Arizona Republican Party
Arizona Republican Party | |
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Chairperson | Gina Swoboda[1] |
Treasurer | Kimberly Yee |
Superintendent of Public Instruction | Tom Horne |
Speaker of the House | Ben Toma |
Speaker pro tempore | Travis Grantham |
Headquarters | 3033 N Central Ave Suite 300 Phoenix, AZ 85012 |
Student wing | Arizona Federation of College Republicans |
Youth wing | Arizona Young Republicans |
Membership (2024) | |
Ideology | Conservatism |
National affiliation | Republican Party |
Colors | Red |
Arizona Senate | 16 / 30 |
Arizona House of Representatives | 31 / 60 |
U.S. Senate | 0 / 2 |
U.S. House of Representatives | 6 / 9 |
Statewide Executive Offices | 3 / 6 |
Arizona Corporation Commission | 4 / 5 |
Maricopa Board of Supervisors | 4 / 5 |
Phoenix City Council | 2 / 9 |
Navajo leadership | 0 / 2 |
Website | |
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The Arizona Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the US state of Arizona. Its headquarters are in Phoenix.[3] 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)
Since 2020, the state party has been dominated by Christian nationalist and far-right factions.[4][5][6] Its platform calls for the overturning of Obergefell v. Hodges, the repeal of same-sex marriage, and a near-total ban on abortion access.[7] The Arizona Republican Party played key roles in attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 United States presidential election[6] and the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election.[8]
History
[edit]Republicans held both of the state's U.S. Senate seats between 1995 and 2019, and the governorship for all but six years between 1991 to 2023. Republican presidential candidates won the state in every election between 1996 and 2020.[9]
The party's cash reserves fell from around $770,000 in 2019, to less than $50,000 in 2023. The organization spent $300,000 on legal counseling while attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and $500,000 on an election night party in 2022.[10]
Current structure
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Here is the structure of the state party, as of Feb 2019.[11]
Elected officers of the State Committee
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State Executive Committee
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State Committee
[edit]- 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]These are the Republican Party members who hold federal offices.[13]
U.S. Senate
[edit]- None
Both of Arizona's U.S. Senate seats have been held the Democratic caucus since 2020. Martha McSally is 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 is the last Republican elected to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate in 2016, while Jeff Flake is the last Republican to represent Arizona for a full term in the U.S. Senate from 2013 to 2019.
U.S. House of Representatives
[edit]Out of the nine seats Arizona is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, six are held by Republicans:
- AZ-01: David Schweikert
- AZ-02: Eli Crane
- AZ-05: Andy Biggs
- AZ-06: Juan Ciscomani
- AZ-08: Debbie Lesko
- AZ-09: Paul Gosar
State officials
[edit]Executive
[edit]The Arizona Republican Party controls 7 of 11 elected statewide executive offices:[14]
Senate
[edit]The Arizona Republican Party holds the majority in the Arizona Senate, holding 16 of the 30 seats.[15]
House
[edit]The Arizona Republican Party holds the majority in the Arizona House of Representatives, holding 31 of the 60 seats.[16]
Mayors
[edit]- 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)
Chairmen
[edit]Chairman | Term |
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Orme Lewis | 1938–1940 |
Carl Divelbis | 1948–1950 |
Richard Myers | 1952–1954 |
Richard Kleindienst | 1956–1960 |
Stephen Shadegg | 1960–1961 |
Richard Kleindienst | 1961–1963 |
Keith Brown | 1963–1965 |
Harry Rosenzweig | 1965–1976 |
James Colter | 1976–1978 |
Thomas Pappas | 1978–1983 |
John Munger | 1983–1985 |
Burton Kruglick | 1985–1991 |
Gerald Davis | 1991–1993 |
Dodie Londen | 1993–1997 |
Mike Hellon | 1997–1999 |
Michael Minnaugh | 1999–2001 |
Bob Fannin | 2001–2005 |
Matt Salmon | 2005–2007 |
Randy Pullen | 2007–2011 |
Tom Morrissey | 2011–2013 |
