We are very pleased to have Jim O’Connor as our Guest Speaker at our Grassroots Tea party Activists meeting this Wednesday, May 10 2017.  Jim is a strong Conservative, very knowledgeable in all aspects of what is needed to have a good strong Republican party and Legislative District 23 being the Former chair.  He ran as a Conservative Candidate for Arizona State Chair in this 2017 year and lost by a very small margin.

Jim’s been active in Republican politics for the past 10 years; served two-year terms as a Member at Large for CD 5 and CD 6; was elected Chairman of LD 23 Nov 2014, and serves on the Executive Guidance Council of the Maricopa County Republican Committee.  Jim spearheaded the effort to renounce the National Popular Vote Compact legislation, which moved through the Arizona State House. He built a team to educate legislators and PCs statewide about the failings of this foolish idea. The compact, if passed, would subvert the will of the people of Arizona, by mandating that electoral votes go to the winner of the national popular vote, even if it differs from the actual Arizona result.

The most salient example of O’Connor’s effectiveness in building the party and motivating volunteers was his success in working with his district’s Precinct Captains and Area Directors to appoint 135 new Precinct Committeemen in LD 23.

Jim is 2nd Vice President of AzRa (Arizona Republican Assembly) being involved since its inception in 2014.  He is currently acting State Director of AzRa and running for the office at the Election here in May.

Just as a recap of Jim’s qualities

– extremely active & committed to AZGOP political action since 2006.
– taken & completed all 5 levels of training from the Center for Self Governance.
– is an opponent of the NPVC (National Popular Vote Compact).
– Jim is described by many as a ‘Citizen Patriot’ because of his belief in the standards around which we must unite are both the Founding Documents and 2016 Republican Party Platform.

He will present a well informed and fun discussion of his candidacy for AzRa, what AzRa is and it’s importance in the Republican party, and his views on what is currently going on in Arizona and the Country and what we can expect from him as the Az State Director of AzRa.

join is this Wednesday, May 10, at Denny’s Restaurant Meeting room at 9030 N. Black Canyon Highway, I-17/Dunlap/Access Road.  Door opens 6 pm with meeting starting at 6:30 pm.

look forward to seeing you there.