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Bob Stump: Anger is conservatives’ proper response to Trump candidacy
Arizona Corporation Commission regulator Bob Stump is the highest-ranking Republican official in Arizona to publicly denounce GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump.
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.
It’s harder than you think
Trump’s regular outbursts – his promise to act more presidential has yet to be fulfilled – are causing all kinds of complications for Republicans who want to be seen as inclusive but are also wary of alienating the presumptive GOP nominee’s supporters.
Delegates resign after Trump locks it up
Two of Arizona’s delegates to the Republican National Convention resigned their positions, saying they refused to go to Cleveland to vote for Donald Trump.
McSally isn’t ready to endorse Donald Trump
Rep. Martha McSally, a Republican from Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, had been dodging the question over whether she will support Donald Trump as her party’s nominee. Now that Donald Trump’s path to the GOP nomination has been cleared by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Ohio Gov. John Kasich dropping out of the race, McSally said she’s not ready to endorse the presumptive nominee jus[...]
McCain confident in re-election with Trump at top of ticket
U.S. Sen. John McCain acknowledged that Donald Trump’s presence at the top of the Republican ticket could make for a more perilous path to re-election, but said he was still confident that he would win a sixth term in November.
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.
The Never Trump strategy?
Some longtime Republican activists are speculating that the Arizona Republican Party’s decision to allow the use of proxy votes at the 40 district and county meetings (where 1,251 delegates to the party’s April 30 state convention were elected) is not only a break from decades of precedent, but potentially a strategy to undermine Trump.
Cruz, Trump move to next phase in Arizona delegate fight
In most presidential election years, the selection of delegates to the national conventions is of little import. But with Cruz and Trump preparing to slug it out at what’s expected to be the first brokered Republican convention in decades, those delegates have taken on a new significance.
Trump, Clinton win Arizona presidential primaries
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton rolled to primary victories Tuesday in Arizona on a day that saw enthusiastic voters standing in line for several hours for the opportunity to weigh in on the divisive presidential race.
