The Arizona Republican Party once again finds itself embroiled in scandal and change, with its chairman resigning on Wednesday under strange circumstances. With a pivotal Senate race and presidential election on the line, the state’s GOP has the chance to help shape the future of the country, but it will have to decide which direction it wants to take in order to do so.

Since the 2020 election, the spotlight has been on Arizona as a center of debunked GOP voter fraud theories. The former Republican chairwoman during that election was targeted by her own party following losses, with many calling for her resignation. Two years later, Republican voting officials in the 2022 midterm elections were charged after they refused to certify election results. And on top of that, to this day, the GOP gubernatorial candidate will not concede her midterm loss.