacy material - 03Staff Directory • Mark Lamb, Sheriff (Internet Archive copy, captured Nov. 3, 2024) (Internet Archive copy, captured 2024)Pinal County, Arizona (Internet Archive copy) · 2024; Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
The county's biography: 24th sheriff from January 1, 2017; nearly 500 employees; deputy academy valedictorian; Salt River police awards; the RICO case; joined PCSO as a deputy.Government record - 04Election Results | Pinal County, AZPinal County Elections Department · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
The county's index of canvasses, including the 2020 General Election Canvass cited below.Government record - 052020 General Election Canvass — Final Cumulative Report, Pinal County (November 3, 2020)Pinal County Elections Department · Nov. 2020
County Sheriff: Lamb (REP) 141,325 (97.29%); write-in 3,933 (2.71%); 145,258 total. Scanned document read from page 6 of the summary report and transcribed for this profile.Government record - 06New Pinal County Sheriff sworn inCopper Area News Publishers · December 27, 2024
Sheriff-elect Ross Teeple, chosen by voters to replace Lamb, was sworn in by Lamb; his duties began January 1, 2025.Independent reporting - 07Pinal County Sheriff Must Balance Demands Of Rural, Growing CommunityKJZZ (Fronteras Desk) · March 30, 2017
Six years with the Salt River police; joined PCSO in 2012; took office amid a hiring freeze and a budget shortfall of up to $2 million; succeeded Paul Babeu.Independent reporting - 08Lamb ready to transition into Pinal's new sheriffInMaricopa · November 11, 2016
Defeated Democrat Kaye Dickson with 58 percent in unofficial returns; age 43; to take the oath in January.Independent reporting - 09He Calls Himself the ‘American Sheriff.’ Whose Law Is He Following? (Politico Magazine, Yahoo News copy)Politico Magazine (Yahoo News copy) · October 15, 2021
Biography from his memoir; Salt River hiring in 2006; 650 employees and a $39 million budget; Protect America Now, the American Sheriff Network and Foundation; the January 6, 2021 rally; the code-of-ethics question and the spokesman's response.Independent reporting - 10Every State Is a Border State: Examining Secretary Mayorkas’ Border Crisis — hearing transcript, Serial No. 118-1U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security (Government Publishing Office) · February 28, 2023
Lamb's oral and prepared statements (377 and 461 percent increases; fentanyl pill seizures by year; 44 child poisoning deaths in 2021) and his answers on the 2020 election and Operation Stonegarden.Government record - 11Arizona GOP Sheriff Mark Lamb to launch a U.S. Senate bidNBC News · April 7, 2023
The coming Senate announcement; Pinal County's 5,000 square miles. NBC dates his House testimony to early March; the transcript is dated February 28, 2023.Independent reporting - 12Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb enters US Senate race for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's seatThe Arizona Republic (USA Today copy) · April 11, 2023
The campaign was officially launched on Tuesday, April 11, 2023; the first prominent Republican in the race. Only the opening paragraph was available to this review.Independent reporting - 132024 Primary Election Official Canvass (Internet Archive copy, captured Apr. 28, 2025) (Internet Archive copy, captured 2025)Arizona Secretary of State (Internet Archive copy) · Canvass report Aug. 16, 2024
Republican primary for U.S. Senator, July 30, 2024: Lake 409,339; Lamb 292,888; Reye 38,208; Williams (write-in) 184. Pinal County: Lamb 31,659, Lake 18,754. Scanned canvass, transcribed for this profile.Government record - 14U.S. Senate candidate Lamb sued over public records requestsKAWC (Capitol Media Services, Howard Fischer) · May 30, 2024
The complaint filed Wednesday, May 29, 2024 in Pinal County Superior Court; the five requests and what they sought; no immediate response from Lamb.Independent reporting - 15Pinal County Sheriff’s Office Admits It Failed to Properly Comply with Arizona Public Records LawAmerican Oversight (plaintiff's release) · December 16, 2024
