Arizona Republican Party

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.

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.

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.

Current structure

Here is the structure of the state party, as of Jan 2026.

Elected officers of the State Committee

State Executive Committee

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.

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 8 of 11 elected statewide executive offices:

Senate

The Arizona Republican Party holds the majority in the Arizona Senate, holding 17 of the 30 seats.

House

The Arizona Republican Party holds the majority in the Arizona House of Representatives, holding 33 of the 60 seats.

Navajo Executives

The Arizona Republican Party does not hold any power in the Navajo Nation government, the largest Native American tribe in the state, which controls the Four Corners. The last Republican elected to Navajo leadership was Myron Lizer, who served as vice president from 2019 to 2023.

Mayors

• Jason Beck (Peoria)
• Steve Otto (Payson)
• Scott Anderson (Gilbert)
• Mark Stanton (Paradise Valley)
• Michael LeVault (Youngtown)
• Cal Sheehy (Lake Havasu City)
• Thomas Schoaf (Litchfield Park)
• Jon Thompson (Coolidge){{cite web |title=City of Coolidge, Arizona City Council
• Phil Goode (Prescott)
• Mark Freeman (Mesa)
• Kevin Hartle (Chandler)
• Byron Lewis (Snowflake)

Party chairs

Election results

Presidential

Gubernatorial

Former prominent Arizona Republicans

United States delegates

United States senators

United States representatives

Territorial governors

State governors

References

Works cited

References

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2. "What to know about new Arizona Republican party chair, Sergio Arellano".
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9. (July 5, 2023). "Insight: Swing state Republicans bleed donors and cash over Trump's false election claims". [[Reuters]].
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12. (2025-02-04). "2025 Election Results".
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