Robert Graham | 2013–2017 |
Jonathan Lines | 2017–2019 |
Kelli Ward | 2019–2023 |
Jeff DeWit | 2023–2024 |
Jill Norgaard | 2024–2024 (interim) |
Gina Swoboda | 2024-present |
Election results
[edit]Presidential
[edit]Election | Presidential Ticket | Votes | Vote % | Electoral votes | Result |
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1912 | William Howard Taft/Nicholas M. Butler | 3,021 | 12.7% | 0 / 3
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Lost |
1916 | Charles E. Hughes/Charles W. Fairbanks | 20,524 | 35.4% | 0 / 3
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Lost |
1920 | Warren G. Harding/Calvin Coolidge | 37,016 | 55.9% | 3 / 3
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Won |
1924 | Calvin Coolidge/Charles G. Dawes | 30,516 | 41.3% | 3 / 3
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Won |
1928 | Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis | 52,533 | 57.6% | 3 / 3
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Won |
1932 | Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis | 36,104 | 30.5% | 0 / 3
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Lost |
1936 | Alf Landon/Frank Knox | 33,433 | 26.9% | 0 / 3
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Lost |
1940 | Wendell Willkie/Charles L. McNary | 54,030 | 36.0% | 0 / 3
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Lost |
1944 | Thomas E. Dewey/John W. Bricker | 56,287 | 40.9% | 0 / 4
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Lost |
1948 | Thomas E. Dewey/Earl Warren | 77,597 | 43.8% | 0 / 4
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Lost |
1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon | 152,042 | 58.4% | 4 / 4
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Won |
1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon | 176,990 | 61.0% | 4 / 4
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Won |
1960 | Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. | 221,241 | 55.5% | 4 / 4
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Lost |
1964 | Barry Goldwater/William E. Miller | 242,535 | 50.5% | 5 / 5
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Lost |
1968 | Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew | 266,721 | 54.8% | 5 / 5
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Won |
1972 | Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew | 402,812 | 61.6% | 6 / 6
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1976 | Gerald Ford/Bob Dole | 418,642 | 56.4% | 6 / 6
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Lost |
1980 | Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush | 529,688 | 60.6% | 6 / 6
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Won |
1984 | Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush | 681,416 | 66.4% | 7 / 7
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Won |
1988 | George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle | 702,541 | 60.0% | 7 / 7
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Won |
1992 | George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle | 572,086 | 38.5% | 8 / 8
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Lost |
1996 | Bob Dole/Jack Kemp | 622,073 | 44.3% | 0 / 8
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Lost |
2000 | George W. Bush/Dick Cheney | 781,652 | 51.0% | 8 / 8
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Won |
2004 | George W. Bush/Dick Cheney | 1,104,294 | 54.8% | 10 / 10
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Won |
2008 | John McCain/Sarah Palin | 1,230,111 | 53.4% | 10 / 10
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Lost |
2012 | Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan | 1,233,654 | 53.5% | 11 / 11
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Lost |
2016 | Donald Trump/Mike Pence | 1,252,401 | 48.1% | 11 / 11
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Won |
2020 | Donald Trump/Mike Pence | 1,661,686 | 49.1% | 0 / 11
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Lost |
Gubernatorial
[edit]Election | Gubernatorial candidate | Votes | Vote % | Result |
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1911 | Edmund W. Wells | 9,166 | 42.4% | Lost |
1914 | Ralph H. Cameron | 17,602 | 34.5% | Lost |
1916 | Thomas E. Campbell | 28,051 | 47.9% | Lost |