The plaintiff's account of the settled case, docket 24-1360: affidavits admitting the office had not properly responded; text data from two replaced phones “cannot be retrieved.” Advocacy material, labeled as such.Campaign or advocacy material - 16Sheriff Mark Lamb’s nonprofit loses federal and state status after administrative misstepsArizona Luminaria (John Washington) · December 20, 2024
The American Sheriff Foundation's 2021 IRS revocation, missing Corporation Commission reports and the 2018 certificate of disclosure; Lamb's responses (“that's the lawyers”).Independent reporting - 17LAMB, MARK — Candidate overview, H6AZ05265 (2026)Federal Election Commission · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026; coverage Oct. 1, 2025 – July 1, 2026
Statement of candidacy filed October 21, 2025; principal committee Mark Lamb for Congress (C00924084); receipts, disbursements, the $40,000 candidate loan and cash on hand.Government record - 18Former Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb is running for CongressKJZZ (Camryn Sanchez) · October 21, 2025
The statement of interest for District 5; the field then included Travis Grantham and Jay Feely.Independent reporting - 19Mark Lamb wins coveted Trump endorsement in Arizona's 5th Congressional DistrictKJZZ (Wayne Schutsky) · November 4, 2025
The Truth Social endorsement quoted in this profile; Trump's call for Jay Feely to run elsewhere.Independent reporting - 20Club for Growth PAC Endorses Sheriff Mark Lamb in AZ-05 RaceClub for Growth PAC · December 16, 2025
The PAC's endorsement in its own words. Advocacy material.Campaign or advocacy material - 21Endorsements | Mark Lamb for CongressMark Lamb for Congress (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
The campaign's list: law-enforcement associations, local Republican clubs, Joe Arpaio, Chad Wolf and Club for Growth, as announced by the campaign.Campaign or advocacy material - 22National Association of Police Organizations Endorses Mark Lamb for CongressMark Lamb for Congress (campaign) · August 19, 2026
The campaign's post reproducing NAPO's August 17, 2026 endorsement letter, issued on the Arizona Police Association's recommendation.Campaign or advocacy material - 23Free Isn’t Free: Somebody Is Paying The BillMark Lamb for Congress (campaign post) · September 10, 2026
The fiscal-responsibility position and the campaign's account of the sheriff's office budget in 2017. Campaign claims.Campaign or advocacy material - 24You Cannot Secure a Country You Refuse to PoliceMark Lamb for Congress (campaign post) · September 9, 2026
Opposition to abolishing ICE; the fentanyl and treatment position; his description of the 2023 testimony.Campaign or advocacy material - 25Arizona Shouldn’t Pay the Price for Big Tech’s Data CentersMark Lamb for Congress (campaign post) · September 5, 2026
The data-center position, with the Salt River Project figures the post cites.Campaign or advocacy material - 26Women: Lamb used threats to suppress sexting, nude pics (The Arizona Republic investigation, Arizona Daily Star copy)The Arizona Republic, via the Arizona Daily Star · May 23, 2026
The investigation's allegations, the screenshots it describes, its note that Lamb denied an affair in 2018, former County Attorney Volkmer's account, and the campaign lawyer's April 18 letter. Star copy dated May 23, 2026.Independent reporting - 27Mark Lamb allegations: Arizona congressional candidate faces misconduct claimsFOX 10 Phoenix · May 27, 2026
The campaign's statement on the Republic's follow-up report and Daniel Keenan's response.Independent reporting - 28Lamb runs for Congress in Arizona from his Tennessee ranch (The Arizona Republic, Arizona Daily Star copy)The Arizona Republic, via the Arizona Daily Star · June 9, 2026
The McNairy County ranch, the May videos, his statement that the San Tan Valley home remains his primary residence, the spokesperson's April reply, and “Live PD.” Its passages on the purchase financing are not used.Independent reporting - 29No crime found in Mark Lamb abuse of power probe, Pinal County attorney saysKVOA (Tucson) · June 22, 2026
County Attorney Brad Miller's June 22, 2026 findings and statement; no records of the earlier investigation reportedly conducted under Kent Volkmer.Independent reporting - 30Pinal County Attorney clears Mark Lamb of criminal wrongdoing, closes investigationABC15 (KTAR News, David Iversen) · June 24, 2026
