RSLC Statement: Republicans Hold Arizona State Legislature Despite National Democrats Spending $8.1 Million to Flip Both Chambers
RSLC Invested $452,000 to Keep Arizona’s Legislature Red
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans retained control of both their majorities in the state Legislature in Arizona, beating back $8.1 million in spending from national liberal groups.
“Despite national Democrat groups pouring unprecedented amounts of money into Arizona to try to flip the GOP-controlled Legislature, Republicans triumphed and held both chambers,” said RSLC President Dee Duncan. “For the past two years, Republican-controlled Phoenix has been a bulwark against Joe Biden’s failures by passing the largest tax cut in state history, implementing landmark school choice legislation, and taking matters into its own hands to secure the border. Arizonans affirmed that they could not be fooled by the national liberal money machine and want two more years of commonsense conservative policies. Congratulations to Arizona Republicans on a tremendous victory.”
National liberal groups like the States Project, Forward Majority, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, and others made clear their goal was to flip both chambers in Arizona’s state legislature from red to blue and spent big to do so. Their mammoth investments allowed Democrats to outspend Republicans 32:1 on television in state legislative races. Here is a breakdown of the traceable spending from national outside groups:
States Project: $5.5 million
Forward Majority: $1.5 million
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee: $205,061
Swing Left: $108,400
The RSLC combatted this onslaught of spending by investing $452,000 in targeted, data-driven spending in Arizona.
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