Arizona Republican Party
{{short description|Right-wing Arizona political party. Affiliate of the Republican Party}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Arizona Republican Party
| logo = Arizona Republican Party logo 2019.svg
| logo_size = 250px
| colorcode = Red
| website = {{URL|https://azgop.com/}}
| headquarters = 3033 N Central Ave
Suite 300
Phoenix, AZ 85012
| membership_year = 2024
| membership = {{gain}}1,562,091{{Cite web|url=https://azsos.gov/elections/results-data/voter-registration-statistics |title=Voter Registration Statistics – October 2024}}
| ideology = Conservatism
| national = Republican Party
| colors = {{Color box|{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|border=darkgray}} Red
| leader1_title = Chairperson
| leader1_name = Gina Swoboda{{cite web | url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2024/01/27/new-arizona-republican-party-chair-is-gina-swoboda-endorsed-by-trump/72373449007/ | title=Trump-endorsed candidate Gina Swoboda wins election as Arizona Republican Party chair }}
| leader2_title = Treasurer
| leader2_name = Kimberly Yee
| leader3_title = Superintendent of Public Instruction
| leader3_name = Tom Horne
| leader4_title = Speaker of the House
| leader4_name = Steve Montenegro
| leader5_title = Senate President
| leader5_name = Warren Petersen
| student_wing = Arizona Federation of College Republicans
| youth_wing = Arizona Young Republicans
| seats1_title = Arizona Senate
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|17|30|hex=red}}
| seats2_title = Arizona House of Representatives
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|33|60|hex=red}}
| seats3_title = U.S. Senate
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|2|hex=red}}
| seats4_title = U.S. House of Representatives
| seats4 = {{Composition bar|6|9|hex=red}}
| seats5_title = Statewide Executive Offices
| seats5 = {{Composition bar|3|6|hex=red}}
| seats6_title = Arizona Corporation Commission
| seats6 = {{Composition bar|5|5|hex=red}}
| seats7_title = Maricopa Board of Supervisors
| seats7 = {{Composition bar|4|5|hex=red}}
| seats8_title = Phoenix City Council
| seats8 = {{Composition bar|2|9|hex=red}}
| seats9_title = Navajo leadership
| seats9 = {{Composition bar|0|2|hex=red}}
| country = Arizona
}}
The Arizona Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the US state of Arizona. Its headquarters are in Phoenix."[http://www.azgop.org/site/c.qtK2KeMSKuG/b.5709095/k.BEC2/Home.htm Home] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509195244/http://www.azgop.org/site/c.qtK2KeMSKuG/b.5709095/k.BEC2/Home.htm |date=May 9, 2010 }}." Arizona Republican Party. Retrieved on May 13, 2010. 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.{{Cite web |last=Siders |first=David |date=2023-02-03 |title=The State Where the GOP Would Rather Lose Than Change |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/02/03/arizona-republican-party-election-denialism-lae-00080615 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Jonathan |date=2022-09-18 |title=Once McCain's party, Arizona GOP returns to far-right roots |url=https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-presidential-censures-phoenix-donald-trump-5cccb6b2ba8d47eda24826ad5623dc36 |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=AP News |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Draper |first=Robert |date=2022-08-15 |title=The Arizona Republican Party's Anti-Democracy Experiment |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/magazine/arizona-republicans-democracy.html |access-date=2023-10-06 |issn=0362-4331}} The Arizona Republican Party played key roles in attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 United States presidential election and the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election.{{Cite news |last1=Berzon |first1=Alexandra |last2=Rutenberg |first2=Jim |date=November 17, 2022 |title=Kari Lake says she is "exploring every avenue" to fight her loss, despite no sign of election-tilting problems. |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/17/us/elections/kari-lake-arizona-election.html |access-date=November 17, 2022}}
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.{{sfn|Founding Convention|1866}}
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.{{Cite news |date=July 11, 2023 |title=Arizona's GOP Went All In on Trump's Big Lie—Now It's Broke |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/arizonas-gop-went-all-in-on-trumps-big-lienow-its-broke |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616222512/https://www.thedailybeast.com/arizonas-gop-went-all-in-on-trumps-big-lienow-its-broke |archive-date=June 16, 2024}}