The preliminary inquiry's scope (the 2020 board materials and more than three gigabytes submitted June 3) and the finding that there was no evidence Lamb acted in a criminal manner.Independent reporting - 31Donald J. Trump, Truth Social post of July 10, 2026 (Trump’s Truth archive copy)Trump’s Truth (Defending Democracy Together archive) · July 10, 2026
The second endorsement, archived with its original post date and Truth Social status id. An endorsement, labeled as advocacy material.Campaign or advocacy material - 32President Trump reaffirms support for ‘MAGA Warrior’ Mark LambAZFamily (KTVK/KPHO) · July 13, 2026
The reaffirmation reported after the allegations; the campaign ads attacking Lamb; Lamb had not publicly addressed the allegations.Independent reporting - 33A Trump-backed Arizona candidate faces tough House primary after sex scandals (Politico, Yahoo News copy)Politico (Andrew Howard and Samuel Benson; Yahoo News copy) · July 16, 2026
Keenan's self-funding and advertising; the spokesman's statement that the allegations are false; Club for Growth's $250,000; the Tennessee scrutiny; Keenan's attack on the 2023 testimony.Independent reporting - 34Mark Lamb wins Republican primary, Elizabeth Lee wins Democratic primary in Arizona CD5KJZZ (Wayne Schutsky) · July 21, 2026
The Associated Press race calls; the residency claims after the Tennessee ranch opened; the campaign's denials.Independent reporting - 352026 Primary Election Official Canvass (Internet Archive copy, captured Aug. 26, 2026) (Internet Archive copy, captured Aug 26, 2026)Arizona Secretary of State (Internet Archive copy) · Canvass report Aug. 5, 2026
U.S. Representative, District 5, July 21, 2026: Lamb 52,352 (Maricopa 40,457; Pinal 11,895); Keenan 36,854 (Maricopa 31,570; Pinal 5,284); Democrats Lee 30,857, James 9,703, Hualde 6,171. Scanned canvass, transcribed for this profile.Government record - 36Mark Lamb defeats Daniel Keenan in the Republican primary for Arizona’s 5th Congressional District on July 21, 2026Ballotpedia News (Briana Ryan) · July 23, 2026
Fundraising as of July 1, 2026 (Keenan $1,851,302; Lamb $1,222,217); endorsements by Trump, Speaker Johnson, Crane and Gosar; Cook, Inside Elections and Sabato ratings. Ballotpedia's candidate page could not be retrieved.Independent analysis or rating - 37Trump-backed Mark Lamb wins Arizona's 5th District GOP primary after misconduct allegations surfaceCBS News · July 21, 2026
The AP projection; Keenan's more than $1.5 million in self-funding; Feely's move to the 1st District; Trump's reaffirmed endorsement.Independent reporting - 38Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 2024Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · 2025
Arizona, 5th District, 2024 general election: Andy Biggs (R) 255,628; Katrina Schaffner (D) 167,680.Government record - 39Elizabeth “Nurse Lee” for Congress | Arizona District 5Elizabeth Lee for Congress (opponent's campaign) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
The Democratic nominee's campaign site: her name as she campaigns, and her stated themes. Opponent's self-description.Campaign or advocacy material - 40Sexting, Tennessee and America's sheriff: The race to replace Andy Biggs in Arizona's deep-red CD5KJZZ (Wayne Schutsky) · July 6, 2026
The race overview: the Tennessee ranch and Lamb's video statement on residence; the constitutional residency rule; the scope of the county attorney's inquiry; Keenan's attack on the 2023 testimony; the Luminaria findings relayed.Independent reporting - 41Arizona Sheriff Accused of Misusing Detainee Funds to Buy Guns, AmmoPrison Legal News · May 1, 2024
Second account of the jail commissary fund spending, citing Arizona Luminaria and the Casa Grande Dispatch: the $217,000 figure, the October 18, 2023 hearing and the ACLU of Arizona's view. The publication's own commentary is not used.Independent reporting - 42American Sheriff Foundation Inc — Nonprofit ExplorerProPublica (IRS data) · Accessed Sep. 18, 2026
IRS-derived listing: 501(c)(3) exemption issued April 2018; no Form 990 data; not on the IRS's most recent list of tax-exempt organizations.Independent analysis or rating
No matching sources. Try “Clerk,” “Senate,” or “campaign.”
