Worries Arpaio would lose Sinema
By Dan Nowicki The Republic
A draft Arizona Republican Party resolution would heap praise on former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s long career in law enforcement and GOP politics and then gently nudge him to exit this year’s U.S. Senate race.
A few days ahead of the state GOP’s annual mandatory meeting in Phoenix, Arpaio vowed to stay put in the Aug. 28 Republican primary, where he would face U.S. Rep. Martha McSally of Tucson and former state Sen. Kelli Ward of Lake Havasu City.
Ward’s campaign, which likely would benefit most from Arpaio dropping out, said it did not support and had nothing to do with the resolution language, which The Arizona Republic obtained this week.
