Arizona_Republican_Party

Arizona Republican Party

Arizona Republican Party

Right-wing to far-right Arizona political party. Affiliate of the Republican Party


The Arizona Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the US state of Arizona. Its headquarters are in Phoenix.[4] The party currently controls six of Arizona's nine U.S. House seats, sixteen of thirty State Senate seats, thirty-one of sixty State House of Representatives seats, four of five seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission and three Statewide Executive Offices (State Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and State Mine Inspector)

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Since 2020, the state party has been dominated by Christian nationalist and far-right factions.[5][6][7] Its platform calls for the overturning of Obergefell v. Hodges, the repeal of same-sex marriage, and a near-total ban on abortion access.[8] The Arizona Republican Party played key roles in attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 United States presidential election[7] and the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election.[9]

Current structure

Here is the structure of the state party, as of Feb 2019.[10]

Elected officers of the State Committee

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  • Gina Swoboda, Chairwoman
  • Tyler Bowyer, National committeeman
  • Lori Klein Corbin, National committeewoman
  • Christine Ong Cothrun, Secretary
  • Elijah Norton, Treasurer
  • Gina Maloney, First vice chairman
  • Shiry Sapir, Second vice chairman
  • Kris Morrissey, Third Vice Chairman
  • Carrie Hughes, Sergeant at Arms
  • Shirley Dye, Assistant Secretary
  • Elizabeth Kennedy, Assistant Treasurer
  • Branden Turley, Assistant Sergeant at Arms

State Executive Committee

  • The 12 elected officers of the State Committee (listed above)
  • The 15 county Republican chairmen, first-vice and second-vice chairmen
  • The 28 Members-At-Large (three from each of nine congressional districts)
  • National Committeeman and National Committeewoman (RNC members)

State Committee

  • The 15 county Republican chairmen
  • One member for each three elected Republican PCs

The chairman, Secretary and Treasurer elected at the biannual Statutory Meeting and other officers elected at the biannual Mandatory Meeting (except National Committeeman and Committeewoman, who are elected at quadrennial State Convention).

County committees

County committees include all PCs within that county. They meet in January after general elections to elect a chairman, two vice chairs, a secretary and a treasurer.

Legislative district committees

Legislative district committees exist in counties of more than 500,000 people (Maricopa and Pima Counties), and include all PCs within that district. Officers are elected at Organizational Meetings after the general election including a chairman, two vice chairs, a secretary and a treasurer.

Precinct committeemen

Precinct committeemen are elected one per precinct, plus one additional for each 125 registered voters of that party as of March 1 of the general election year. There are over 1,666 precincts statewide (including over 724 precincts in Maricopa County.)

Federal officials

These are the Republican Party members who hold federal offices.[12]

U.S. Senate

  • None

Both of Arizona's U.S. Senate seats have been held the Democratic caucus since 2020. Martha McSally was the last Republican to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate. Appointed in 2019 by Governor Doug Ducey after the resignation of Jon Kyl who was appointed to the seat after the death of John McCain in 2018, McSally lost the 2020 special election to determine who would serve the remainder of the term expiring in 2023. McSally lost the special election to Democratic challenger Mark Kelly, who won a full term in 2022, defeating Blake Masters. John McCain was the last Republican elected to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate in 2016, while Jeff Flake was the last Republican to represent Arizona for a full term in the U.S. Senate from 2013 to 2019.

U.S. House of Representatives

Out of the nine seats Arizona is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, six are held by Republicans:

State officials

Executive

The Arizona Republican Party controls 7 of 11 elected statewide executive offices:[13]

Senate

The Arizona Republican Party holds the majority in the Arizona Senate, holding 16 of the 30 seats.[14]

House

The Arizona Republican Party holds the majority in the Arizona House of Representatives, holding 31 of the 60 seats.[15]

Mayors

  • Gail Barney (Queen Creek)
  • Jason Beck (Peoria)
  • Kenny Evans (Payson)
  • Ed Honea (Marana)
  • John Insalaco (Apache Junction)
  • Bridgette Petersen (Gilbert)
  • Scott LeMarr (Paradise Valley)
  • Michael LeVault (Youngtown)
  • Georgia Lord (Goodyear)
  • Mark Nexsen (Lake Havasu City)
  • Lana Mook (El Mirage)
  • Christian Price (Maricopa)
  • Thomas Schoaf (Litchfield Park)
  • Thomas Shope (Coolidge)
  • Greg Mengarelli (Prescott)
  • John Giles (Mesa)
  • Kevin Hartle
  • Byron Lewis (Snowflake)

History

Chairmen

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Election results

Presidential

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Gubernatorial

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Former prominent Arizona Republicans

United States delegates

United States senators

United States representatives

Territorial governors

State governors

See also


References

  1. "Trump-endorsed candidate Gina Swoboda wins election as Arizona Republican Party chair".
  2. "Voter Registration Statistics". Arizona Secretary of State Elections Bureau. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
  3. Medina, Jennifer (19 January 2021). "The Arizona G.O.P. Is Sticking With Trumpism, Whether Arizona Republicans Like it or Not". The New York Times. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  4. "Home Archived May 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine." Arizona Republican Party. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.
  5. Siders, David (2023-02-03). "The State Where the GOP Would Rather Lose Than Change". POLITICO. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  6. Cooper, Jonathan (2022-09-18). "Once McCain's party, Arizona GOP returns to far-right roots". AP News. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  7. Draper, Robert (2022-08-15). "The Arizona Republican Party's Anti-Democracy Experiment". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  8. Stephenson, Hank; Medina, Jennifer (2021-01-23). "Arizona G.O.P. Censures Three Top Members Criticized by Trump Loyalists". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  9. "State Party: Elected Officials". Arizona Republican Party. 2024-02-07.
  10. "AZ GOP – Federal Officials". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
  11. "Arizona state executive offices". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  12. "Member Roster". Arizona State Legislature. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  13. "Member Roster". Arizona State Legislature. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2015.

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