Arizona GOP keeps Trump ally as chair

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Arizona’s two major political parties have signaled their moves away from their more moderate constituents, setting the stage for a contentious 2022 election cycle.

On Saturday, Arizona’s Republican Party narrowly re-elected Chairwoman Kelli Ward to lead them. Ward, a staunch Trump ally, had been pressured by others in the party to step down over her “egregious distortions of the truth” and inability to win statewide races.

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