Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus recently visited Arizona and addressed a group of Republican officials, including Keith Alexander, Duane Rhodes, Rep. Brenda Barton and Sen. Gail Griffin.  At the conclusion of the private event, Chairman Priebus met with Alexander, Rhodes, and state chairman Tom Morrrissey.  They discussed the state of the party and general election victory plans.

Mitt Romney won the Republican presidential election in Graham County with 67.5% of the vote.  Rick Santorum was second with 19% of the vote. Each of the other 21 candidates received well under 10% of the vote. Statewide, Romney was also the winner, again followed by Santorum.

Graham County Vice-Chair Keith Alexander was interviewed live on Foxnews.com on Feb. 24.  The interview was later broadcast on Fox News Channel.  Keith discussed the Arizona Presidential Primary election with host Jonathan Hunt.  Click on the Fox News logo to view the interview.

(PHOENIX, AZ) – Arizona Republican Party Chairman Tom Morrissey announced today members of the Arizona Republican Party 2012 Get Out the Vote Committee. This committee’s exclusive and critical role is to ensure that Arizona voters turn out in mass to vote for Republicans at all levels of public office in the November General Election.
Serving as Chairman of the committee will be John Duane Rhodes. Mr. Rhodes currently serves as Chairman of the Graham County Republican Party and has a long and impressive resume of accomplishments in the Republican Party including the prestigious Senator Barry Goldwater Award.
Also serving as co-chairs on the committee are Pinal County Republican Chairman, Steven Kohut; Mohave County Republican 1st Vice-Chairman, Hildy Angius and former Pima County Republican 2nd Vice-Chairman, Stacey Collins. The committee may add more members as the election cycle continues.“We are excited to have some extremely dedicated members commit to this project,” said Chairman Tom Morrissey. “They will cover every corner of the state to make sure we maximize our get-out-the-vote efforts this election to elect Republicans and defeat Barack Obama,” he concluded.

(Apr 24) Senators Kyl and McCain both voted YES to prevent the National Labor Relations Board from implementing a policy to give unfair advantage to unions in organizing efforts.  Both senators were cosponsors of the bill.  It was defeated 54-45.
(Apr 19) Congressmen Gosar and Flake both voted YES on HR 9, which would provide a 20% tax reduction to businesses with under 500 employees.  It's passage is questionable in the senate, and the president likely will veto it if does get out of the senate.

(Apr 16) Senators Kyl and McCain both voted NO in SB 2059, commonly know as the Buffet Rule.  It would have imposed a new "millionaire" tax.  The bill died do to a failed cloture vote. 

(Apr 10) Reps. Barton, Crandell, Gowen, and Stevens all voted YES on HB2036.  Sens. Allen and Griffin previously voted for the bill, which the governor has signed into law. Upon effect, the law requires informed consent for an abortion, parental permission for a minor, prohibits abortion after 20 weeks, and raises the medical stands for women who do receive an abortion.

(Mar 22) Senators Kyl and McCain both voted YES on HR 3606. This bill would ease reporting and regulatory requirements for small businesses trying to raise capital in order to take the company public. Measure passed 73-26 and now goes to the house, which is also expect to pass it.

(Mar 22) Congressmen Gosar and Flake both voted YES on HR 5 to  eliminate the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) and cap damages in medical malpractice lawsuits. Measure passed 223-181, bit is not likely to be heard in the senate.

(Mar 8) Senators Kyl and McCain both voted YES to approve the Keystone Pipeline.  Amendment 1537 had 56 yes votes to 42 no, but fell four votes sort of overcoming a democratic filibuster.

(Mar 1) State Senators Allen and Griffin voted YES to allow the voters to eliminate the Independent Redistricting Commission and return that duty to the elected state legislature.  Senator Allen sponsored SCR 1035 which passed 21-9 and now goes to the house. 

(Mar 1) State Representatives Barton, Crandell, Gowen, Judd, and Stevens voted YES to give tax credits to businesses to offset the cost of government regulations, expand the state’s job training incentives, cut capital gains taxes and allow greater tax write-offs for operating losses.  HB 2815 passed 39-18 and now goes to the senate. 

(Feb 27) State Represetnatives Barton, Crandell, Gowen, Judd, and Stevens voted YES on SB 1126 to approve Secretary Bennett's proposal to place gun barrels from the USS Arizona and USS Missouri as a memorial on the grounds of the state capital.  Senators Allen and Griffin voted YES on the same measure on Feb. 2.  Governor Brewer has signed it into law.

(Feb 16) Congressmen Gosar and Flake both voted YES to triple off-shore oil production, authorize the Keystone XL pipeline, and open a small portion of ANWR to oil drilling.  HR 3408 passed 237-187 and now goes to the senate.

(Feb 8) Representatives Gosar and Flake both voted YES to ban members of congress from using insider information to purchase stocks (SB 2038). Measure passed 417-2. It no goes to a conference committee to reconcile with the senate-passed version.

(Feb 2) US Senators Kyl and McCain both voted YES to ban members of congress from using insider information to purchase stocks (SB 2038). Measure passed 96-3. Bill now goes to the House.

(Feb 2) US Senators Kyl and McCain both voted YES to ban earmarks (senate vote 8). The measure was defeated 59-40.

(Feb 8) US Senators Kyl and McCain both voted NO to amend the Constitution to enact congressional term limits (senate vote 11).  The measure was defeated 75-24.

(Jan 17) Congressmen Gosar and Flake both voted YES to cancel the US debt limit increase of $1.2 trillion (HJ Res. 98).  The measure passed 239-176.  It now goes to the senate, where it is expected that Sen. Reid will not allow a vote.

(Jan 11) State Senator Allen voted YES allow congressional candidates to gather nominating signatures from both their current district, as well as their new district tentatively created by the IRC (SB 1031). Motion passed 27-0.


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