The Maricopa County GOP has failed in its last-minute bid to persuade the Arizona Republican Party to hold its own presidential preference election—similar to a primary—and will instead take part in a joint taxpayer-funded Democrat and Republican preference election in March 2024.
The Maricopa County Republican Committee (MCRC) tried to convince Arizona Republican Party (AZGOP) chairman Jeff DeWit to withdraw the AZGOP from the government-run 2024 presidential preference election and instead hold its own statewide election for the GOP presidential nominee.