Scope & method. Reviewed September 17, 2026, with an independent fact-check of every cited claim completed September 18, 2026. This is a documented overview of publicly available biography, major actions and stated priorities. Lamb has held no legislative office, so there are no roll calls, sponsored bills, attendance figures or ideology scores to report; the record is a sheriff's, read from county and state documents, a congressional hearing transcript, the parties' public accounts of a records lawsuit and reporting. Primary percentages are computed from the canvass totals, which print no candidate percentages. Degree records, personal financial disclosures, the sheriff's office's audited budgets, the foundation's underlying state and IRS filings, the court file of the records lawsuit, the county attorney's own release and the 2024 Senate campaign's finance reports were not part of this review. Ballotpedia's candidate page, OpenSecrets and KTAR's report of Lamb's own response to the 2026 allegations could not be retrieved and are not cited; Wikipedia was used only to locate documents. Numerical claims retain their original meaning and attribution. Historical sources do not imply current positions. A prosecutor's finding and a newspaper's investigation are each labeled as what they are. The source list provides direct links so readers can check the underlying material. Filings and campaign pages may change after this review.
Images. Conservative Ledger masthead supplied by the site creator. The candidate portrait is a photograph by Gage Skidmore of Lamb at AmericaFest 2025 at the Phoenix Convention Center, December 21, 2025, published on Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence and cropped for this profile; no county, official or campaign photograph is used. Inclusion does not imply the photographer's or the campaign's endorsement of this publication.
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Voting in Arizona: official dates, deadlines and rules
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The dates and rules below were read from the Arizona Secretary of State; the authority's own page, linked beside each one, is the final word.
Dates and deadlines
- Voter registration deadlineOctober 5, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. is the last day to register to vote in the November 3, 2026 general election. The Secretary of State prints this single date and time and gives no separate cutoff for registering online or in person; a paper form sent by mail has its own postmark-and-receipt rule, listed separately. Arizona's registration form says you must register at least 29 days before the election to vote in that election. Read from: azsos.gov/elections/calendar-dates
- Registration deadline for forms sent by mailOctober 5, 2026 is also the deadline for a paper form sent by mail. Arizona's registration form says a mailed application must be postmarked by the deadline and received by the County Recorder by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, or dated on or before the deadline and received by the County Recorder no later than 5 days after the deadline. Read from: azsos.gov/sites/default/files/docs/AZ-State-Voter-Registration-Form-Dec2025-fillable.pdf
- Early ballots start being mailedOctober 7, 2026: early ballots are mailed to voters on the Active Early Voting List (AEVL) and to voters who have requested a one-time ballot-by-mail. The Secretary of State's voter site, Arizona.Vote, says mail ballots begin going out October 7. Read from: azsos.gov/sites/default/files/docs/HB2022-Primary-Date-Change-2025-2026-calendar-05052026.pdf
- Early voting beginsOctober 7, 2026. The Secretary of State's procedures page says early in-person voting starts 27 days before Election Day and runs until the Friday before Election Day. Read from: azsos.gov/elections/calendar-dates
- Last day to vote early in personOctober 30, 2026 is the deadline to vote early in person. After that, the Secretary of State's calendar provides for emergency early voting, in a manner prescribed by the county Board of Supervisors, for an emergency occurring between 7:00 p.m. on October 30, 2026 and 5:00 p.m. on November 2, 2026 that would prevent the voter from voting at the polls. Read from: azsos.gov/sites/default/files/docs/HB2022-Primary-Date-Change-2025-2026-calendar-05052026.pdf
- Deadline to request a ballot-by-mailOctober 23, 2026 is the deadline to request a ballot-by-mail for the November 3, 2026 election. The Secretary of State's procedures page says the request must be received by the County no later than 5:00 p.m. on the 11th day before the election. The same 11-day cutoff applies to joining the Active Early Voting List in time for this election and to asking for a replacement ballot-by-mail. Read from: azsos.gov/sites/default/files/docs/HB2022-Primary-Date-Change-2025-2026-calendar-05052026.pdf
- Deadline to return a ballot-by-mail (received by)November 3, 2026, 7:00 p.m. A voted ballot-by-mail must be delivered to the County Recorder, the officer in charge of elections, an official ballot drop-off site, or any voting location in the voter's county no later than 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. This is a received-by deadline; the Secretary of State's pages give no postmark alternative. Its voter site, Arizona.Vote, says to mail the ballot by October 27. Read from: azsos.gov/elections/about-elections/elections-procedures/early-voting-procedures
