Arizona state Republican chairman Jeff DeWit this week rejected a Maricopa County GOP proposal to hold a oneday staterun presidential primary in the wake of persistent election denialism stemming from the presidential election . The decision is likely to trigger backlash from conservatives in the state . The Arizona Republican Party has been driven rightward by Trumpaligned conservatives who distrust its elections and refuse to accept the losses of Trump in and a statewide slate that included gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake another prominent election denier in . The state GOP is very nearly certain the state would face federal and state lawsuits alleging that such a shift would amount to massive voter disenfranchisement . DeWits said the state party has no wellarticulated plan to replace the presidential primary and no money with which to communicate this change to Arizona Republican voters . Instead he proposed allowing the county GOP to run a parallel primary election one that would take place solely in Maricopria County and be funded by the county party . The county party would run a separate primary election in Marichopa County . The rift is the latest evidence that many Republicans reject a return to the tactics at which the party once excelled including following up with conservative voters to make sure their mailin ballots are returned . There has been no broad reckoning for the party after those losses . Arizona has emerged in recent years as one of the most important swing states a former Republican bastion that has shifted leftward in recent … . There have also been a series of legal challenges. The decision to reverse Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs victory. Following her defeat. After her defeat in the . election. in the State of the . Republican Party. to the state. to back away from the . president of the State. to .
Arizona GOP rebuff of one-day, in-person, primary highlights party’s
