Arizona Democrats vote to oust state party chair amid infighting

Arizona Democrats voted to oust their state party chair, Robert Branscomb II, during a special meeting on Wednesday, a major rebuke that comes as the party has been embroiled in infighting.

Arizona Democratic state committee members notched the two-thirds majority threshold needed in order to formally remove Branscomb during a tense meeting plagued by technical difficulties, according to local media reports.

Dissent over Branscomb and his leadership of the party had been bubbling...