State Committeemen throughout the state have now received 2 emails from a “Mary Ann Mendoza” (see an excerpt of the email below). But who is Mary Ann, how did she get the State Committeemen email list, and is she affiliated with Turning Point?
TP Action employees led by COO Tyler Bowyer now appear to be running a coordinated smear campaign against AZGOP Chair Gina Swoboda. Below is screenshot evidence which is only a SMALL SAMPLE. AI defines this tactic as “swarms of nano-influencers”. This TPAction tactic seems similar to one deployed by liberals spreading propaganda, read this article “Evidence reveals Harris campaign paying young social media influencers for pro-Harris content” from the Conservative Institute.
When asked for comment AZGOP Chair Gina Swoboda had this to say:“The Republican Party of Arizona is not for sale. Not to PACs, not to consultants, not to anyone, no matter how well intentioned, including Turning Point. Our party belongs to the State Committeemen who are elected by our PCs. This is a bottom up organization led by our grassroots and it will remain that way as long as I’m in the chair.”
Other request for comment was not immediately returned.
This came after Gina Swoboda responded by email to allegations from Mary Ann Mendoza promoting Cory McGarr for Chair:
“Fellow State Committeemen, I had hoped to run a positive campaign centered around our success in electing President Trump and winning Republican races up and down the ticket, but an email from my opponent Cory McGarr that many of you have received has forced me to respond. In that email, Cory McGarr enlisted a fellow failed candidate Mary Ann Mendoza to do his bidding and attack me. That’s unfortunate but not surprising. Here are the facts. In order to give our Republican candidates the best shot at winning their races against the onslaught of out of state Democrat money trying to buy control of the legislature, the party set up a coordinated campaign where Republican candidates could send mail out in coordination with the state party to save precious resources. Under this program, each of the candidates’ consultants – including Mr McGarr’s and Ms. Mendoza’s consultants – were hired by the party to produce the mail for their candidates. The state party did not produce the mail. As part of this arrangement, we implemented two rules. The first, was that the campaigns or their agents would produce the mail on behalf of the party subject to our approval. Second, we would approve the mail provided the mail did NOT attack another Republican candidate by name, and the mail did not attack Republican principles.
What Mr. McGarr and Ms Mendoza are referring to is a mailer sent out by her fellow Republican house candidate asking voters to vote for only one candidate. This is called single-shotting, and while I don’t personally think it is the best strategy, we had made an agreement with all the candidates – including Ms Mendoza who also did multiple pieces of mail under this program – to allow each candidate the freedom to control their own message. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARIZONA had nothing to do with the writing or designing of the mail piece Mr McGarr and Ms Mendoza are complaining about. NOTHING! Ms. Mendoza’s lies are particularly ironic because it was her and Mr. McGarr’s allies at Turning Point who were actually telling Republicans to vote for only one Republican candidate in that race, not the state party. As for Mr. McGarr sending out this specious attack, I would expect nothing less from him given his record. Sadly for Republicans, Mr. McGarr was the only Republican incumbent legislator to lose to the Democrats last year. Now, I know campaigns are hard, but Mr. McGarr lost in a district where EVERY OTHER REPUBLICAN won. That’s doesn’t speak well of Mr. McGarr’s ability to run a campaign or lead our state party to victory against the Democrats. I had hoped that Mr. McGarr and his allies at Turning Point – who are running his campaign – would not resort to lies and attacks, but it appears that hope was misplaced. As for the other unfortunate claims from Ms. Mendoza and Mr. McGarr, here’s the bottom line. No one who has EVER worked for John McCain or a McCain aligned group has or is working or consulting for our party. That’s a lie by Mr. McGarr and Ms Mendoza plain and simple.
It’s also worth noting that like you, I am from the grassroots and that’s why I am President Trump’s choice for lead our party. I was reluctant to allow candidates for party chair – including myself – to have access to the state committee email list. But in the interest of fairness, Mr. McGarr was provided your email and contact information yesterday, and now we see what he and Turning Point apparently plan to do with it. Mr. McGarr and his bosses at Turning Point are free to run the campaign they see fit, but it’s troubling and disturbing that they have taken the list of State Committee members and used it to disseminate false claims. As many of you know, as your Chairwoman, I’ve always played it straight with you, and I will continue to do so. We see enough lies from the Democrats, and the last thing we need is a Democrat-style campaign of lies from Mr. Mcgarr. My top priorities as your chairwoman are simple. Help Republicans defeat the Democrats and always stand up for our party. That’s what we did in 2024, and that’s what I intend to do as your chairwoman in 2026.
