In a year where Democrats are trying to rebuild after losing the presidential race, Arizona's state party has been embroiled in internal disputes.

The dispute erupted when Branscomb accused the state’s most powerful Democrats of threatening him over whom to hire as the party's new executive director.

Arizona Democrats ousted their embattled chairman six months into a tumultuous tenure that prompted top elected officials and national fundraising committees to sideline the state party ahead of the midterms.

Democrats haven't won the Arizona Treasurer's Office in 60 years, but one candidate is making an aggressive push to break the losing streak. The big picture: Businessman Nick Mansour, the only Democrat in the race so far,

The estimated 700 members of the party's statewide committee are scheduled to meet on July 16 to decide whether to retain Chair Robert Branscomb II.

Arizona Democrats voted to oust their state party chair, Robert Branscomb II, during a special meeting Wednesday, a major rebuke that comes as the party has been embroiled in infighting. Arizona Democratic state committee members notched the two-thirds majority threshold needed to formally remove Branscomb during a tense meeting plagued by technical difficulties,

Members of the Arizona Democratic Party voted to oust Chair Robert Branscomb during a chaotic July 16 special meeting.

The next test of who Democratic voters want to see leading the party will take place Tuesday in southwest Arizona, where three leading candidates are offering competing visions in the primary to fill the late Rep.

PHOENIX (AP) — Adelita Grijalva won the Democratic primary Tuesday for a southern Arizona U.S. House seat long held by her father, the late U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, one of the most senior and progressive power brokers on Capitol Hill.