Maricopa County Republican Party

As reported by PolitickerAZ.com's Wally Edge earlier, Tony Reinhard, the former spokesman for the Arizona Republican Party who recently moved to the executive director position at the Maricopa County Republican Party, is soon to leave that position as well. His new job: United States Army officer.

Reinhard announced he is going to be attending Officer Candidate School - basic and specialized training that will grant him a commission as a second lieutenant in the army. PolitickerAZ.com asked him why.

"I don't see how people can say 'I support the troops' - on the right or the left - without being willinging to get their skin in the game," said Reinhard.

Maricopa County Republican Party has announced their Executive Director Tony Reinhard will be leaving his position at the end of the month to had to Army Officer Candidate School. Reinhard was the spokesperson to the State Republican Party before he took the position with Maricopa County.

As of today, Tony Reinhard is the former communications manager for the Arizona Republican Party, and the new executive director of the Maricopa County Republican Party. The move comes after only five months as being spokesman for the Arizona GOP.

"My sincere thanks go out to the AZGOP and the staff here," said Reinhard in an email. "The past five months have been a great learning experience and I look forward to working in conjunction with them to keep Arizona a solidly 'Red State.'"

Sean McCaffrey, executive director of the Arizona Republican Party, will be acting as interim spokesman until a replacement can be found.

"We're very happy Tony has the opportunity to work with the county party," said Brett Mecum, who is the state party's political director.