By Daniel Stefanski |

The Republican Party of Arizona is raking in the financial dough.

Earlier this week, the AZGOP announced that it had raised $1.37 million over the past 13 weeks.

The “X” account for the Party thanked donors for their “incredible support” and assured readers that “we’re well on our way to victory in 2024!”

The AZGOP’s fundraising haul is especially notable since its chair, Gina Swoboda, has only been in her position since late January, when she assumed the role in a special election.

Swoboda and company will have to keep fundraising through the election to play both offense and defense in a very critical swing state. The Republican Party will be attempting to capture Arizona’s eleven Electoral College votes for former President Donald J. Trump in his rematch against President Joseph R. Biden, after the 46th President won the state in 2020 by an extremely narrow margin.

Republicans are also trying to hold on to a slim majority in both chambers of the Arizona Legislature. Should Democrats flip both the Arizona House and Senate, Democrat Governor Katie Hobbs would likely have free rein to sign any progressive bills that would be passed by her same-party legislature. Such a power sharing arrangement would allow Arizona Democrats to remake the state into the realities of many of their policy dreams.

The Republican Party of Arizona figures also to be active in some of the ballot initiatives that are likely to appear on the November General Election ballot, including abortion, an election system overhaul, border security, and potentially others.

Daniel Stefanski is a reporter for AZ Free News. You can send him news tips using this link.