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.{{Cite news |last1=Reid |first1=Tim |last2=Layne |first2=Nathan |date=July 5, 2023 |title=Insight: Swing state Republicans bleed donors and cash over Trump's false election claims |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/swing-state-republicans-bleed-donors-cash-over-trumps-false-election-claims-2023-07-05/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803005111/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/swing-state-republicans-bleed-donors-cash-over-trumps-false-election-claims-2023-07-05/ |archive-date=August 3, 2023}}
Current structure
{{update|section|date=April 2015}}
Here is the structure of the state party, as of Feb 2019.{{Cite web | url=http://az.gop/connect-2/directory-5/state-party/ |title = Welcome}}
= Elected officers of the State Committee =
{{Cite web |date=2024-02-07 |title=State Party: Elected Officials |url=https://azgop.com/directory/state-party |website=Arizona Republican Party}}{{Cite web|date=2025-02-04|title=2025 Election Results|url=https://azgop.com/election-results|website=Arizona Republican Party}}
* Gina Swoboda, Chairwoman
|
= State Executive Committee =
* The 12 elected officers of the State Committee (listed above)
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= 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.azgop.org/elected-officials/ |access-date=2011-09-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929010552/http://www.azgop.org/elected-officials/ |archive-date=2011-09-29 |title= AZ GOP – Federal Officials}}
= 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:
State officials
= Executive =
The Arizona Republican Party controls 7 of 11 elected statewide executive offices:{{cite web|title=Arizona state executive offices|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_state_executive_offices|website=Ballotpedia|access-date=27 June 2015}}
* Tom Horne (Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction) |
= Senate =
The Arizona Republican Party holds the majority in the Arizona Senate, holding 17 of the 30 seats.{{cite web|title=Member Roster|url=http://www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster.asp?Body=S|website=Arizona State Legislature|access-date=27 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116233034/https://www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster.asp?Body=S|archive-date=16 November 2017|url-status=dead}}
= House =
The Arizona Republican Party holds the majority in the Arizona House of Representatives, holding 33 of the 60 seats.{{cite web|title=Member Roster|url=http://www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster.asp?Body=H|website=Arizona State Legislature|access-date=27 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503034030/http://www.azleg.gov/MemberRoster.asp?Body=H|archive-date=3 May 2009|url-status=dead}}
Mayors
{{Incomplete list|date=May 2025}}
- Jason Beck (Peoria){{cite web |title=Mayor Jason Beck |url=https://www.peoriaaz.gov/government/mayor-and-city-council/mayor-jason-beck |publisher=City of Peoria |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250309021608/https://www.peoriaaz.gov/government/mayor-and-city-council/mayor-jason-beck |archive-date=March 9, 2025 |access-date=May 24, 2025}}
- Steve Otto (Payson){{cite web |title=Payson Town Council Members |url=https://www.paysonaz.gov/government/town-council |publisher=Town of Payson |access-date=May 24, 2025}}
- Scott Anderson (Gilbert){{cite web |title=Anderson, Scott |url=https://www.gilbertaz.gov/Home/Components/StaffDirectory/StaffDirectory/215 |publisher= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312110335/https://www.gilbertaz.gov/Home/Components/StaffDirectory/StaffDirectory/215 |archive-date=March 12, 2025 |access-date=May 24, 2025}}
- Mark Stanton (Paradise Valley){{cite web |title=Mayor Mark Stanton |url=https://paradisevalleyaz.gov/581/Mayor-Mark-Stanton |publisher=Paradise Valley |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329024500/https://www.paradisevalleyaz.gov/581/Mayor-Mark-Stanton |archive-date=March 29, 2025 |access-date=May 24, 2025}}
- Michael LeVault (Youngtown){{cite web |title=Mayor's Office |url=https://www.youngtownaz.org/government/mayors_office/index.php |publisher=The Town of Youngtown |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250403222644/https://www.youngtownaz.org/government/mayors_office/index.php |archive-date=April 3, 2025 |access-date=May 24, 2025}}
