Arizona Republican Party | |
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| Chairperson | Gina Swoboda[1] |
| Treasurer | Kimberly Yee |
| Superintendent of Public Instruction | Tom Horne |
| Speaker of the House | Steve Montenegro |
| Senate President | Warren Petersen |
| Headquarters | 3033 N Central Ave Suite 300 Phoenix, AZ 85012 |
| Student wing | Arizona Federation of College Republicans |
| Youth wing | Arizona Young Republicans |
| Membership(2024) |  1,562,091[2] |
| Ideology | Conservatism |
| National affiliation | Republican Party |
| Colors | Red |
| Arizona Senate | 17 / 30 |
| Arizona House of Representatives | 33 / 60 |
| U.S. Senate | 0 / 2 |
| U.S. House of Representatives | 6 / 9 |
| Statewide Executive Offices | 3 / 6 |
| Arizona Corporation Commission | 5 / 5 |
| Maricopa Board of Supervisors | 4 / 5 |
| Phoenix City Council | 2 / 9 |
| Navajo leadership | 0 / 2 |
| Website | |
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TheArizona Republican Party is the affiliate of theRepublican Party in theUS state ofArizona. Its headquarters are inPhoenix.[3] The party currently controls six of Arizona's nineU.S. House seats, seventeen of thirtyState Senate seats, thirty-three of sixtyState House of Representatives seats, four of five seats on theArizona Corporation Commission and threeStatewide Executive Offices (State Treasurer,Superintendent of Public Instruction, andState Mine Inspector)
Since 2020, the state party has had significantChristian nationalist andfar-right factions.[4][5][6] The Arizona Republican Party played key roles inattempts to overturn the results of the2020 United States presidential election[6] and the2022 Arizona gubernatorial election.[7]
The organizational convention of the Republican Party in theArizona Territory, chaired by James Churchman, was held on November 6–7, 1866, inPrescott, Arizona.[8]
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 and 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 tooverturn the results of the2020 presidential election and $500,000 on an election night party in 2022.[10]
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Here is the structure of the state party, as of Feb 2019.[11]
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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 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 exist in counties of more than 500,000 people (Maricopa andPima Counties), and include all PCs within that district. Officers are elected at Organizational Meetingsafter the general election including a chairman, two vice chairs, a secretary and a treasurer.
Precinct committeemen are elected one perprecinct, 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.)
These are the Republican Party members who hold federal offices.[14]
Both of Arizona'sU.S. Senate seats have been held by the Democratic caucus since2020.Martha McSally is the last Republican to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate. Appointed in 2019 by GovernorDoug Ducey after the resignation ofJon Kyl who was appointed to the seat after the death ofJohn McCain in 2018, McSally lost the2020 special election to determine who would serve the remainder of the term expiring in 2023. McSally lost the special election to Democratic challengerMark Kelly, who won a full term in2022, defeatingBlake Masters.John McCain is the last Republican elected to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate in2016, whileJeff Flake is the last Republican to represent Arizona for afull term in the U.S. Senate from 2013 to 2019.
Out of the nine seats Arizona is apportioned in theU.S. House of Representatives, six are held by Republicans:
The Arizona Republican Party controls 7 of 11 elected statewide executive offices:[15]
The Arizona Republican Party holds the majority in theArizona Senate, holding 17 of the 30 seats.[16]
The Arizona Republican Party holds the majority in theArizona House of Representatives, holding 33 of the 60 seats.[17]
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| Party Chair | 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 | Gubernatorial candidate | Votes | Vote % | Result |
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| 1911 | Edmund W. Wells | 9,166 | 42.4% | Lost N |
| 1914 | Ralph H. Cameron | 17,602 | 34.5% | LostN |
| 1916 | Thomas E. Campbell | 28,051 | 47.9% | LostN |
| 1918 | Thomas E. Campbell | 25,927 | 49.9% | Won Y |
| 1920 | Thomas E. Campbell | 37,060 | 54.2% | WonY |
| 1922 | Thomas E. Campbell | 30,599 | 45.1% | LostN |
| 1924 | Dwight B. Heard | 37,571 | 49.5% | LostN |
| 1926 | Elis S. Clark | 39,580 | 49.8% | LostN |
| 1928 | John Calhoun Phillips | 47,829 | 51.7% | WonY |
| 1930 | John Calhoun Phillips | 46,231 | 48.6% | LostN |
| 1932 | J. C. "Jack" Kinney | 42,202 | 35.4% | LostN |
| 1934 | Thomas Maddock | 39,242 | 38.2% | LostN |
| 1936 | Thomas E. Campbell | 36,114 | 29.1% | LostN |
| 1938 | Jerrie W. Lee | 32,022 | 27.3% | LostN |
| 1940 | Jerrie W. Lee | 50,358 | 33.8% | LostN |
| 1942 | Jerrie W. Lee | 23,562 | 26.9% | LostN |
| 1944 | Jerrie W. Lee | 27,261 | 21.2% | LostN |
| 1946 | Bruce Brockett | 48,867 | 39.9% | LostN |
| 1948 | Bruce Brockett | 70,419 | 40.1% | LostN |
| 1950 | John Howard Pyle | 99,109 | 50.8% | WonY |
| 1952 | John Howard Pyle | 156,592 | 60.2% | WonY |
| 1954 | John Howard Pyle | 115,866 | 47.5% | LostN |
| 1956 | Horace B. Griffen | 116,744 | 40.5% | LostN |
| 1958 | Paul Fannin | 160,136 | 55.1% | WonY |
| 1960 | Paul Fannin | 235,502 | 59.3% | WonY |
| 1962 | Paul Fannin | 200,578 | 54.8% | WonY |
| 1964 | Richard Kleindienst | 221,404 | 46.8% | LostN |
| 1966 | Jack Williams | 203,438 | 53.8% | WonY |
| 1968 | Jack Williams | 279,923 | 57.8% | WonY |
| 1970 | Jack Williams | 209,356 | 50.9% | WonY |
| 1974 | Russell Williams | 273,674 | 49.6% | LostN |
| 1978 | Evan Mecham | 241,093 | 44.8% | LostN |
| 1982 | Leo Corbet | 235,877 | 32.5% | LostN |
| 1986 | Evan Mecham | 343,913 | 39.7% | WonY |
| 1990 (runoff) | Fife Symington III | 492,569 | 52.4% | WonY |
| 1994 | Fife Symington III | 593,492 | 52.5% | WonY |
| 1998 | Jane Dee Hull | 620,188 | 61.0% | WonY |
| 2002 | Matt Salmon | 554,465 | 45.2% | LostN |
| 2006 | Len Munsil | 543,528 | 35.4% | LostN |
| 2010 | Jan Brewer | 938,934 | 54.3% | WonY |
| 2014 | Doug Ducey | 805,062 | 53.4% | WonY |
| 2018 | Doug Ducey | 1,330,863 | 56.0% | WonY |
| 2022 | Kari Lake | 1,270,774 | 49.7% | LostN |
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