Arizona Republican Party

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
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
azgop.com
Politics of Arizona Elections

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, seventeen of thirty State Senate seats, thirty-three 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 had significant Christian nationalist and far-right factions. ^{[4] [5] [6]} 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. ^[7]

History

The organizational convention of the Republican Party in the Arizona Territory, chaired by James Churchman, was held on November 6–7, 1866, in Prescott, 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 to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and $500,000 on an election night party in 2022. ^[10]

Current structure

Here is the structure of the state party, as of Feb 2019. ^[11]

Elected officers of the State Committee

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Gina Swoboda, Chairwoman Jake Hoffman, National committeeman Liz Harris, National committeewoman Nickie Kelley, Secretary Ron Gould, 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. ^[14]

U.S. Senate

• None

Both of Arizona's U.S. Senate seats have been held by 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

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: Abraham Hamadeh
• AZ-09: Paul Gosar

State officials

Executive

The Arizona Republican Party controls 7 of 11 elected statewide executive offices: ^[15]

Tom Horne (Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction) Kimberly Yee (State Treasurer) Paul Marsh (State Mine Inspector) Kevin Thompson (Arizona Corporation Commission) Nick Meyers (Arizona Corporation Commission) Lea Marquez Peterson (Corporation Commissioner) Justin Olson (Corporation Commissioner) Jim O’Connor (Corporation Commissioner)

Senate

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

House

The Arizona Republican Party holds the majority in the Arizona House of Representatives, holding 31 of the 60 seats. ^[17]

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)
• Cal Sheehy (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)

Party chairs

Party Chair	Term
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

Presidential

Arizona Republican Party presidential election results

Election	Presidential Ticket	Votes	Vote %	Electoral votes	Result
1912	William Howard Taft/Nicholas M. Butler	3,021	12.7%	0 / 3	Lost
1916	Charles E. Hughes/Charles W. Fairbanks	20,524	35.4%	0 / 3	Lost
1920	Warren G. Harding/Calvin Coolidge	37,016	55.9%	3 / 3	Won
1924	Calvin Coolidge/Charles G. Dawes	30,516	41.3%	3 / 3	Won
1928	Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis	52,533	57.6%	3 / 3	Won
1932	Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis	36,104	30.5%	0 / 3	Lost
1936	Alf Landon/Frank Knox	33,433	26.9%	0 / 3	Lost
1940	Wendell Willkie/Charles L. McNary	54,030	36.0%	0 / 3	Lost
1944	Thomas E. Dewey/John W. Bricker	56,287	40.9%	0 / 4	Lost
1948	Thomas E. Dewey/Earl Warren	77,597	43.8%	0 / 4	Lost
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon	152,042	58.4%	4 / 4	Won
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon	176,990	61.0%	4 / 4	Won
1960	Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.	221,241	55.5%	4 / 4	Lost
1964	Barry Goldwater/William E. Miller	242,535	50.5%	5 / 5	Lost
1968	Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew	266,721	54.8%	5 / 5	Won
1972	Richard Nixon/Spiro Agnew	402,812	61.6%	6 / 6	Won
1976	Gerald Ford/Bob Dole	418,642	56.4%	6 / 6	Lost
1980	Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush	529,688	60.6%	6 / 6	Won
1984	Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush	681,416	66.4%	7 / 7	Won
1988	George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle	702,541	60.0%	7 / 7	Won
1992	George H. W. Bush/Dan Quayle	572,086	38.5%	8 / 8	Lost
1996	Bob Dole/Jack Kemp	622,073	44.3%	0 / 8	Lost
2000	George W. Bush/Dick Cheney	781,652	51.0%	8 / 8	Won
2004	George W. Bush/Dick Cheney	1,104,294	54.8%	10 / 10	Won
2008	John McCain/Sarah Palin	1,230,111	53.4%	10 / 10	Lost
2012	Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan	1,233,654	53.5%	11 / 11	Lost
2016	Donald Trump/Mike Pence	1,252,401	48.1%	11 / 11	Won
2020	Donald Trump/Mike Pence	1,661,686	49.1%	0 / 11	Lost
2024	Donald Trump/JD Vance	1,763,037	52.2%	11 / 11	Won

