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Print this article A judge in Arizona dismissed a lawsuit requesting the court intervene in proceedings over an Arizona Republican Party election. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Michael Kemp ruled it was not the courts place to get involved in an internal party dispute, according to a report by the Arizona Republic on Monday. Two state Republicans filed a lawsuit in March after Kelli Ward, the partys chairwoman, won reelection to the post that month by a margin of 42 votes. "Whether o...

Controversial Arizona Republican Party chair Kelli Ward is facing a lawsuit from two people who lost a state party election in January.

Arizona Republican Party, chair Kelli Ward sued over refusal to audit her election Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Arizona Republic © Nick Oza/The Republic Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward attends a rally to protest election results and show support for President Donald Trump at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix on Jan. 6, 2021. Two Republican activists are suing the Arizona Republican Party and its chair Kelli Ward over her refusals to allow an audit of the results and procedures use...

Two candidates for the Arizona Republican Party's executive committee who lost their January elections are suing state party Chair Kelli Ward to force an audit of the results.

Two Republican activists are suing the Arizona Republican Party and its chair Kelli Ward over her refusals to allow an audit of the results and procedures used for the state partys January elections. In a complaint filed Friday in Maricopa County Superior Court, an attorney for William Beard and Sandra Dowling asked a judge to require the state party to explain why it shouldn’t conduct an audit, noting that further delay only makes the situation worse for Dowling while there is no harm at a...

Print this article A pair of Republican activists sued the Arizona Republican Party and recently reelected Chairwoman Kelli Ward following her refusal to conduct an audit of the results and procedures used for the state GOPs January elections. The plaintiffs in the complaint, William Beard and Sandra Dowling, filed their lawsuit in Maricopa Superior Court on Friday, asking a judge to require the state party to explain why it should not conduct an audit of Wards election. Tucson businessman Ser...

Two Arizona Republican activists reasserted their demand for an audit of the state party’s recent leadership election. If they don’t get their way, they’ll sue, attorney Timothy La Sota wrote in a letter to the Arizona GOP’s general counsel.

After challenging Arizonas election results, state Republicans challenge results of their own vote The back-and-forth showdown over audits reaches a new chapter. and last updated 2021-01-30 16:50:38-05 PHOENIX — For months, Arizona Republican Party leaders have been asking for a forensic audit of Arizona’s presidential election. Then they held an election of their own, and it didn’t go so well. “It became apparent the folks running the election weren’t taking some of th...