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Trump carried Arizona in 2016 by 3.5%, and it was considered a vital battleground in this election. The state's bitterly competitive nature was attributed to the rapid growth of Maricopa County, a traditionally Republican stronghold that holds 61.6% of the state's population.
Karen Fann made an allegation, later amplified by Trump in a May 15 post on his blog, asserting that Maricopa County election officials deleted the voting database after the election. [109] [110] Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer, a Republican who oversees elections, tweeted that Trump's post was "unhinged", noting he was looking at the ...
Trump received more than 1.77 million votes, setting a new record for votes cast for any candidate in the history of statewide elections in Arizona. Trump reclaimed the largest county in the state, Maricopa, although it once again voted to the left of the state, a trend that started in 2016 and foreshadowed his 2020 loss of the state.
In 2016, Trump won the county by just a 3.4-point margin, and he hemorrhaged support four years later, losing the pivotal county even more narrowly to Biden in 2020.
The Republican Party’s latest effort to uncover fraud in the 2020 presidential election ended in another embarrassment, with a months-long controversial recount in Arizona’s largest county ...
Maricopa County's detailed debunking of the Senate's audit of the 2020 election will matter not a whit to Trump and his most ardent supporters.
On November 12, 2020, the Arizona Republican Party filed a lawsuit against Maricopa County Reporter Adrian Fontes, seeking an audit of votes in the county. [13] [14] [15] On November 19, the lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice and the Republican Party's request for an injunction against Maricopa County denied. [25]
A report issued by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in Maricopa County or irregularities associated with the 2020 election.