Donald Hawker

Donald Hawker, a 66-year-old retired computer programmer with a B.S. in Math from Old Dominion University, is a widower and father of one child. Running in the 2026 Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 8, Hawker states his motivation is to serve the public better than past officeholders by being hardworking, honest, and true to principles. He firmly defends Republican platform tenets and expresses a strong aversion to compromising with the Democratic party, which he believes disregards the rule of law. Hawker's key policy positions include establishing legal protection based on biological truth, preventing the national popular vote from nullifying Arizona's electoral process, and blocking federal interventions like Common Core into state affairs.