Rs view it as a power retention tool
From AP via Yahoo! -
Impeachments and forced removals from office emerge as partisan weapons in the states
Republicans in Wisconsin are threatening to impeach a recently elected state Supreme Court justice and raised the possibility of doing the same to the state’s election director.
A Georgia Republican called for impeaching the Fulton County prosecutor who brought racketeering charges against former President Donald Trump. Republicans in the Pennsylvania House have already impeached the top prosecutor in Philadelphia.
None of the targets met the bar traditionally set for impeachment — credible allegations of committing a crime while in office. Their offense: staking out positions legislative Republicans didn’t like.
To the best of my knowledge, only one Arizona elected official has been been impeached - then-Governor Evan Mecham.
Former Governor Fife Symington resigned upon conviction on multiple criminal charges before he could be impeached.
That's it, though I expect that would change if the Rs had a supermajority in the state senate.
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