Old School vs. New School: The 2024 election will be a test

Is anyone really surprised that the AZGOP went with "old school" on this?

From AP -

Arizona Republicans pick former Trump official to lead party

Arizona Republicans on Saturday selected former state treasurer and 

Donald Trump aide Jeff DeWit to be the party’s next chairman, turning 

to a familiar face with relationships across the fractured party after 

its worst election in decades.

DeWit replaces firebrand Trump ally Kelli Ward, who helped the former 

president in his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss and was a vocal 

proponent of his false claim that the election results were fraudulent. 

She broke with precedent in last year’s primary, openly promoting a 

slate of election deniers who went on to lose the general election in 

November.

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Meanwhile, Arizona Democrats elected Yolanda Bejarano, a senior 

national official in the Communications Workers of America union, 

to be their party chair following the first contested election for 

Democratic chair in 12 years. Bejarano was backed by most of the 

state’s elected Democrats, but newly elected Gov. Katie Hobbs 

supported Steve Gallardo, the only Democrat on the Maricopa County 

Board of Supervisors.

I wish Bejarano well, in what can be an utterly rugged and thankless job, and that DeWit does as well as Ward in his chosen task.