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GOVERNMENT

Hobbs completes 100 days as governor with controversies, criticism and liberal use of veto

PHOENIX — Katie Hobbs completes her first 100 days Wednesday with various controversies, criticism and the liberal use of her veto stamp.

But we’ve seen this movie before, two decades earlier, when Democrat Janet Napolitano — the only other Democrat elected Arizona governor in this century — took office after winning the race over Republican foe Matt Salmon, and by an even narrower margin than Hobbs over Republican Kari Lake.

In fact, Prescott Republican Ken Bennett who was Senate president in 2003 and is back at the Capitol again now, called the current political situation “eerily similar.”

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