The Arizona Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the US state of Arizona. Its headquarters are in Phoenix. 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
The Republican Party of New Mexico is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in New Mexico. It is headquartered in Albuquerque and led by chairperson Steve Pearce,vice chair Amy Barela,secretary Kathleen Apodaca,and treasurer Kim Skaggs. It currently has weak electoral power in the state,holding no statewide or federally elected offices,and having minorities in both houses of the New Mexico legislature.
Steve Montenegro is a Salvadoran-American Republican politician from Litchfield Park,Arizona who is a member of the Arizona House of Representatives,elected in 2022. He is a former member of the Arizona Senate. He was previously a member of the Arizona House of Representatives,from 2009 to 2017,where he was Speaker Pro Tempore.
Thomas Ray "T. J." Shope Jr. is an American Republican politician and businessman who has been a member of the Arizona Legislature from the 16th Legislative District,which covers central and eastern Pinal County and southern Gila County. First elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2012,he was a member of the House from January 2013 to January 2021;in the latter part of his time in the state House,he was Speaker Pro Tempore. Shope was elected to the Arizona State Senate in November 2020,and took office in January 2021.
Kelly Townsend is an American author,childbirth educator and birth doula who was a Republican politician. She was a member of the Arizona Senate representing District 16 from 2021 to 2023,and previously was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from 2013 to 2021,acting as Majority Whip from 2017 to 2018.
Justin Olson is an American politician who served as a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission. Olson is a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 25 from January 14,2013,until 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Debra Kay Lesko is an American politician who has represented Arizona's 8th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2018. The district is in the West Valley portion of the Phoenix metropolitan area and includes Glendale,Surprise,Sun City,Peoria,and part of western Phoenix. A member of the Republican Party,Lesko previously served in the Arizona State Legislature from 2009 to 2018.
Kelli Ward is an American politician who served as the chair of the Arizona Republican Party from 2019 to 2023. She previously served in the Arizona State Senate from 2013 to 2015.
Anthony Kern is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona Senate,representing District 27 since 2023. He previously represented District 20 in the State House of Representatives from January 5,2015,to January 11,2021.
Mark William Finchem is an American far right politician who served as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 11 from 2015 to 2023. He is the Arizona coordinator for the Coalition of Western States,an organization that opposes the activities of the Bureau of Land Management and supported the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016.
Venden "Vince" Leach is an American politician from Arizona. A Republican,he was a member of the Arizona State Senate from 2019 to 2023,representing District 11. From 2015 to 2019,he was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 11. Leach won the race for Arizona state senate from Legislative District 17 in the 2024 Arizona Senate election.
Michelle Udall is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 25 in 2016 until 2023. She is also a former member of the Mesa school board.
Geoffrey L. Duncan is an American politician,businessman,and public speaker who served as the 12th lieutenant Governor of Georgia from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,Duncan is a former member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
John Fillmore is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 16 from 2019 to 2023. Fillmore also previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013 from District 23.
After Democratic nominee Joe Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election,Republican nominee and then-incumbent president Donald Trump pursued an unprecedented effort to overturn the election,with support from his campaign,proxies,political allies,and many of his supporters. These efforts culminated in the January 6 Capitol attack by Trump supporters in an attempted self-coup d'état. Trump and his allies used the "big lie" propaganda technique to promote claims that had been proven false and conspiracy theories asserting the election was stolen by means of rigged voting machines,electoral fraud and an international conspiracy. Trump pressed Department of Justice leaders to challenge the results and publicly state the election was corrupt. However,the attorney general,director of National Intelligence,and director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency –as well as some Trump campaign staff –dismissed these claims. State and federal judges,election officials,and state governors also determined the claims were baseless.
The following is a timeline of major events before,during,and after the 2020 United States presidential election,the 59th quadrennial United States presidential election,from November 2020 to January 2021. For prior events,see Timeline of the 2020 United States presidential election (2017–2019) and Timeline of the 2020 United States presidential election.
The 2018 Arizona House of Representatives election took place on Tuesday,November 6,2018,with the primary election held on Tuesday,August 28,2018. Arizona voters elected all 60 members of the Arizona House of Representatives in multi-member districts to serve two-year terms.
The Trump fake electors plot was a scheme to submit illegitimate certificates of ascertainment to falsely claim U.S. president Donald Trump had won the Electoral College vote in certain states,following Trump's loss in the 2020 United States presidential election. After the results of the 2020 election determined Trump had lost,the scheme was devised by him,his associates,and Republican Party officials in seven states,and it formed a part of Trump and his associates' attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election. The intent of the scheme was to pass the illegitimate certificates to then-vice president Mike Pence in the hope he would count them,rather than the authentic certificates,and thus overturn Joe Biden's victory. This scheme was defended by a fringe legal theory developed by Trump attorneys Kenneth Chesebro and John Eastman,detailed in the Eastman memos,which claimed a vice president has the constitutional discretion to swap official electors with an alternate slate during the certification process,thus changing the outcome of the electoral college vote and the overall winner of the presidential race. The scheme came to be known as the Pence Card. By June 2024,dozens of Republican state officials and Trump associates had been indicted in four states for their alleged involvement. The federal Smith special counsel investigation is investigating Trump's role in the events. According to testimony Trump was aware of the fake electors scheme,and knew that Eastman's plan for Pence to obstruct the certification of electoral votes was a violation of the Electoral Count Act.
Liz Harris is an American politician from Arizona and the Arizona RNC National Committeewoman. A Republican,she was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives from January 2023 to April 2023. Harris was elected in November 2022 from the 13th legislative district,which includes much of Chandler,Arizona.
State of Arizona v. Kelli Ward,et al. is a state criminal prosecution concerning the Trump fake electors plot in Arizona.
