Axon executives doled out tens of thousands of dollars in campaign cash to lawmakers who pushed through controversial legislation last year to pave the way for the company’s new headquarters in Scottsdale.
In 2025, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers approved Senate Bill 1543, which effectively negated a citizen referendum that sought to block Axon from constructing a spaceship-inspired campus in north Scottsdale featuring a hotel and apartments.
According to state campaign finance records, Axon executives funded a new political action committee the same year called Arizonans for a Better Future with more than $1.1 million…