Arizona GOP members want audit of Kelli Ward s reelection as party chair by Cole Lauterbach, The Center Square | January 29, 2021 01:00 PM Print this article
Members of Arizona’s GOP are asking newly reelected chairwoman Dr. Kelli Ward for a recount of their Jan. 23 elections.
Dr. Ward’s opponent, Tucson businessman Sergio Arellano, has formally requested a recount of votes from the annual GOP State Meeting held in Mesa on Saturday.
Questions arose when one of the party’s at-large committee seats from the 8th Congressional District, originally awarded to former Maricopa County Superintendent Sandra Dowling, went to her opponent.
Arellano doesn’t think that Ward’s win – she bested him by 42 votes in a runoff – would be overturned in a recount. Rather, he wants the party to set a good example of transparency.