Arizona Republican Party

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Arizona Republican Party
Chairperson Gina Swoboda [1]
Treasurer Kimberly Yee
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne
Speaker of the House Ben Toma
Speaker pro tempore Travis Grantham
Headquarters3033 N Central Ave
Suite 300
Phoenix, AZ 85012
Student wing Arizona Federation of College Republicans
Youth wing Arizona Young Republicans
Membership (2021)Increase2.svg1,499,862 [2]
Ideology Conservatism
National affiliation Republican Party
Colors  Red
Arizona Senate
16 / 30
Arizona House of Representatives
31 / 60
U.S. Senate
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U.S. House of Representatives
6 / 9
Statewide Executive Offices
7 / 11
Maricopa Board of Supervisors
4 / 5
Phoenix City Council
2 / 9
Navajo leadership
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Website
azgop.com

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)

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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]

Current structure

Here is the structure of the state party, as of Feb 2019. [9]

Elected officers of the State Committee

[10]

  • 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 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. [11]

U.S. Senate

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: [12]

Senate

The Arizona Republican Party holds the majority in the Arizona Senate, holding 16 of the 30 seats. [13]

House

The Arizona Republican Party holds the majority in the Arizona House of Representatives, holding 31 of the 60 seats. [14]

Mayors

History

Chairmen

ChairmanTerm
Orme Lewis 1938–1940
Carl Divelbis 1948–1950
Richard Myers1952–1954
Richard Kleindienst 1956–1960
Stephen Shadegg 1960–1961
Richard Kleindienst1961–1963
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 Morrissey2011–2013
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

Presidential

Arizona Republican Party presidential election results
ElectionPresidential TicketVotesVote %Electoral votesResult
1912 William Howard Taft/Nicholas M. Butler 3,02112.7%
0 / 3
Lost
1916 Charles E. Hughes/Charles W. Fairbanks 20,52435.4%
0 / 3
Lost
1920 Warren G. Harding/Calvin Coolidge 37,01655.9%
3 / 3
Won
1924 Calvin Coolidge/Charles G. Dawes 30,51641.3%
3 / 3
Won
1928 Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis 52,53357.6%
3 / 3
Won
1932 Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis 36,10430.5%
0 / 3
Lost
1936 Alf Landon/Frank Knox 33,43326.9%
0 / 3
Lost
1940 Wendell Willkie/Charles L. McNary 54,03036.0%
0 / 3
Lost
1944 Thomas E. Dewey/John W. Bricker 56,28740.9%
0 / 4
Lost
1948 Thomas E. Dewey/Earl Warren 77,59743.8%
0 / 4
Lost
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon 152,04258.4%
4 / 4
Won
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon 176,99061.0%
4 / 4
Won
1960 Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 221,24155.5%
4 / 4
Lost
1964 Barry Goldwater/William E. Miller 242,53550.5%
5 / 5
Lost
1968 Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew 266,72154.8%
5 / 5
Won
1972 Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew 402,81261.6%
6 / 6
Won
1976 Gerald Ford/Bob Dole 418,64256.4%
6 / 6
Lost
1980 Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush 529,68860.6%
6 / 6
Won
1984 Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush 681,41666.4%
7 / 7
Won
1988 George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle 702,54160.0%
7 / 7
Won
1992 George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle 572,08638.5%
8 / 8
Lost
1996 Bob Dole/Jack Kemp 622,07344.3%
0 / 8
Lost
2000 George W. Bush/Dick Cheney 781,65251.0%
8 / 8
Won
2004 George W. Bush/Dick Cheney 1,104,29454.8%
10 / 10
Won
2008 John McCain/Sarah Palin 1,230,11153.4%
10 / 10
Lost
2012 Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan 1,233,65453.5%
11 / 11
Lost
2016 Donald Trump/Mike Pence 1,252,40148.1%
11 / 11
Won
2020 Donald Trump/Mike Pence 1,661,68649.1%
0 / 11
Lost

Gubernatorial

Arizona Republican Party gubernatorial election results
ElectionGubernatorial candidateVotesVote %Result
1911 Edmund W. Wells 9,16642.4%LostRed x.svg
1914 Ralph H. Cameron 17,60234.5%LostRed x.svg
1916 Thomas E. Campbell 28,05147.9%LostRed x.svg
1918 Thomas E. Campbell 25,92749.9%WonGreen check.svg
1920 Thomas E. Campbell 37,06054.2%WonGreen check.svg
1922 Thomas E. Campbell 30,59945.1%LostRed x.svg
1924 Dwight B. Heard 37,57149.5%LostRed x.svg
1926 Elis S. Clark39,58049.8%LostRed x.svg
1928 John Calhoun Phillips 47,82951.7%WonGreen check.svg
1930 John Calhoun Phillips 46,23148.6%LostRed x.svg
1932 J. C. "Jack" Kinney42,20235.4%LostRed x.svg
1934 Thomas Maddock39,24238.2%LostRed x.svg
1936 Thomas E. Campbell 36,11429.1%LostRed x.svg
1938 Jerrie W. Lee 32,02227.3%LostRed x.svg
1940 Jerrie W. Lee 50,35833.8%LostRed x.svg
1942 Jerrie W. Lee 23,56226.9%LostRed x.svg
1944 Jerrie W. Lee 27,26121.2%LostRed x.svg
1946 Bruce Brockett48,86739.9%LostRed x.svg
1948 Bruce Brockett70,41940.1%LostRed x.svg
1950 John Howard Pyle 99,10950.8%WonGreen check.svg
1952 John Howard Pyle 156,59260.2%WonGreen check.svg
1954 John Howard Pyle 115,86647.5%LostRed x.svg
1956 Horace B. Griffen 116,74440.5%LostRed x.svg
1958 Paul Fannin 160,13655.1%WonGreen check.svg
1960 Paul Fannin 235,50259.3%WonGreen check.svg
1962 Paul Fannin 200,57854.8%WonGreen check.svg
1964 Richard Kleindienst 221,40446.8%LostRed x.svg
1966 Jack Williams 203,43853.8%WonGreen check.svg
1968 Jack Williams 279,92357.8%WonGreen check.svg
1970 Jack Williams 209,35650.9%WonGreen check.svg
1974 Russell Williams273,67449.6%LostRed x.svg
1978 Evan Mecham 241,09344.8%LostRed x.svg
1982 Leo Corbet 235,87732.5%LostRed x.svg
1986 Evan Mecham 343,91339.7%WonGreen check.svg
1990 (runoff) Fife Symington III 492,56952.4%WonGreen check.svg
1994 Fife Symington III 593,49252.5%WonGreen check.svg
1998 Jane Dee Hull 620,18861.0%WonGreen check.svg
2002 Matt Salmon 554,46545.2%LostRed x.svg
2006 Len Munsil 543,52835.4%LostRed x.svg
2010 Jan Brewer 938,93454.3%WonGreen check.svg
2014 Doug Ducey 805,06253.4%WonGreen check.svg
2018 Doug Ducey 1,330,86356.0%WonGreen check.svg
2022 Kari Lake 1,270,77449.7%LostRed x.svg

Former prominent Arizona Republicans

United States delegates

United States senators

United States representatives

Territorial governors

State governors

See also

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