Arizona Governor Hobbs Announces Chief of Staff Transition, Naming Chief Legal Counsel Kori Lorick to Succeed Chad Campbell
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced a chief of staff transition in Phoenix on November 12, 2026: Chad Campbell, her chief of staff since June 2023, will leave at the end of November, and Kori Lorick, the governor's chief legal counsel, will succeed him immediately.
Campbell is the longest-serving chief of staff of Hobbs's governorship, running the office's daily operations and policy agenda. The Governor's Office said the handover is already under way internally.
Lorick serves as co-chief legal counsel to the governor. When Hobbs was Arizona's secretary of state, Lorick was the state elections director, overseeing election administration statewide; in the Governor's Office she has also served as deputy chief of staff, giving her experience across the office's portfolios.
The Governor's Office said priorities will not change during the transition: water security, affordability, border security and public education. Lorick will formally take over on Campbell's departure, coordinating agencies and relations with the Legislature.
The announcement came days after Hobbs won re-election. The chief of staff is the top administrative job in a governor's office, overseeing policy, legislation, personnel and communications, and a change is usually read as the first staffing move of a new term.
Source: Office of the Governor of Arizona
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