Jonathan Lines | |
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| Chair of the Arizona Republican Party | |
| In office January 28, 2017 –January 26, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Graham |
| Succeeded by | Kelli Ward |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yuma,Arizona,U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Northern Arizona University (BA) |
Jonathan Lines is an American businessman and former chairman of the Arizona Republican Party. [1] [2] Lines is the general manager of Lines &Lundgreen Roofing and Insulation Inc. [3]
Lines has 11 children. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Lines took over the party after 2016,a difficult presidential election year. While Trump won the Arizona presidential primary-preference election,the state elected almost all Cruz supporting delegates to the convention. Chairman Lines was then faced with the challenge of uniting the party before the mid-term elections.
In 2019,Lines lost re-election to former state Senator Kelli Ward. [4]
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