What do the Republican Parties in Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, and Minnesota have in common?

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Multiple state Republican Parties are ‘alarmingly’ short on money
What do the Republican Parties in Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, and Minnesota have in common? They're all noticeably short on cash at an inconvenient time.

July 25, 2023, 9:29 AM EDT
By Steve Benen

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By any fair measure, Arizona was a Republican stronghold for decades. In the half-century between 2018 and 1968, Arizonans only elected one Democratic U.S. senator, and between 1976 and 2016, there were 11 presidential elections, with the GOP ticket carrying the Grand Canyon State in 10 of them.

Those days have clearly passed. Both of Arizona’s U.S. senators are now part of the Democratic conference; the state now has a Democratic governor; and in 2020, President Joe Biden narrowly won Arizona’s 11 electoral votes.

With this in mind, The Messenger reported this week that the Arizona Republican Party “picked a bad time to run out of money.”

There are two competitive House seats on the line as Republicans are looking to defend their slim majority in the lower chamber next year. Not to mention, Arizona is going to be a major swing state in the 2024 presidential election. But the state GOP has just over $23,000 in cash on hand in its federal account, according to federal filings, and roughly $144,000 according to their Q2 state filing.

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