The Maricopa County Republican Committee (MCRC) is holding its biannual election for the board in January, and two slates of candidates have declared their candidacies for the five slots. One slate has labeled itself “America First,” while another is calling itself “Arizona First.”
The America First slate, which is also going by #TeamTruth and emphasizing election integrity, consists of Craig Berland for chair, Shelby Busch for 1st vice chair, Jeff Greenspan for 2nd vice chair, Diana Jones for secretary, and Lawrence Hudson for treasurer. The slate promises, “We promise to put the GOP clearly on the side of True Reform of Arizona Election Laws: mail-ins limited to true absentees, and precinct hand counts. Empower PCs to make the party grassroots, not top down.”
Berland is an engineer and pilot who serves as a member at large on the board and sergeant of arms for Legislative District (LD) 12. Busch leads We the People AZ, is chair of LD 22, and is a leader in the election integrity movement. He also serves as state director of the America Project for Patrick Byrne and retired General Michael Flynn. Greenspan served previously on the board until he said he was forced out from being a precinct committeeman (PC) by McCain-aligned Republicans. Jones serves as secretary/treasurer of LD 22.
Hudson is a PC who spent his career on Wall Street and is a database expert. He drafted a censure of MCRC Chair Mickie Niland that passed 95-5 for “apparent bias against election integrity.” A source told The Arizona Sun Times that Niland continued to block election integrity efforts by ignoring complaints from observers during the 2022 midterm election.
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