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Swoboda Retains AZGOP Chair after Contentious Race

January 26, 2025 11:35 amFebruary 8, 2025 1:50 pm

At yesterday’s Arizona Republican Party Statutory Meeting (January 25, 2025), incumbent Chair Gina Swoboda was re-elected as AZGOP Chair. She defeated former State Representative Cory McGarr in a 978 to 754 win (93% voter attendance), a relatively narrow margin that...

Jeff DeWit Pulls a Sam Bankman-Fried on Kari Lake

January 23, 2024 1:44 pmNovember 21, 2024 12:39 pm

The entirety of the Arizona GOP is abuzz this afternoon as word leaked out that state party chairman Jeff DeWit evidently tried to bribe conservative firebrand Kari Lake not to throw her fashionable hat into the ring for this year‘s...

AZ Senate and House Republicans Announce Teacher Pay Hike Plan

November 16, 2023 6:23 amJune 17, 2024 10:36 am

Touting wins in tax relief to Arizona families and renters, State Republicans are focusing on a new financial boon, this time for Arizona teachers. In a move seen by some as a preemptive strike against a traditionally Democrat election issue,...