- Polling place hours on Election Day6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, November 3, 2026. Anyone who is in line to vote by 7:00 p.m. should be allowed to vote. Read from: azsos.gov/elections/about-elections/elections-procedures/election-day-operations
Rules to know
- What to bringAt the polls you announce your name and place of residence and present one form of identification from List #1, or two different forms from List #2 or List #3. The Secretary of State's voter site, Arizona.Vote, says the same lists apply to early in-person voting, emergency voting and voting on Election Day. List #1 (photo ID including name and address; one required): valid Arizona driver license; valid Arizona non-operating identification card; tribal enrollment card or other form of tribal identification; valid United States federal, state, or local government-issued identification. List #2 (ID without a photograph that bears the name and address; two required): utility bill dated within 90 days of the date of the election (electric, gas, water, solid waste, sewer, telephone, cellular phone, or cable television); bank or credit union statement dated within 90 days of the date of the election; valid Arizona vehicle registration; Indian census card; property tax statement of the voter's residence; tribal enrollment card or other form of tribal identification; Arizona vehicle insurance card; Recorder's Certificate; valid United States federal, state, or local government-issued identification, including a voter registration card issued by the County Recorder; any mailing to the voter marked “Official Election Material.” List #3 (two required): a valid List #1 photo ID whose address does not reasonably match the precinct register, together with a List #2 item whose address does reasonably match; or a U.S. passport without address and one valid List #2 item; or a U.S. military identification without address and one valid List #2 item. A voter who does not provide acceptable proof of identity is issued a conditional provisional ballot and, for it to be counted, must provide proof of identity to the County Recorder after Election Day: the Secretary of State's 2025-2026 election calendar lists November 8, 2026 as the last day, while its Voting in Elections page describes the deadline as 5:00 p.m. on the 5th business day following a general election that includes a federal office. Members of federally recognized tribes are not required to have an address or photo on their tribal identification in order to cast a provisional ballot. Read from: azsos.gov/elections/voters/voting-elections
- Voting by mail (ballot-by-mail)All eligible voters may request a ballot-by-mail; the Secretary of State's pages list no excuse requirement. There are two ways to get one: join the Active Early Voting List (AEVL), whose voters are automatically sent a ballot-by-mail for all elections in which they are eligible to vote, or make a one-time request. A one-time request can be made on the Secretary of State's Voter Information Portal (my.arizona.vote), by calling your County Recorder, by sending the written ballot-by-mail request form to the County Recorder's office by mail, fax or email, or by emailing the County Recorder the identifying information listed on the Secretary of State's Early Voting page. The portal refers Maricopa County and Pima County voters to their own county's request page. For the November 3, 2026 election the deadline to request a ballot-by-mail is October 23, 2026; the request form says the request must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the 11th day before the election. There is no deadline to join the AEVL, but to get a ballot-by-mail for an upcoming election you must sign up at least 11 days before Election Day. For an election that includes a federal office, first-time voters who registered to vote by mail must prove their identity before requesting a ballot-by-mail. All early ballots come with a postage-paid return envelope; sign and date the return envelope and include a phone number in case election officials need to follow up with you. Mail the voted ballot back (Arizona.Vote says by October 27) or drop it off at your County Recorder's office, any official ballot drop-box, any early voting location, or any Election Day voting location in your county; it must be received no later than 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, November 3, 2026. If your ballot-by-mail is lost or damaged, contact your County Recorder for a replacement no later than 11 days before Election Day, or visit a voting location on or before Election Day to vote in person. Read from: azsos.gov/elections/voters/early-voting
