Arizona GOP Charging People $1,000 to Attend Election Night Watch Party

Guests are being charged up to $1,000 to attend the Arizona GOP's 'Election Night Watch Party,' on November 8.

The event, which is being held in Phoenix, is advertised as featuring a number of prominent local Republicans, including Senate candidate Blake Masters and Kari Lake, who is running for governor.

Those wishing to attend must pay between $1,000, if they want the "private experience package" and $10 if they are a student or a veteran.

VIP tickets are also available at $500 each and general admission tickets for $20.

According to its Eventbrite page, the occasion will be the "BIGGEST ELECTION NIGHT BASH in ARIZONA HISTORY!" with "MUSIC, DRINKS, FOOD, GAMES, PICS, MEDIA, + MORE!"

Also billed as attending are Republican politicians Mark Finchem, Kimberly Yee and Abraham Hamadeh.

Finchem, currently a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, is running to be the state's secretary of state. In 2014, Finchem identified as a member of right-wing paramilitary group the Oath Keepers, and he was interviewed by the QAnon-supporting podcast RedPill78 in May 2021.

Followers of QAnon, a far-right conspiracy theory, believe Donald Trump is fighting a battle against a satanic pedophile elite, including many prominent Democrats.

Finchem has admitted he was in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021, but said he did not take part in the storming of the Capitol, which he instead blamed on Antifa.

If elected secretary of state, he will play a role in certifying future Arizona elections.

Yee is seeking re-election as Arizona state treasurer, having assumed office in 2019 as the first Asian American woman to hold the post.

Hamadeh, an army reserve intelligence officer, is running to be Arizona's attorney general.

On Sunday, Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Lake, who is opposed by Democrat Katie Hobbs, appeared on CNN during which she was challenged over her claim that the 2020 presidential election in Arizona was "stolen" from Trump.

She replied, "You want to have me on here and talk 2020 election, and you're the one who accuses me of constantly talking about it?

"I would never bring this up, ever, had you not been bringing this up, consistently, on the campaign trail."

Asked if she'd accept the result of November's elections in Arizona, Lake said: "I'm going to win the election, and I'm going to accept that result."

Masters is polling at 33 percent, behind Democratic Senate incumbent Mark Kelly on 46 percent, according to the most recent OH Predictive Insights poll.

The survey, conducted between October 4 and 6, also found Libertarian Party candidate Marc Victor is in a strong third place with 15 percent of the vote.

According to Politico, Masters, a 36-year-old venture capitalist, has received $15 million in support of his campaign from billionaire Peter Thiel.

Newsweek has reached out to the Arizona Republican Party for comment.