Rob Haney

Arizona Right to Life Political Action Committee Chairman, David Roney, has set the record straight on the Maricopa County Republican Chairmen candidates on his Lighthouse Blog.

In an earlier Sonoran Alliance post, conservative pro-life grassroots activist Haney was endorsed by the PAC. The original post did not mention any candidate survey but Roney cites responses of both Rob Haney and Jerry Brooks in his extensive post:

Question 1. Do you support the complete reversal of the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton decisions, thereby allowing the Arizona State Legislature and the U.S. Congress to once again protect unborn children to the degree they deem appropriate?  Haney: YES; Brooks: NO

Question 9.

LIghthouse Blog reports, “Mr. Haney simply is stronger on the pro-life issues that matter to our organization,” said David Roney, AZRTL PAC Chairman. Jerry Brooks is the other candidate running for GOP county chair, and is known for being a big McCain supporter. It is unknown what his views are on prolife issues. 

Former Legislative District 11 Republican Chairman Rob Haney is auto-dialing for support in his race to lead the Maricopa County Republican Party. After announcing Saturday that he is seeking to lead the largest of Arizona's county parties, his drive to secure the position is already underway.

"We're calling every PC [precinct committeeman] we identify" as potential supporters, Haney told PolitickerAZ.com. "We're not going to be sending them to Wes Gullett or any of those people. Only to people we consider conservative Republicans."

He was referring to the former U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Phoenix) advisor and political operative, who is one of the people Haney identifies as among the culprits of steering the Republican Party off course.

Haney expects to face Jerry Brooks, the former mayor of Chandler and someone Haney calls a "McCain guy."

"It's going to be the same type of battle as LD11," said Haney.

Rob Haney is out and Steve Tully is in as chairman of the Legislative District 11 Republican Committee, after a tempestuous meeting Tuesday night that saw passions flare and intra-party division on display.

Prominent figures in the Arizona Republican Party, past and present, turned up alongside LD11 precinct committeemen and curious rank-and-file Republicans from outside the district for a meeting that promised to be memorable and did not disappoint. Among those on hand Tuesday night were former Gov. Jane Hull, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne, former legislator and Arizona Corporation Commissioner Barry Wong, a number of sitting and former state legislators and U.S. Rep. John Shadegg (R-Phoenix). Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell was there with ballot counting machines from the county to handle the votes.

Seen as more than a vote on the 11th district's leadership, the meeting was in spirit and actuality a battle between competing ideologies within the Republican Party as a whole. One Republican activist from outside the district who showed up to witness the proceedings told PolitickerAZ.com, "I came to see the bloodbath."