Fifteen management companies, owners or individuals connected to the manufactured home park industry have given nearly $700,000 to a political committee backing Republican Warren Petersen in his bid to unseat Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, whose office sued one of the biggest operators over conditions at a Southern Arizona park during a heat wave in 2025.
BoaVida, the company sued by Mayes, has been the biggest manufactured housing donor to Restore Order Arizona PAC, giving about $600,000 over six months in 2026.
But companies including Comfort Communities, Leisure Village, Arbor Manor LLC, HoHokam Mobile Village, Kon Tiki Mobile Home Park, Arizuma Country Estates, Park Brokerage & Commercial Real Estate, Park Paradise LLC, Casa Loma Mobile Home Park LLC, Havenpark Management, Adobe Mobile Home and RV Park and Keith Management LLC have also given money to Restore Order Arizona PAC. In the first two quarters of 2026, companies that owned or managed manufactured home parks made up 49% of the total contributions to the PAC.
For this analysis, Arizona Luminaria looked at public records on a campaign finance website created by the Secretary of State. Where possible, Luminaria cross-referenced the address connected to a specific company or individual on campaign finance documents with park ownership data in county property records or state-level business ownership records.
The money from BoaVida has already become a point of contention in the race so far.
In response to Mayes alleging during the Clean Elections debate that Petersen’s PAC contributions from BoaVida were what allowed him to run his campaign, Petersen said: “This is disturbing — a lie from Kris Mayes, someone who should understand campaign finance law is up here saying I accepted money that I did not accept. It went to an independent expenditure that I have no control over.”
In the lawsuit against BoaVida Communities LLC, a California-based manufactured home management company, the Attorney General’s Office claims the company failed to inform residents at Tucson’s Redwood Mobile Home Park that the electrical system in the park was “extremely dangerous, unreliable, and overloaded” after ongoing electricity outages last summer amid a deadly heat wave.
BoaVida countered those allegations in legal responses, including saying they were falsely sued for violation of the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act.
“The Park’s electrical infrastructure is old and might be considered out of compliance using today’s standards, but considering the Park’s construction in 1962 using the 1959 National Electrical Code as its design reference, there’s nothing that can be considered as poor craftsmanship or out of code compliance for its time,” a 2026 legal statement from the company says. “There is nothing inherently dangerous with the electrical system while being used as designed.”
In August, Mayes sought legal sanctions against the company for allegedly not complying with safety testing of the park’s electrical system. The case is currently in the discovery phase.
Many funding avenues for campaigns
There are several different committees that can collect donations to support candidates.
Candidate committees take contributions which, with some limits, go directly to the candidate. Those contributions can be refunded.
Political committees, or PACs, are separate organizations that can’t coordinate with the candidates they support. A candidate could refund money received from a PAC, but does not work directly with the committee, according to officials with the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission.
In a statement to Arizona Luminaria, Petersen’s campaign accused Mayes of corruption, saying she has supported corrupt behaviour by her political allies, a dynamic that would not take place under Petersen. “Under Warren Petersen, the Attorney General’s Office will answer to the rule of law, not a donor list, and anyone who breaks it will be prosecuted without fear, favor, or exception,” campaign manager Chad LeBeau said.
Mayes’s office declined to prosecute Gov. Katie Hobbs after her administration approved a rate increase to a foster care provider that also donated to Hobbs’ campaign for governor in 2022, saying there was no evidence that Hobbs had broken the law.
Other companies that have donated to Restore Order Arizona PAC include the Geo Group, Inc., a private prison company headquartered in Florida, which gave $35,000 to the PAC in March 2026.
Mayes has taken in millions of dollars in her candidate committee: $6 million as of Oct. 23. She had many donors who gave $1,000 or below, but among those who gave more are individuals from the education, financial trading and horse breeding industry. In addition, the Kris Mayes Victory Fund is a PAC raising money in her favor; it raised $1.2 million according to state financial records.
In addition to mobile home companies, among the industries and companies that Mayes has pressured in her role as consumer watchdog are Dollar General for overcharging consumers, online game company Roblox for child safety issues and OpenAI for what she argued are deceptive practices around the safety of ChatGPT.
In a statement, Mayes’ campaign manager Delaney Corcoran highlighted the large industry donors to Petersen, including the private prison industry. “These companies aren’t spending that kind of money because they want an Attorney General who will hold them accountable,” she said. “AG Mayes’ campaign is powered by the people.”
Petersen’s campaign committee has raised $2 million as of Oct. 23. Large donors are from real estate development companies and real estate private equity firms. Among the accomplishments he has promoted on his campaign platform are defending a bill that did not let transgender women play in women’s sports in Arizona, supporting efforts to sue the Biden administration over vaccine mandates and supporting legislation requiring proof of citizenship to vote.
Both candidates also have independent expenditures being made by PACs for, and against, them.
Friends of Warren Petersen was the beneficiary of $668,572.20 spent by groups including a fund associated with the National Rifle Association and the Arizona Farm Bureau in his favor. The Planned Parenthood Action Fund spent $78,713.04 against his campaign.
Kris Mayes for Arizona had $459,723.65 spent by groups in favor of her campaign, including a gun safety PAC and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. The Turning Point PAC was among those that spent a total of $3,868.00 against her campaign.
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