Last month, Republic reporter Daniel González authored a front page story attempting to link the passage of SB 1070 and Arizona Republican Party's ability to attract voters. According to Arizona Republican Party Chairman, the story was a blatant example of shoddy reporting, or worse yet, shows a willingness to supply the ink for Democrat distortions or flat out fabrications when it comes to illegal immigration.

"The reports of our demise has been greatly exaggerated," said Chairman Pullen. "The Arizona Secretary of State's numbers indicate that Republicans have out registered Democrats by more than 2-1 since April 19th. The Democrat Party's claim they were registering 500 Latino voters was either completely false or shows how out of touch with voters in Arizona they truly are. Unfortunately, the Republic choose to move forward with a story that was flawed from the start. While we all understand the Republic's stance on amnesty and illegal immigration, I am disappointed that they wouldn't observe the slightest hint of journalistic integrity."

On June 29th, Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett issued a press release announcing that Republicans added 7,852 voters bringing the total to 1,116,643 active, registered voters in Arizona. During that same period, Democrat registration climbed by only 3,879 to reach 1,005,665 registered voters. With 500 Latino registrations a week, that would leave only 879 other statewide registrations. A fact that has not yet been clarified or investigated in the Arizona Republic.

“Throughout the state, the Republican Party is experiencing a resurgence. Plus, a national Gallup poll indicates that Independent voters are trending Republican. Combined with the news that we just learned that for the first time ever, Republican voters outnumber Democrats in Graham County. In Pinal, Republicans are poised to surpass Democrats very soon. In Maricopa County, people are leaving the Democrat Party while the Republican Party is growing. With the hard work of our grassroots volunteers we are moving towards a fantastic election day where we will see the results of all our efforts."

"We've worked really hard here in Graham County to enroll people as Republicans," said Graham County Chairman John Rhodes. The credit really goes to our Precinct Committeemen, candidates and County leadership who have gone door-to-door to register our friends, neighbors and family. Arizonans are frustrated with Democrats inability to lead and make the tough decisions we so desperately need.  We are really excited to see our part of the state go from blue to red for the first time since statehood, and look forward to seeing more counties do the same!"