Arizona Democratic Party chairman Robert Branscomb II accused his party's U.S. senators of trying to intimidate and coerce him, prompting sharp rebukes from state and federal officials and pointing to a deep rupture in the state party. Branscomb alleged in a Saturday morning email to party members that Arizona senators Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, both Democrats, "threatened" and "intimidated" him after he appointed an executive director who is not their preferred choice. According to