Gina Swoboda Wins Election To Arizona Republican Party Chair In Decisive Victory

The Arizona Republican Party (AZGOP) voted over the weekend to elect Gina Swoboda to be its next chair following the abrupt resignation of Jeff DeWit. Out of 1,600 votes cast, sources told The Arizona Sun Times that Swoboda won over 1,000 votes and her nearest opponent, Arizona Corporation Commissioner Jim O’Connor, won slightly more than 400.

Swoboda, formerly the party’s 3rd vice chair, won the election at the annual AZGOP Mandatory Meeting of the State Committee at the Dream City Church in Phoenix on Saturday and will lead the party ahead of the November elections.

With the event closed to the media, Swoboda’s victory was confirmed on social media after Swoboda won on the first ballot by a margin a decisive victory.