- Cal Sheehy (Lake Havasu City){{cite web |title=Mayor & City Council |url=https://www.lhcaz.gov/mayor-city-council |publisher=Lake Havasu City |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515144555/https://www.lhcaz.gov/mayor-city-council/ |archive-date=May 15, 2025 |access-date=May 24, 2025}}
- Thomas Schoaf (Litchfield Park){{cite web |title=Thomas L. Schoaf, Mayor |url=https://www.litchfieldpark.gov/80/Thomas-L-Schoaf-Mayor |publisher=Litchfield Park |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250321090749/https://www.litchfieldpark.gov/80/Thomas-L-Schoaf-Mayor |archive-date=March 21, 2025 |access-date=May 24, 2025}}
- Jon Thompson (Coolidge){{cite web |title=City of Coolidge, Arizona City Council
|url=https://www.coolidgeaz.com/city-council |publisher=City of Coolidge |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250421141352/https://www.coolidgeaz.com/city-council |archive-date=April 21, 2025 |access-date=May 24, 2025}}
- Phil Goode (Prescott){{cite web |title=City Council |url=https://prescott-az.gov/prescott-city-clerk/city-council/#councilmember-1 |publisher=City of Prescott |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414105231/http://prescott-az.gov/prescott-city-clerk/city-council/#councilmember-1 |archive-date=April 14, 2025 |access-date=May 24, 2025}}
- Mark Freeman (Mesa){{cite web |title=Mayor Mark Freeman |url=https://www.mesaaz.gov/Government/Mayor-City-Council/Mayor-Mark-Freeman |publisher=City of Mesa |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250407121051/https://www.mesaaz.gov/Government/Mayor-City-Council/Mayor-Mark-Freeman |archive-date=April 7, 2025 |access-date=May 24, 2025}}
- Kevin Hartle (Chandler){{cite web |title=Mayor and Council |url=https://www.chandleraz.gov/government/mayor-and-council |publisher=City of Chandler |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250404063447/https://www.chandleraz.gov/government/mayor-and-council |archive-date=April 4, 2025 |access-date=May 24, 2025}}
- Byron Lewis (Snowflake){{cite web |title=Meet Your Councilmembers |url=https://www.snowflakeaz.gov/town-hall/meet-your-councilmembers/ |publisher=Town of Snowflake |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216093236/https://www.snowflakeaz.gov/town-hall/meet-your-councilmembers/ |archive-date=February 16, 2025 |access-date=May 24, 2025}}
Party chairs
class="wikitable" |
Party Chair
! Term |
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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 =
class="wikitable"
|+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% |{{Composition bar|0|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Lost}} |
1916
|Charles E. Hughes/Charles W. Fairbanks |20,524 |35.4% |{{Composition bar|0|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Lost}} |
1920
|Warren G. Harding/Calvin Coolidge |37,016 |55.9% |{{Composition bar|3|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Won}} |
1924
|Calvin Coolidge/Charles G. Dawes |30,516 |41.3% |{{Composition bar|3|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Won}} |
1928
|Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis |52,533 |57.6% |{{Composition bar|3|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Won}} |
1932
|Herbert Hoover/Charles Curtis |36,104 |30.5% |{{Composition bar|0|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Lost}} |
1936
|33,433 |26.9% |{{Composition bar|0|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Lost}} |
1940
|Wendell Willkie/Charles L. McNary |54,030 |36.0% |{{Composition bar|0|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Lost}} |
1944
|Thomas E. Dewey/John W. Bricker |56,287 |40.9% |{{Composition bar|0|4|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Lost}} |
1948
|77,597 |43.8% |{{Composition bar|0|4|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Lost}} |
1952
|Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon |152,042 |58.4% |{{Composition bar|4|4|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Won}} |
1956
|Dwight D. Eisenhower/Richard Nixon |176,990 |61.0% |{{Composition bar|4|4|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Won}} |
1960
|Richard Nixon/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. |221,241 |55.5% |{{Composition bar|4|4|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Lost}} |
1964
|Barry Goldwater/William E. Miller |242,535 |50.5% |{{Composition bar|5|5|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Lost}} |
1968
