Chairman, Jeff DeWit
Biography
Jeffrey J. DeWit is a successful businessman, loving husband, devoted father to his three daughters, and Constitutional Conservative who decided to give back to his state by serving as the elected State Treasurer of Arizona. Most recently, Jeff was elected as the new Chairman of the Republican Party of Arizona on January 28th, 2023.
Jeff is a long-time Arizona Republican Precinct Committeeman and State Committeeman and has often volunteered his time supporting Republican candidates by walking door-to-door, gathering signatures, and raising money. In 2016, he became the Chairman of the Donald J. Trump for President campaign in Arizona before becoming Chief Operations Officer (COO) & Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Trump Campaign nationally. In 2020, Jeff returned as COO of the Trump re-election campaign.
Prior to that, Jeff served as the elected State Treasurer of Arizona as part of the Republican slate that swept all six statewide offices in the 2014 election cycle, the last time such a feat was accomplished. On December 1st, 2017, Jeff was nominated by President Donald J. Trump to serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). On April 3rd, 2018, he took office as one of the few Trump appointees to be confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate for their appointment. Since being back in Arizona, Jeff has been the CEO of Superfeed Technologies, Inc., a growing firm which has helped counter leftist censorship by building direct to consumer news feeds and apps for Conservative candidates, news outlets, and organizations.
Jeff worked full-time while in college earning a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern California in Business Administration, with emphasis in Finance and Marketing. He also has an MBA from the University of Arizona, and a degree in Business and Accounting from Saddleback College. At the age of 19, Jeff was hired by Shearson Lehman Brothers (now Smith Barney), and at the age of 20 became their youngest Stockbroker by obtaining a Series 7 license. By the age of 23, Jeff became one of the youngest Full Members of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) working as a market maker in the Eurodollar trading pit. At 24, he became registered as a Full Member of the Chicago Board of Trade, trading in the Soybean pit and selected as one of the initial market makers for the Dow Jones Futures pit upon its inception.
In 1999, Jeff founded ECHOtrade as a destination for other market-makers looking to utilize computerized trading. ECHOtrade was one of the first trading firms to invest heavily in developing advanced trading software and algorithms, and by 2005 it had grown to over 500 traders cumulatively trading billions of shares annually. Jeff has also concurrently founded other companies to manage investments, founded a software company which handles real-time risk monitoring and financial databases, and invested in commercial properties.
Our Party
Republicans believe that equality, freedom and limited government will give all Americans the tools they need to succeed. Our party is deeply rooted in protecting human rights, preserving constitutional freedoms such as free speech, individual achievement and reducing the burdens added upon hard-working citizens. We are the Party that promotes jobs, assures opportunity and prosperity for all Americans.
Our focus is building a healthy economy based on free enterprise and sensible business practices, not by burdening families with overreaching government, ever-rising taxes and a suffocating debt. The successful future of American families and communities depends on a nation that is for the people.
Because we love our nation and desire to protect United States of America we are a party that supports strong national defense, healthcare reform that ensures quality care while lowering costs and empowering our children with quality education.
America needs Republican leadership, our passion and our principles to guide her back onto the road to recovery. The American Dream is within our grasp and together we will make those dreams a reality.
Join us as we work toward a better future for Arizona and the United States of America.
Founding Of The Republican Party
On July 6, 1854, just after the anniversary of the nation, an anti-slavery state convention was held in Jackson, Michigan. The hot day forced the large crowd outside to a nearby oak grove. At this “Under the Oaks Convention” the first statewide candidates were selected for what would become the Republican Party.
United by desire to abolish slavery, it was in Jackson that the Platform of the Under the Oaks Convention read: “…we will cooperate and be known as REPUBLICANS…” Prior to July, smaller groups had gathered in intimate settings like the schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin. However, the meeting in Jackson would be the first ever mass gathering of the Republican Party.
The name “Republican” was chosen, alluding to Thomas Jefferson’s Democratic-Republican Party and conveying a commitment to the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The diversity of our party must be recognized as the party of the people. For nearly 200 years, the Republican Party has been the leader in movements endorsing free speech, abolishing slavery, supporting issues such as women’s rights, free enterprise, lowering taxes and creating sustainable energies and economies.