Arizona Voters Approve Women’s Sports Transgender Ban Despite Voting For Democrats Statewide

Arizona voters backed Proposition 318 in Tuesday's election, a measure requiring teams at every level of athletics to be divided by biological sex and limiting bathroom and locker room use to the facility matching a student's sex. The result came even as the state returned Democrats to its top offices, a split that stands out given the governor's record on transgender issues. State law already imposes sex-based sports rules on public schools, so the measure's main effect is to extend them to private schools and to college programs, according to Daily Caller.

Proposition 318 drew 59% support. Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, beat Republican Rep. Andy Biggs with 55% as of Wednesday. Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, both Democratic incumbents, also won with 55% each. Hobbs signed a 2023 executive order extending state health plan coverage to sex-change surgeries, and she vetoed bills on bathroom assignment by biological sex and on public funding for drag queen story hours. President Donald Trump had endorsed Biggs.

Elsewhere, Nebraska passed a similar sports initiative, while comparable measures were ahead in Colorado and Washington State.

Summarized by PolitiKool from Daily Caller’s reporting. Read the full story at Daily Caller →