|266,721 |54.8% |{{Composition bar|5|5|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Won}} |
1972
|402,812 |61.6% |{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Won}} |
1976
|418,642 |56.4% |{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Lost}} |
1980
|Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush |529,688 |60.6% |{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Won}} |
1984
|Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush |681,416 |66.4% |{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Won}} |
1988
|702,541 |60.0% |{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Won}} |
1992
|572,086 |38.5% |{{Composition bar|8|8|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Lost}} |
1996
|622,073 |44.3% |{{Composition bar|0|8|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Lost}} |
2000
|781,652 |51.0% |{{Composition bar|8|8|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Won}} |
2004
|1,104,294 |54.8% |{{Composition bar|10|10|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Won}} |
2008
|1,230,111 |53.4% |{{Composition bar|10|10|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Lost}} |
2012
|1,233,654 |53.5% |{{Composition bar|11|11|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Lost}} |
2016
|1,252,401 |48.1% |{{Composition bar|11|11|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Won}} |
2020
|1,661,686 |49.1% |{{Composition bar|0|11|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Lost}} |
2024
|1,763,037 |52.2% |{{Composition bar|11|11|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}} |{{Won}} |
= Gubernatorial =
class="wikitable"
|+Arizona Republican Party gubernatorial election results !Election !Gubernatorial candidate !Votes !Vote % !Result |
1911
|9,166 |42.4% |Lost {{N}} |
1914
|17,602 |34.5% |Lost {{N}} |
1916
|28,051 |47.9% |Lost {{N}} |
1918
|25,927 |49.9% |Won {{Y}} |
1920
|37,060 |54.2% |Won {{Y}} |
1922
|30,599 |45.1% |Lost {{N}} |
1924
|37,571 |49.5% |Lost {{N}} |
1926
|Elis S. Clark |39,580 |49.8% |Lost {{N}} |
1928
|47,829 |51.7% |Won {{Y}} |
1930
|46,231 |48.6% |Lost {{N}} |
1932
|J. C. "Jack" Kinney |42,202 |35.4% |Lost {{N}} |
1934
|Thomas Maddock |39,242 |38.2% |Lost {{N}} |
1936
|36,114 |29.1% |Lost {{N}} |
1938
|32,022 |27.3% |Lost {{N}} |
1940
|50,358 |33.8% |Lost {{N}} |
1942
|23,562 |26.9% |Lost {{N}} |
1944
|27,261 |21.2% |Lost {{N}} |
1946
|Bruce Brockett |48,867 |39.9% |Lost {{N}} |
1948
|Bruce Brockett |70,419 |40.1% |Lost {{N}} |
1950
|99,109 |50.8% |Won {{Y}} |
1952
|156,592 |60.2% |Won {{Y}} |
1954
|115,866 |47.5% |Lost {{N}} |
1956
|116,744 |40.5% |Lost {{N}} |
1958
|160,136 |55.1% |Won {{Y}} |
1960
|235,502 |59.3% |Won {{Y}} |
1962
|200,578 |54.8% |Won {{Y}} |
1964
|221,404 |46.8% |Lost {{N}} |
1966
|203,438 |53.8% |Won {{Y}} |
1968
|279,923 |57.8% |Won {{Y}} |
1970
|209,356 |50.9% |Won {{Y}} |
1974
|Russell Williams |273,674 |49.6% |Lost {{N}} |
1978
|241,093 |44.8% |Lost {{N}} |
1982
|235,877 |32.5% |Lost {{N}} |
1986
|343,913 |39.7% |Won {{Y}} |
1990 (runoff)
|492,569 |52.4% |Won {{Y}} |
1994
|593,492 |52.5% |Won {{Y}} |
1998
|620,188 |61.0% |Won {{Y}} |
2002
|554,465 |45.2% |Lost {{N}} |
2006
|543,528 |35.4% |Lost {{N}} |
2010
|938,934 |54.3% |Won {{Y}} |
2014
|805,062 |53.4% |Won {{Y}} |
2018
|1,330,863 |56.0% |Won {{Y}} |
2022
|1,270,774 |49.7% |Lost {{N}} |
Former prominent Arizona Republicans
= United States delegates =
* Charles Debrille Poston (1864–1865)
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= United States senators =
* Ralph H. Cameron (1921–1927)
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= United States representatives =
* John Jacob Rhodes (AZ-1) (1953–1983)
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= Territorial governors =
* John Noble Goodwin (1863–1865)
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= State governors =
* Thomas Edward Campbell (1917, 1919–1923)
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See also
{{Portal|Arizona|Conservatism}}
References
{{Reflist}}
Works cited
- {{Cite news |date=November 10, 1866 |title=Barre Enterprise |page=3 |work=Arizona Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/weekly-journal-miner/164781341/ |via=Newspapers.com |ref={{harvid|Founding Convention|1866}}}}
External links
- {{Official website}}
- [https://www.azfrw.com/home.html Arizona Federation of Republican Women]
- [https://www.azcollegerepublicans.org/ Arizona College Republicans]
- [https://maricopagop.org/ Maricopa County Republican Committee]
{{Republican Party (United States)}}
{{Arizona political parties}}