"Arizona GOP Leadership Shake-Up: Scandal, Resignations, and Trump's Influence"

Arizona Republicans elected Gina Swoboda, a hard-right Trump supporter, as the new party chair following the resignation of Jeff DeWit after a scandal involving a leaked recording suggesting a bribe to Kari Lake. Swoboda, endorsed by Trump, won the majority of votes at the party's annual meeting, tightening the grip of far-right Trump supporters on the state party hierarchy. The scandal involved a leaked recording in which DeWit appeared to offer money or a comfortable job to Lake in exchange for sitting out the U.S. Senate contest, leading to his resignation.