There’s been a shake-up in the Republican Party in Arizona due to a leaked recording. The voicemail of the Arizona Republican Party revealed that Jeff DeWit was the new AZGOP chair, but this was outdated information. DeWit had actually resigned the day before, following a coup orchestrated by Kari Lake, the party’s likely candidate for Senate. The drama surrounding this change in leadership has been compared to reality TV.
Arizona is expected to play a critical role in the upcoming elections, with Caroline Wren, an adviser to Lake, stating that there’s no path to the White House that doesn’t run through Arizona. The state’s Senate seat could also be a deciding factor in whether Republicans can regain control.
Republican leaders were eager to field a Senate candidate with the best chance of winning, as the lesson from the midterms showed that Trump-backed candidates tend to lose. Kari Lake, a vocal supporter of Trump’s false claim about the 2020 election, was approached by DeWit with an offer to sit out the election cycle, but she ultimately decided to run.
Source from www.economist.com
