Candidate Statement Form

The deadline for candidate statements and photos is Wednesday, September 16, 2026.

Pursuant to A.R.S. 15-421 (H)., county school superintendents shall publish on the County School Superintendent’s website a candidate’s statement, a recent candidate photograph and a disclosure of relationships. Statements shall be typewritten or electronically submitted. Candidate statements shall not exceed 500 words. Candidates must also disclose any relationship by affinity, by consanguinity or by law to the third degree that exist between themselves and any current governing board members or other candidates for election to the same governing board. Please email, as an attachment, a recent candidate photo to schoolelections@maricopa.gov.

Certified candidates may begin submitting their statements NO EARLIER THAN Monday, July 20, 2026 and NO LATER THAN Wednesday, September 16, 2026.