Gubernatorial

Arizona Republican Party gubernatorial election results

Election	Gubernatorial candidate	Votes	Vote %	Result
1911	Edmund W. Wells	9,166	42.4%	LostN
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%	WonY
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

Former prominent Arizona Republicans

United States delegates

Charles Debrille Poston (1864–1865) John Noble Goodwin (1865–1867) Curtis Coe Bean (1885–1887) Nathan Oakes Murphy (1895–1897) Ralph Henry Cameron (1909–1912)

United States senators

Ralph H. Cameron (1921–1927) Paul Fannin (1965–1977) Barry Goldwater (1953–1965, 1969–1987) John McCain (1987–2018) Jon Kyl (1995–2013, 2018) Jeff Flake (2013–2019) Martha McSally (2019–2020)

United States representatives

John Jacob Rhodes (AZ-1) (1953–1983) John McCain (AZ-1) (1983–1987) John Jacob Rhodes III (AZ-1) (1987–1993) Matt Salmon (AZ-1) (1995–2001) Jeff Flake (AZ-1) (2001–2013) Rick Renzi (AZ-1) (2003–2009) Sam Steiger (AZ-3) (1967–1977) Bob Stump (AZ-3) (1983–2003) John Bertrand Conlan (AZ-4) (1973–1977) Eldon D. Rudd (AZ-4) (1977–1987) Jon Kyl (AZ-4) (1987–1995) John B. Shadegg (AZ-4) (1995–2003) Jim Kolbe (AZ-5) (1985–2003) J. D. Hayworth (AZ-5) (2003–2007) J. D. Hayworth (AZ-6) (1995–2003) Jim Kolbe (AZ-8) (2003–2007)

Territorial governors

John Noble Goodwin (1863–1865) Richard Cunningham McCormick (1866–1869) Anson P.K. Safford (1869–1877) John Philo Hoyt (1877–1878) John C. Frémont (1878–1881) Frederick Augustus Tritle (1882–1885) Lewis Wolfley (1889–1890) John N. Irwin (1891–1892) Nathan Oakes Murphy (1892–1893, 1898–1902) Myron H. McCord (1897–1898) Alexander Oswald Brodie (1902–1905) Joseph Henry Kibbey (1905–1909) Richard Elihu Sloan (1909–1912)

State governors

Thomas Edward Campbell (1917, 1919–1923) John Calhoun Phillips (1929–1931) John Howard Pyle (1951–1955) Paul Fannin (1959–1965) Jack Richard Williams (1967–1975) Evan Mecham (1987–1988) Fife Symington III (1991–1997) Jane Dee Hull (1997–2003) Jan Brewer (2009 - 2015) Doug Ducey (2015–2023)

See also

• Arizona portal
• Conservatism portal

• Arizona Democratic Party
• Arizona Libertarian Party
• Arizona Green Party
• Political party strength in Arizona
• Constitution Party of Arizona

References

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2. "Voter Registration Statistics – October 2024".
3. "Home Archived May 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine ." Arizona Republican Party. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.
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5. Cooper, Jonathan (2022-09-18). "Once McCain's party, Arizona GOP returns to far-right roots". AP News. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
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7. 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.
8. Founding Convention 1866.
9. "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.
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11. "Welcome".
12. "State Party: Elected Officials". Arizona Republican Party. 2024-02-07.
13. "2025 Election Results". Arizona Republican Party. 2025-02-04.
14. "AZ GOP – Federal Officials". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
15. "Arizona state executive offices". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
16. "Member Roster". Arizona State Legislature. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
17. "Member Roster". Arizona State Legislature. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2015.

Works cited

• "Barre Enterprise". Arizona Miner . November 10, 1866. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Official website
• Arizona Federation of Republican Women
• Arizona College Republicans
• Maricopa County Republican Committee