Arizona Republican charged in election subversion case elected RNC committeeman

An Arizona state senator charged in the election subversion case in the state has been elected as its national committeeman for the Republican National Committee.

State Senator Jake Hoffman was indicted last week, facing allegations that he joined the effort to overturn President Joe Biden’s win in the state. Mr Biden became the first Democrat to win Arizona on the presidential level since President Bill Clinton in 1996.

Mr Hoffman was indicted on Wednesday alongside 17 others – including former Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and former New York Mayor and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. Mr Hoffman was elected to the national committee alongside former state Rep Liz Harris. She was expelled in connection to questioning Mr Biden’s 2020 victory in the state.

“I’m humbled and honored to have been elected as the next RNC National Committeeman for Arizona!” Mr Hoffman wrote on X on Saturday. “For the next 4 years I will work tirelessly to ensure that the RNC makes Arizona its #1 priority not only in 2024, but every year.”

Each state and territory sends a state chairman, a committeeman, and a committeewoman to the RNC, with each getting one vote at RNC meetings and for who will be the RNC chair.

RNC chair Ronna McDaniel recently left the post and she was replaced by election denier Michael Whatley, with former President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump being made co-chair.

On 5 January 2021, Mr Hoffman was set to be sworn in as a state representative a few days later. He sent a letter the day before the insurrection at the US Capitol to then-Vice President Mike Pence pushing him to delay the counting of the electors from Arizona.

“It is in this late hour, with urgency, that I respectfully ask that you