Kelli Ward Wins Arizona GOP Chair Seat in Upset

[Swordsmyth]

Two-time U.S Senate candidate and former state legislator Kelli Ward won the Chair position of the Arizona Republican Party Saturday, in an upset victory over incumbent chairman Jonathan Lines.
The election for the position was held at a state party meeting at Church for the Nations in Phoenix, with votes cast by Arizona precinct committeemen and women. A final tally of votes was said to break for Ward, with 636 in her favor and 524 for Lines.
2018 had been a difficult statewide election for Republicans in Arizona, with congresswoman and party nominee Martha McSally losing a bitterly contested U.S Senate election to Democrat Kyrsten Sinema. Ward had run against McSally for the nomination and lost, after challenging John McCain in a primary election in 2016. The deceased former Senator’s daughter expressed her disappointment (https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/1089287343020871685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1089287343020871685&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.azcentral.com%2Fstory%2F news%2Fpolitics%2Farizona%2F2019%2F01%2F26%2Fconse rvative-kelli-ward-lead-arizona-republican-party-after-upset-donald-trump-jonathan-lines%2F2670388002%2F) with the outcome of the party chair election.
Conservative Precinct Committeemen expressed a desire for a fresh face as the leader of Arizona Republicans after a disappointing midterm election. Arizona, formerly reliably red, now more closely resembles a purple state in great part because of population growth, both in the form of Americans moving to the state from other parts of the country and immigration from outside the country.

More at: https://bigleaguepolitics.com/kelli-ward-wins-arizona-gop-chair-seat-in-upset/

[Brian4Liberty]

Good for her. Too bad she can’t get into Congress. Just goes to show how much the Arizona GOP doesn’t like McSally and the establishment.

[Anti Globalist]

Congrats to her.

[eleganz]

This is quite confusing how she has the support of the party for Chair but not enough to get their support for the nomination. Because as we all know, its all about party support.

Hopefully with this Chairmanship, she has enough support to muster the next nomination to replace McCain or whoever needs to be replaced.

[Matt Collins]

This is quite confusing how she has the support of the party for Chair but not enough to get their support for the nomination. Winning Party Chair is a much smaller group of voters, usually just a few dozen.

[Brian4Liberty]

This is quite confusing how she has the support of the party for Chair but not enough to get their support for the nomination. Because as we all know, its all about party support.

Hopefully with this Chairmanship, she has enough support to muster the next nomination to replace McCain or whoever needs to be replaced.

Because the establishment, neoconservatives and especially the media were all in for her opponent McSally.

[Brian4Liberty]

Winning Party Chair is a much smaller group of voters, usually just a few dozen.

And consists of people who probably have a bit more knowledge about candidates and issues than the average voter who is lucky to recognize a name on the ballot.