It was a great honor to have former AZGOP Treasurer Sheila Muehling on my show. Sheila has a wealth of experience and knowledge about the party’s recent history and its finances.
We discussed three major mistakes that have been made in the last 18 months that have drained the party of much-needed funds:
The Bus: a bus was rented and wrapped with graphics to promote Kari Lake, Abe Homadeh, and Blake Masters and a production company hired to document the final three days of the election. This cost over $200,000 with little tangible benefit to the party or the candidates.
A lavish election night party costing nearly $400,000 paid for an planned for weeks, expecting a victory that didn’t come.
An office condo was purchased for nearly $2M with very poor transparency and documentation of expenses from current AZGOP Treasurer Elijah Norton.
To see the state financial reports for AZGOP, use this link. Click here to see the FEC reports.
Below are the only three payments from AZGOP to Arizona Freedom Center, LLC, which owns the building. There are no known reports detailing how these funds were distributed.
This is Elijah Norton’s campaign ad when he ran for state treasurer:
We discussed a conversation within the AZGOP leadership team about the finances leading up to the bus tour and party:
If you appreciate this reporting, please support my work by becoming a paid subscriber. You’ll receive an exclusive weekly podcast with my most recent research and updates, and you’ll be helping to support independent journalism. Thank you!
Former AZGOP Treasurer Sheila Muehling