17-07-2025
Arizona Dems oust their party chair
The chair, Eric Branscomb II, had been embroiled in intraparty drama.
Attendees wait for election results during the Arizona Democratic Party's watch party at the Hilton Phoenix Resort on Nov. 5, 2024. | Rebecca Noble/AFP via Getty Images
By Andrew Howard
07/17/2025 10:57 AM EDT
Arizona Democrats voted late Wednesday to boot their embattled party chair, Robert E. Branscomb II, ending a brief tenure that was defined by infighting. Statewide officials had already redirected their campaign efforts through a county party amid the squabbling.
The party voted 476-56 after hours of delays, clearing the required two-thirds threshold by eight votes.
Branscomb defended himself until the very end, telling attendees on the call that the effort to remove him was 'rooted in misrepresentation, divisive tactics and does not reflect our democratic values.'
