How stable are Arizona's political parties?

Being a swing state, Arizona's politics are watched with a
magnifying glass across the country. It's not just who wins –
though that is definitely what matters most – but it is smaller
things. Among the details that seem to move to the forefront is who
leads the major parties. This serves a temperature check for how
the parties are running and where they're trending. 2024 was a
pretty good year for Republicans in Arizona, as elsewhere.
President Donald Trump won the state and Republicans won in all
other races that were thought to be a toss-up. Unsurprisingly, that
left Democrats looking for changes in their state party leadership,
despite holding office in all of the major roles in the state. The
GOP stuck with a leader they didn’t initially select two years ago,
though she faced a challenge to keep her post. This week
on The Gaggle, a politics podcast by The Arizona Republic and
azcentral.com, hosts Ron Hansen and Mary Jo
Pitzl are joined by Kirk Adams and Sam Richard of Consilium
Consulting, a Phoenix-based firm that handles lobbying and
consulting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
megaphone.fm/adchoices