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But he still hasn’t caught up with Rodney Glassman, the other Republican who hopes to get the nod from voters to take on Democratic incumbent Kris Mayes in the 2026 general election.

New reports filed with the Secretary of State’s Office show Petersen brought in more than $69,000 in new contributions in the second quarter of the year. That brings his donations for this election cycle up to more than $190,000.

But Petersen started ahead of the curve with nearly $200,000 left over from prior campaigns. So he reported he now has almost $351,000 in the bank.

That, however, pales in comparison to Glassman, a Phoenix attorney. He added another $578,000 in the last three months on top of $604,000 he had collected earlier this year.

But Glassman, who lost his bid to be the GOP nominee for attorney general in 2022, has now been accumulating money for this race for more than a year. And he put in $1 million of his own late last year.

All that, he reports, leaves him with $2.4 million in the bank.

Incumbent Mayes, facing no primary opposition, listed new donations this quarter of nearly $515,000. Mayes, however, also has been amassing donations since her 280-vote victory in 2022 over Republican nominee Abe Hamadeh.

That race cost her about $3 million. She already has close to $1.1 million for the 2026 race, all of which can go to the general election as she has no primary foe.

Secretary of state

In the race for secretary of state, Republican Alexander Kolodin, who thus far faces no primary opposition, reported more than $93,000 in donations. But Kolodin, who did not have a lot of money left over after his successful 2024 bid for the state House, says he has less than $125,000 on hand.

That puts him behind incumbent Democrat Adrian Fontes, who brought in another $224,000 in the past three months. But with expenses, his cash on hand was less than $212,000.

Superintendent of public instruction

One statewide race where there will be a primary is the effort by Tom Horne to hang on to his position as superintendent of public instruction.

Horne had to spend more than $1.1 million in 2022 to first survive a three-way GOP primary and then to defeat incumbent Democrat Kathy Hoffman. That left him little in the bank at that time for the 2026 race.

He reports having collected more than $61,000 in the most recent quarter, with his cash on hand at $212,000.

Now he has to fend off a challenge from state Treasurer Kimberly Yee to get the Republican nomination. Yee, who is in her second term, cannot seek reelection. So in May she entered the race for schools chief.

Yee reports more than $162,000 in donations and, with few expenses so far, still has more than $161,000 in the bank.

This race could get expensive.

Horne has the ability to use his own finances to boost his chances, having spent almost $900,000 in his 2022 campaign.

Help for Yee is more likely to come from the outside.

She has the backing of the Arizona Freedom Caucus, a group of the most conservative Republican state legislators. That is likely to bring with it money spent on her behalf.

There are a handful of Democrats who said they are interested in the race.

But so far only two of them filed campaign finance reports: Teresa Luiz with $18,000 in the bank and Michael Butts who has a negative cash balance of $44.

Treasurer

In the race to replace Yee as treasurer, Republican Elijah Norton reports $1.1 million since entering the race earlier this year. So far, though, all of that is self-funded.

Democrat Nick Mansour, also new to the treasurer’s race, has collected more than $233,000 in donations. He has reported no expenses so far, leaving all of that in the bank.

Corporation Commission

In the race for the Arizona Corporation Commission, Republicans Kevin Thompson and Nick Myers are trying to keep their seats. Both, however, are expected to run with public financing as they did in 2022.

They are being challenged by two Republican lawmakers: Ralph Heap and David Marshall. Both have said they also will use public finances. But both also have been endorsed by the Arizona Freedom Caucus, which remains free to find outside funds to run on their behalf, all without limits.

Of three Democrats interested in pursuing the two available seats, none reported any campaign donations.