I would be honored to have your support and vote next Saturday in the election for Chair of the Republican Party of Arizona. For Freedom and Liberty, GINA SWOBODA”
State Committeemen, please vote for Brian Ference for AZGOP CD1 Member at Large! Below is a video filmed January 14, 2025 in Legislative District 3 of the AZGOP Chairman Candidates answering questions asked by moderator and 2nd Vice Chair Brian Ference.
Video January 14, 2025 LD3 AZGOP Chairman Candidates QA Brian Ference Moderating
The AZGOP has again squashed any discussion on limiting proxies or a bylaw amendment vote on them for the 3rd consecutive time in nearly 6 years. Proxy fraud has been well documented in recent years, and is the method the John McCain faction has controlled the Republican Party for the last 13 years. 2 years ago the AZGOP prevented a vote on ANY bylaws amendments, after Chairman Jeff Dewit gave improper notice of the bylaw amendments. A bylaw amendment limiting proxies to 1 per person from the current 3 per person was to be voted on that Statutory Meeting. Instead, no discussion or vote was held. At the prior statutory meeting, a similar amendment submitted correctly and per procedure mysteriously disappeared and was never captured in any meeting minutes and was omitted from all reports by the AZGOP Bylaws Chair. This year the AZGOP Bylaws Committee has again squashed the proxy bylaw amendment from being discussed or voted upon by State Committeemen, and the AZGOP Bylaws do not allow any provision for bringing a Bylaw Amendment from the floor as it does with Resolutions.
For this reason, I am pleased to announce my candidacy for AZGOP CD1 Member at Large. Exposing this type of corruption and the need for improved Bylaws patterned after the Republican Party of Texas are the platform I will be running on. There are 3 open seats for CD1 MAL and I ask that you vote Brian Ference for the first one.
About Brian Ference:
Served 2 year term as Maricopa County Member at Large
Current LD3 2nd Vice Chair
Precinct Captain
Multiple County and LD Bylaws Committees Expertise
Knowledgeable of Roberts Rules of Order and Statute
LD3, The largest Legislative District in Arizona, censured Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at a recent meeting, demanding his resignation as Speaker of the House, and calling for all House Representatives to vacate the chair.
UPDATE:President Trump weighs in on the disastrous CR saying “Any Republican that would be so stupid as to do this should, and will, be Primaried.”
Speaker Johnson is under fire from several Republican Representatives for his support of the current CR. Critics point out that the CR is full of “pork” and includes funding for pandemic “Disease X” and expands the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness and Response Act including “allows for vaccine and mask mandates, vaccine passports, intentional emergency powers, gain of function research…”, gives automatic raises to Congressmen, allegedly allows quashing of any subpoenas, a one year extension on the State Department’s Global Engagement Center which reportedly has funded speech suppression efforts and is currently being sued by the Federalist and Daily Wire, and holds hostage needed disaster relief funding.
Senator Rand Paul said “I had hoped to see Speaker Johnson grow a spine, but this bill full of pork shows he is a weak, weak man. The debt will continue to grow. Ultimately the dollar will fail. Democrats are clueless and Big Gov Republicans are complicit. A sad day for America.”
Representative Thomas Massie said “People call me ‘NostraThomas’ for accurately predicting Speaker Johnson would use the Christmas recess to force a massive spending bill through Congress. After claiming he would not, Johnson is embracing a D.C. tradition that’s nearly as old as decorating Christmas trees.”
Representative Jim Banks said “This CR funds the censorship of conservative speech for the entire first year of the Trump administration. Unacceptable!”
Candace Czarny is again spamming LD3 PCs and illegally using the LD3 name in violation of the judges order. Her pattern of filing false lawsuits and challenges is clear. In her latest email, Czarny criticizes the decisive and landslide victory in which new LD3 Chairman Stuart Scurti defeated her pick for chairman by over 39 points in the first round of the election run by third party LD12 Chairman Greg Dutton with assistance from MCRC. Czarny claims “Many are saying it was an absolute failure, so much so that the following timely election challenge has been filed by numerous PCs…”
But what she doesn’t tell you is that SHE personally filed the election challenge along with her board member Carrie Cox. The signed challenge pages reveal the truth:
Her further claims and points of her challenge are all false: “There were reports that ballots were removed from ballot boxes during counting, multiple ballot pages were not reconcilable, during hand counting ballot boxes opened and ballots were manipulated without observers, and MCRC 1st Vice-Chair Shelby Busch prepared the master tally without observers.”
Response to Points in Czarny Challenge:
Point #1: “Violations of PC Voting Rights and Timely Notice.”
All elected PCs as of Oct. 1st, 2024 were permitted to vote in the statutory election held on November 19th 2024. The call letter for the LD3 statutory election was sent via email or USPS to all elected PCs 10 days prior to the meeting in accordance with the governing statutes and bylaws.
