The Arizona Republican Party (AZGOP) on Tuesday reported that it raised nearly $250,000 in the 30 days after Gina Swoboda’s election as the party’s new chair.
A post by the AZGOP to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, attributed the fundraising haul to Swoboda, writing that the party chair raised nearly a quarter of a million “in her first 30 days on the job.”
The party wrote, “2024 is the year we save America from the devastation Joe Biden [and] Democrats have caused.”
.@AZGOP Chairwoman @GinaSwoboda raised nearly a QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS in her first 30 days on the job.
— Republican Party of Arizona (@AZGOP) February 28, 2024
Arizonans are fired up!
Americans are fired up!
2024 is the year we save America from the devastation Joe Biden & Democrats have caused.
Keep the momentum! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/cjIH9lNjxd
Swoboda (pictured above) was elected to lead the party in a decisive victory following the sudden departure of former chair, Jeff DeWit, who abruptly resigned from his position after Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake leaked audio that appeared to reveal he offered her a bribe.
After the audio was released, Lake eventually confirmed she recorded the conversation with DeWit and decided to release it following a conversation with her daughter, who she stated was horrified by the proposal.
In the audio, DeWit told Lake that powerful interests from “Back East” sought to keep her out of the race. He explained they requested he relay an offer for Lake to receive a lucrative job that would allow her to continue expressing her political views without becoming a candidate. Lake repeatedly declined the offer.
Prior to DeWit’s resignation, he reportedly claimed to have stabilized the AZGOP’s finances after the party was gifted around $255,000 by the Protect the House 2024 PAC, which was created by former U.S. Representative Kevin McCarthy when he served as Speaker of the House.
Since Swoboda was elected to lead the AZGOP in January, she has pledged to launch legal action to advance election integrity before voters head to the polls.
“I need to litigate, we need to litigate, we need to protect ourselves from lawfare – that’s how they weakened the system in 2020 and we didn’t see them coming,” said Swoboda during a late January appearance on War Room with Steve Bannon.
Swoboda elaborated on her legal strategy for the upcoming elections during an early February appearance on The Afternoon Addiction with Garret Lewis.
