Rodney Glassman speaking with attendees at a campaign rally for Andy Biggs on May 31, 2025. Photo by Gage Skidmore | Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0
By Caitlin Sievers | AZ Mirror
Prosecutors are investigating Rodney Glassman, a top Republican candidate for attorney general, after state elections officials said they believe he violated campaign finance contribution limits numerous times over the last year.
Glassman, a frequent candidate for elected office in the Grand Canyon State, is a former Democratic Tucson City Councilman who unsuccessfully challenged U.S. Sen. John McCain as a Democrat in 2010. Since registering as a Republican in 2015 he’s made several unsuccessful bids for office, including for corporation commissioner in 2018, Maricopa County Assessor in 2020 and for attorney general in 2022.
But in his second try for attorney general in 2026, after losing the GOP primary for AG in 2022 to Abe Hamadeh, the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office concluded that Glassman repeatedly accepted campaign donations beyond legal limits.
In 2024, when the limit in Arizona for individual donations was $5,400, Glassman accepted 22 donations for amounts beyond that, according to a complaint submitted to the Secretary of State’s Office in April by Republican activist Mike Webb.
