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Arizona Republicans choose Trump favorite Gina Swoboda as party chair
Gina Swoboda, an election activist endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has been chosen as the next chair of the Arizona Republican Party, a leadership post that puts her center stage in the battleground state for November's presidential election.
Judge: committee investigating events around Jan. 6 riot is entitled to obtain GOP head’s phone records
The House committee investigating the events around the Jan. 6 riot is entitled to get the phone records of the head of the Arizona Republican Party.
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.
As Trump builds team in New York, door may open for Arizona official
President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to tap Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus as his White House chief of staff could open the door for an Arizona official to move to the national stage.
Suddenly, everybody’s just kind of busy
Brnovich, DeWit, Reagan and M Zuhdi Jasser are in good company after stepping down as delegates to the Republican National Convention. According to Arizona Republican Party spokesman Tim Sifert, five others have also resigned as delegates.
Party official says Bitter Smith should consider resigning
The head of the state Republican Party said Tuesday that Susan Bitter Smith should consider resigning from the Arizona Corporation Commission rather than fighting the bid by Attorney General Mark Brnovich to have her ousted from office.
AZGOP lapping Dems in federal fundraising
Through the first half of 2015, the Arizona Republican and Democratic parties are mirror images of each other in terms of fundraising for their federal campaign accounts. As of June 30, the GOP had raised nearly $942,000, dwarfing the $406,000 the Dems had brought in.
Gov. Doug Ducey vetoes measures to take over federal land
Gov. Doug Ducey vetoed two bills by fellow Republicans on Monday that asked the federal government turn over public lands to the state. The GOP lawmakers said they wanted to use Arizona's federal public lands as a new stream of revenue for the state.
AZGOP backs down after Corbet threatens lawsuit
Former Senate President and current DuVal supporter Leo Corbet last week sent a cease-and-desist letter to Arizona Republican Party Chairman Robert Graham and Ducey spokeswoman Melissa Delaney, demanding that the party and Ducey’s campaign retract a statement that called the former Senate President a member of DuVal’s “rogue’s gallery.”
Targeted Democrats continue stockpiling funds for congressional re-election bids
WASHINGTON – With a year until the next election, Democratic freshmen in three competitive Arizona congressional districts are continuing to stockpile cash for their re-election bids, according to the latest campaign finance reports.
Sifert: It’s natural
Arizona Republican Party spokesman Tim Sifert today downplayed the party’s March fundraising, saying that the low numbers are just “part of the natural fundraising cycle.” He said the party made a big fundraising push in January, which also increased February revenues, before trailing off in March.
Pullen backs Brewer Medicaid plan
Once again, Randy Pullen is coming to Gov. Jan Brewer’s defense at a time when she needs allies on the right.