- Early voting in personEarly in-person voting starts 27 days before Election Day and runs until the Friday before Election Day; for this election the Secretary of State's calendar gives October 7, 2026 as the start and October 30, 2026 as the deadline to vote early in person. The County Recorder must establish on-site early voting at the County Recorder's office during the early voting period, and Arizona.Vote says voters may vote early in person at the county elections office or any early voting site in their county. Voters must present valid ID in order to vote early in person; the identification lists are the same ones used at the polls. Arizona.Vote notes that available voting options, locations and hours may vary by county and election; the Secretary of State's County Election Officials Contact Information page lists, for each of the 15 counties, the County Recorder's office that handles voter registration and early voting. After October 30, the calendar provides for emergency early voting, in a manner prescribed by the county Board of Supervisors, for an emergency occurring between 7:00 p.m. on October 30, 2026 and 5:00 p.m. on November 2, 2026 that would prevent the voter from voting at the polls. Read from: azsos.gov/elections/about-elections/elections-procedures/early-voting-procedures
- Registering: no Election Day registration, and proof of citizenshipArizona's registration form says you must register at least 29 days before the election to vote in that election, and the Secretary of State's pages describe no registration at the polls on Election Day; for November 3, 2026 the last day is October 5, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. (the calendar lists later deadlines for certain military and overseas voters). You can register online through AZMVDNow (azmvdnow.gov) if you have an Arizona driver license or non-operating ID card issued by the Motor Vehicle Division, by mailing the state form to your County Recorder's office, or in person at your County Recorder's office. To be eligible to vote a “full ballot” — all federal, state, county, and local races and ballot questions — Arizona requires proof of citizenship. The Secretary of State's Registration Requirements page lists the accepted proof: the number of a valid Arizona driver's license or nonoperating identification card issued after October 1, 1996; an Indian Census Number, Bureau of Indian Affairs Card Number, Tribal Treaty Card Number or Tribal Enrollment Number; a photocopy of U.S. naturalization documents, or an Alien Registration Number; a legible photocopy of a birth certificate, with supporting legal documentation (such as a marriage certificate) if the name on the birth certificate is not the same as your current legal name; a legible photocopy of the pertinent pages of a U.S. passport; or a legible photocopy of a Tribal Certificate of Indian Blood or Bureau of Indian Affairs Affidavit of Birth. A registrant who attests to being a citizen but does not provide proof, and whose citizenship is not otherwise verified, is a “federal only” voter, eligible to vote only in federal elections, and becomes eligible for a full ballot after providing valid proof to the County Recorder's office. The Registering to Vote page says proof must be submitted with the registration form or by 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday before Election Day; the state form (revised December 2025) says with the form or by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. If you are only updating your name, party affiliation or address after moving within the state, you do not need to resubmit proof you already gave. Read from: azsos.gov/elections/voters/registering-vote
- If there is a question about your signatureBefore an early ballot is tabulated, the signature on the affidavit envelope is compared to signatures on file for the voter, which come from documents including MVD records, voter registration forms, or previous early ballots. If election officials have questions about the signature, they contact the voter to confirm its validity, and the voter may have to provide additional information; the Secretary of State asks voters to sign and date the return envelope and to include a phone number in case election officials need to follow up. The Secretary of State's 2025-2026 election calendar lists November 8, 2026 as the last day for signature cure of early ballots in this election, and notes that the cure period runs in calendar days, so the Sunday deadline does not move to the next day; it prints no time of day. In a July 22, 2026 news release about the primary, the Secretary of State said a voter whose signature cannot be verified will be notified and given an opportunity to confirm their identity before the deadline, and that Arizona counties use Text2Cure, a secure mobile tool: the voter receives a text message with a secure link, confirms their identity, uploads a photo of an Arizona driver's license or state-issued identification card, and verifies the signature electronically. That release gave the primary's cure deadline as 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 26, 2026, five days after the July 21, 2026 primary. The ballot status tool at my.arizona.vote shows whether your ballot was accepted and the signature verified. Read from: azsos.gov/sites/default/files/docs/HB2022-Primary-Date-Change-2025-2026-calendar-05052026.pdf
Read from: Calendar Dates | Arizona Secretary of State · Arizona Secretary of State Election Calendar 2025-2026 · Voting in Elections | Arizona Secretary of State · Early Voting | Arizona Secretary of State · Registering to Vote | Arizona Secretary of State · Election Day Operations | Arizona Secretary of State — Rules and dates as of Sep 17, 2026
Ideas, questions, corrections
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