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DeWit alleges Lake blackmailed him into resigning
The head of the Arizona Republican Party, Jeff DeWitt, alleged today former gubernatorial candidate and presumptive Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake blackmailed him into resigning.
Republicans relapse into inflammatory conspiracies
At the beginning of the month, we saw our state’s GOP once again relapse into the inflammatory conspiracies of the 2022 campaign cycle. During a hearing of the new Ad Hoc Committee on Oversight, Accountability, and Big Tech, members of the Arizona GOP trotted out both old and new theories to rationalize their electoral failures.
Dispute between AZGOP chair, LD23 leadership heats up
With the AZGOP organizational meeting a week away, the battle between Chairman Robert Graham and LD23 has reached a fever pitch, with the district’s leadership sounding the alarms that the state chairman could invalidate its 119 state committeemen.
McCain defeats Kirkpatrick in U.S. Senate race
The toughest challenger of John McCain’s 30-year U.S. Senate career didn’t turn out to be nearly as tough as Arizona Democrats had hoped, as the former Republican presidential nominee won his sixth term in office.
Threat at Arizona GOP office follows fire in North Carolina
The head of the Arizona Republican Party says its office received a bomb threat and it likely will hire private security guards.
AZGOP removes delegate who cited ‘God-given principles’ in refusing to back Trump
Arizona GOP Chairman Robert Graham has removed a delegate to the Republican National Convention after she informed him that she won’t vote for presumptive nominee Donald Trump and withdrew a pledge she signed that she would cast her first ballot for him.
Push to reject Trump at convention extends to Arizona
A nationwide movement to allow delegates to the Republican National Convention to vote against Donald Trump has gained adherents in Arizona, putting its advocates in the state on a possible collision course with the Arizona Republican Party.
Trump supporters cry foul over AZ GOP proxy rules
Some of Donald Trump’s surrogates in Arizona are sounding the alarm about an Arizona GOP directive that they say may hurt the tycoon in his battle with Ted Cruz for delegates to the Republican National Convention.
DeWit feels Cruz campaign’s icy blast in delegate fight
DeWit agrees with a growing sentiment among some activists that the Arizona Republican Party’s requirement that district and county parties allow proxy votes in selecting state convention delegates hurts Trump and aids Cruz.
Arizona GOP elite says Trump voters don’t matter
On March 22, 286,743 Arizona voters cast their ballots for Donald Trump to be the Republican Party presidential nominee. Ted Cruz got 172,294 votes - fewer votes than Bernie Sanders - in a state that is supposed to be conservative.
