Arizona Republican Party

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Arizona Republican Party
ChairwomanKelli Ward
GovernorDoug Ducey
Speaker of the HouseRusty Bowers
Speaker pro tempore
Headquarters3501 North 24th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85016
Student wingArizona Federation of College Republicans
Youth wingArizona Young Republicans
Membership (2021)Decrease1,496,769[1]
IdeologyConservatism
Fiscal conservatism
Social conservatism
Trumpism[2]
Political positionRight-wing
National affiliationRepublican Party
Colors  Red
Arizona Senate
16 / 30
Arizona House of Representatives
31 / 60
U.S. Senate
0 / 2
U.S. House of Representatives
4 / 9
Statewide Executive Offices
7 / 11
Maricopa Board of Supervisors
4 / 5
City Council
5 / 9
Website
azgop.com

The Arizona Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in Arizona. Its headquarters are in Phoenix.[3]

Current structure[]

Here is the structure of the state party, as of Feb 2019.[4]

Elected officers of the State Committee[]

  • Kelli Ward, State chairman
  • , First Vice Chairman
  • , Second Vice Chairman
  • , Third Vice Chairman
  • , Secretary
  • , Treasurer
  • , Sergeant at Arms
  • , Assistant Secretary
  • , Assistant Treasurer
  • , Assistant Sergeant at Arms
  • , National committeewoman
  • , National committeeman

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.[5]

U.S. Senate[]

  • None

Both of Arizona's U.S. Senate seats have been held by Democrats 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 2022. McSally lost the special election to Democratic challenger Mark Kelly, who will likely run for a full term in 2022. 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 2012 to 2018.

U.S. House of Representatives[]

Out of the nine seats Arizona is apportioned in the U.S. House of Representatives, four are held by Republicans:

State officials[]

Executive[]

The Arizona Republican Party holds seven of 15 state executive seats.[6]

Senate[]

The Arizona Republican Party holds the majority in the Arizona Senate, holding 16 of the 30 seats.[7]

House[]

The Arizona Republican Party holds the majority in the Arizona House of Representatives, holding 31 of the 60 seats.[8]

Mayors[]

  • (Queen Creek)
  • (Peoria)
  • (Payson)
  • (Marana)
  • (Apache Junction)
  • John Lewis (Gilbert)
  • (Paradise Valley)
  • (Youngtown)
  • (Goodyear)
  • (Lake Havasu City)
  • (El Mirage)
  • (Maricopa)
  • (Litchfield Park)
  • (Coolidge)
  • (Prescott)
  • Scott Smith (Mesa)
  • Jay Tibshraeny (Chandler)

History[]

Chairmen[]

Chairman Term
1938–1940
1948–1950
Richard Myers 1952–1954
Richard Kleindienst 1956–1960
Stephen Shadegg 1960–1961
Richard Kleindienst 1961–1963
Keith Brown 1963–1965
1965–1976
1976–1978
Thomas Pappas 1978–1983
1983–1985
1985–1991
1991–1993
1993–1997
1997–1999
1999–2001
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–present

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 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[]

  • Jack Richard Williams (1967–1975)
  • Evan Mecham (1987–1988)
  • Fife Symington III (1991–1997)
  • Jane Dee Hull (1997–2003)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Voter Registration Statistics". Arizona Secretary of State Elections Bureau. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  2. ^ Medina, Jennifer. "The Arizona G.O.P. Is Sticking With Trumpism, Whether Arizona Republicans Like it or Not". The New York Times. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "Home Archived May 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine." Arizona Republican Party. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.
  4. ^ "Welcome".
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-09-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) AZ GOP - FEDERAL OFFICIALS
  6. ^ "Arizona state executive offices". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Member Roster". Arizona State Legislature. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Member Roster". Arizona State Legislature. Archived from the original on 3 May 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2015.

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