1918 | Thomas E. Campbell | 25,927 | 49.9% | Won |
1920 | Thomas E. Campbell | 37,060 | 54.2% | Won |
1922 | Thomas E. Campbell | 30,599 | 45.1% | Lost |
1924 | Dwight B. Heard | 37,571 | 49.5% | Lost |
1926 | Elis S. Clark | 39,580 | 49.8% | Lost |
1928 | John Calhoun Phillips | 47,829 | 51.7% | Won |
1930 | John Calhoun Phillips | 46,231 | 48.6% | Lost |
1932 | J. C. "Jack" Kinney | 42,202 | 35.4% | Lost |
1934 | Thomas Maddock | 39,242 | 38.2% | Lost |
1936 | Thomas E. Campbell | 36,114 | 29.1% | Lost |
1938 | Jerrie W. Lee | 32,022 | 27.3% | Lost |
1940 | Jerrie W. Lee | 50,358 | 33.8% | Lost |
1942 | Jerrie W. Lee | 23,562 | 26.9% | Lost |
1944 | Jerrie W. Lee | 27,261 | 21.2% | Lost |
1946 | Bruce Brockett | 48,867 | 39.9% | Lost |
1948 | Bruce Brockett | 70,419 | 40.1% | Lost |
1950 | John Howard Pyle | 99,109 | 50.8% | Won |
1952 | John Howard Pyle | 156,592 | 60.2% | Won |
1954 | John Howard Pyle | 115,866 | 47.5% | Lost |
1956 | Horace B. Griffen | 116,744 | 40.5% | Lost |
1958 | Paul Fannin | 160,136 | 55.1% | Won |
1960 | Paul Fannin | 235,502 | 59.3% | Won |
1962 | Paul Fannin | 200,578 | 54.8% | Won |
1964 | Richard Kleindienst | 221,404 | 46.8% | Lost |
1966 | Jack Williams | 203,438 | 53.8% | Won |
1968 | Jack Williams | 279,923 | 57.8% | Won |
1970 | Jack Williams | 209,356 | 50.9% | Won |
1974 | Russell Williams | 273,674 | 49.6% | Lost |
1978 | Evan Mecham | 241,093 | 44.8% | Lost |
1982 | Leo Corbet | 235,877 | 32.5% | Lost |
1986 | Evan Mecham | 343,913 | 39.7% | Won |
1990 (runoff) | Fife Symington III | 492,569 | 52.4% | Won |
1994 | Fife Symington III | 593,492 | 52.5% | Won |
1998 | Jane Dee Hull | 620,188 | 61.0% | Won |
2002 | Matt Salmon | 554,465 | 45.2% | Lost |
2006 | Len Munsil | 543,528 | 35.4% | Lost |
2010 | Jan Brewer | 938,934 | 54.3% | Won |
2014 | Doug Ducey | 805,062 | 53.4% | Won |
2018 | Doug Ducey | 1,330,863 | 56.0% | Won |
2022 | Kari Lake | 1,270,774 | 49.7% | Lost |
Former prominent Arizona Republicans
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United States senators
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United States representatives
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Territorial governors
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State governors
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See also
[edit]- Arizona Democratic Party
- Arizona Libertarian Party
- Arizona Green Party
- Political party strength in Arizona
- Constitution Party of Arizona
References
[edit]- ^ "Trump-endorsed candidate Gina Swoboda wins election as Arizona Republican Party chair".
- ^ "Voter Registration Statistics – April 2024".
- ^ "Home Archived May 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine." Arizona Republican Party. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.
- ^ Siders, David (2023-02-03). "The State Where the GOP Would Rather Lose Than Change". POLITICO. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ Cooper, Jonathan (2022-09-18). "Once McCain's party, Arizona GOP returns to far-right roots". AP News. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ a b Draper, Robert (2022-08-15). "The Arizona Republican Party's Anti-Democracy Experiment". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Berzon, Alexandra; Rutenberg, Jim (November 17, 2022). "Kari Lake says she is "exploring every avenue" to fight her loss, despite no sign of election-tilting problems". The New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
- ^ "Arizona's GOP Went All In on Trump's Big Lie—Now It's Broke". The Daily Beast. July 11, 2023. Archived from the original on June 16, 2024.
- ^ Reid, Tim; Layne, Nathan (July 5, 2023). "Insight: Swing state Republicans bleed donors and cash over Trump's false election claims". Reuters. Archived from the original on August 3, 2023.
- ^ "Welcome".
- ^ "State Party: Elected Officials". Arizona Republican Party. 2024-02-07.
- ^ "AZ GOP – Federal Officials". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
- ^ "Arizona state executive offices". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ^ "Member Roster". Arizona State Legislature. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ^ "Member Roster". Arizona State Legislature. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2015.