Point #2: “Violation of ARS 16-823 (H) Failure to issue Physical Call letter to PCs who did not give MCRC Authority to communicate by email.”
All elected PCs as of Oct. 1st, 2024 were given notice of the district statutory meeting by email or by USPS if no email was provided. See the below photo evidence of physical letters prior to mailing:
Point #3: “Violation of the right to observe the tallying of votes”
Candidates were permitted to observe the tallying of the votes on November 19th. Candidates were also present at the tallying of votes on November 23rd.
Point #4: “Failure to implement a secure voting process” and Point # 5: “Vote collection process violated chain of custody”
The voting process was secure. There is no bylaw prohibition on ballots being printed on site. The ballots were printed on 2 pages and given a ballot number. The ballot number was printed on the first page, however, all voters were instructed to write their ballot number on the bottom of the second page when the error was discovered. A minimal # of ballots had the second page without a ballot number, but all ballots were verified as matching at the tally. There is no evidence of any over votes or any ballots discarded due to over votes (this is being confirmed).
Ballots were well sealed and protected. See the below images:
Point #6: “Chain of custody violated – No observers on the opening of the ballot boxes”
Observers were absolutely present. Four were present to open the ballot boxes and every pair was personally reviewed and cleanly matched. At the November 23rd tally of the State Committee votes the sealed ballot bins were presented and all present were able to see that the seal was intact and had the correct #. Nothing regarding the tallying was done without observers.
Point #7: “Violation of Credential and Tally Committee”
There is no bylaw prohibition on having other entities participate in the counting of ballots. It was prudent to enlist the help of MCRC especially given then large number of State Committee ballots.
Point # 8: “Violation of observers for the master tally”
Observers were permitted and present at the vote tallying process. All ballots were individually checked and confirmed to match at tally
See the below statement from Greg Dutton:
“When it was brought to my attention the State Committeeman ballots did not have Page 2 printed on the back, we immediately went to the ballot box where both Patty P and Carol A were observers and had already started giving word to every person to write the ballot number on the second page. Every one already had been submitted was entered together. It turned out during hand counting to be around 30 ballots. I personally secured the bins. They never left my sight, secured in my office, all seals fully intact inside and out, delivered. I was there when we opened the bins. I spoke about ALL of the above before we opened the bins. I called for questions and there was none.”
This is nothing more than more sour grapes in a pattern of false challenges and lawsuits.
We can stop these fraudulent harassing emails if all immediately do every step below:
1. Report Candaces email as spam in your email system
Hello, i request you immediately freeze, investigate, and close the constant contact account sending from admin@azld3gop.org. It is in violation of a judges order: https://drive.proton.me/urls/0C3QDNXSV8#SBg8vNL5FXWj committing fraud, spamming hundreds, and in violation of the canned spam act as she is not a political organization but an LLC. The former Chair Candace Czarny was removed and replaced and is now illegally abusing the email list which she no longer has any permission or right to use. https://maricopagop.org/press-release-congratulations-to-the-new-ld3-board-members/ shows the County recognized election. There has since been another new election with an entirely new board elected: https://www.gopld3.org/newsroom Please immediately freeze her account and delete all emails or I will be forced to file multiple complaints with state and federal authorities including the Arizona Attorney General and pursue litigation against Constant Contact.
3. Report BOTH Constant Contact AND Candace as committing fraud using always the top option on this FTC form
(pick the first option in all cases) https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/
In an email dated November 14, 2024, Candace Czarny finally admitted defeat after 2 years of fraudulently claiming she was the “Official LD3 Chair”, committing campaign finance fraud raising tens of thousands of dollars while impersonating a political party, engaging in multiple frivolous lawsuits against Republicans costing the party over $70,000, committing fraud in creating an LLC stealing the LD3 Party name, relentlessly spamming hundreds of precinct committeemen weekly with propaganda and lies, and defaming dozens of MAGA Republicans and the Maricopa County Republican Committee in statewide communications campaigns. She states simply “The judge’s ruling is in, and unfortunately, the case was not made to convince the judge of our official capacity to represent the precinct committeemen.” and she cancels her fake election meeting saying “Pursuant to the Judges Ruling, the meeting scheduled for November 18th has been cancelled.”
Will this Democrat agent who has created nothing but chaos and division apologize? Will she return all the money she stole? Will she repay the $70,000 in legal fees? Will she be sued for $300,000 in defamation?
I have written before about the new Candace Czarny slate of Doug Drake, Janet Mohr, Tom Walsh, Liz Palmer, and Jack Swonson splitting the Republican Ticket of Cave Creek and Deer Valley School Boards by promoting 5 Republicans for 3 seats on their fake club Golden Ticket. That disastrous strategy was confirmed and instead of 3 Republicans in each school district easily winning the seats in two different school boards, 2 of the 3 seats in Cave Creek and 1 of the 3 seats in Deer Valley were won by liberal democrats who will continue to promote LGBTQ, trans bathrooms, DEI, and SEL among other democrat policies.
Cave Creek School Board Candidate Cody Reim had this to say about the vote-splitting: “I entered a race to gain a seat on the Cave Creek School Board. CCUSD has been in decline for at least the previous 4 years since the current board assumed office. Since 2020 there has been an almost 30% decline in student population. I made the choice to run on a slate with two fellow Republicans and amazing Patriots, Sheri Lopez & Stacey Goodman. The official LD3 leadership made the choice to endorse us three and place us on the LD3 Golden Ticket, We also were endorsed and placed on the AZ GOP Golden Ticket. Although we received tremendous support from many Republicans and the LD leadership, our race was negatively impacted by Candace Czarney’s LLC that is posing as LD3. Candace Czarney and her LLC made the choice to recommend 5 people for our race which only had 3 positions available. This caused a massive split in the Republican vote for us and the vote was split to two other candidates (one of which is an incumbent) not only did it cause our slate to not have a single one of us be elected, it caused the two most far left incumbents to be reelected. It is very disappointing and disheartening as a Young Republican, and first time running for an office, that a fellow “Republican” group would throw such an important race in our LD. I would hope that by the Mid-Terms in 2026 these underhanded actions can be ended and close races such as school board races can have some level of understanding that they will be supported by Republicans and PCs within our LD.”
This tragedy for our children lies directly at the feet of the new Candace Czarny slate of Doug Drake, Janet Mohr, Tom Walsh, Liz Palmer, and Jack Swonson. See their slate card below. Now Czarny has sent a fake election call letter for November 18th in Fountain Hills.
Several Candace Czarny Board Candidates are running for positions in LD3:
Doug Drake
Tom Walsh
Janet Mohr
Liz Palmer
Aside from donating to her fake club, whose members literally endorse Democrats and are helping to subvert and undermine the Republican Party like the most effective Democrat spies of all time, whileengaging in repeated lawfare against true Republicans they also distribute fake Golden Tickets counter to the real LD3 Golden ticket which will split the vote and guarantee democrat school board members win. In the below photo, Doug Drake with name badge can clearly be seen distributing Czarny’s voter guide while claiming they are “LD3 GOP Voter Guides”.
The Real LD3 Golden Ticket DOES NOT split the vote and lists only three grass-roots Republican candidates for school board:
Their website and mailing list owner Rich Rutkowski is a Fountain Hills School Board Member and per https://www.fountainhillsrich.com/ “he has voted for every single spending item that has been presented by the superintendent and the board President. So, while Rich claims to be conservative, has sided every single time with the leftist members on spending and has been a rubber stamp for each and every reckless spending item. While schools are failing, losing enrollment, and needing to reign in budgets, he spends like a drunken frat boy on spring break.”
Czarny also lists Drake, Walsh, Mohr, and Parmer in her email newsletter as her “Electioneering Captains”:
In an article in Fountain Hills Times Independent dated October 1, 2024, Brenda Kalivianakis says ” It is my honor to serve the people of Fountain Hills as both a council member and as vice mayor. Many constituents have asked who I think is the best candidate for mayor. As a lifelong conservative, RNC election attorney and a Republican statewide and precinct committee member, I have always voted Republican. But as a council member elected to a nonpartisan office, it’s my duty to put party affiliation aside and vote for the best interests of the town, its businesses and all our citizens. For the past two years, I have worked with both mayoral candidates. In my opinion, the best-qualified is our incumbent mayor, Ginny Dickey.”
Brenda is was allegedly born a man John Kalivianakis and is now a Trans “woman”.
In the below video, Legislative District 3 Precinct Committeeman Brenda can be seen in the front row of a club meeting held by Candace Czary. Though somewhat blurred, Brenda is still clearly identifiable in the front row of Czarny’s private club meeting. Czarny has come under fire for impersonating an elected official, falsely claiming she is the “Official LD3 Chair” and engaging in campaign finance violations fundraising while impersonating a political party committee. Czarny is not recognized by either the State GOP, County GOP, and was forcibly removed from the County meeting by Police. Czarny has been suspended as a precinct committeeman for 2 years and none of her state delegates were accepted at the recent AZGOP State delegate meeting.
Brenda Kalivianakis Seen Front Row Right in Candace Czarny Meeting Impersonating LD3 Chair
The fake club whose members endorse Democrats is also supported by Arizona House of Representatives member Joseph Chaplik who is one of their largest donors. This raises questions if Joseph Chaplik himself is committing any campaign finance violations or other ethical violations.
