Republican Sen. John McCain from Arizona smiles Friday during a press conference in Mexico City.PHOENIX -The Arizona Republican Party formally censured Sen. John McCain on Saturday, citing a voting record they say is insufficiently conservative.
The resolution to censure McCain was approved by a voice-vote during a meeting of state committee members in Tempe, state party spokesman Tim Sifert said. It needed signatures from at least 20 percent of state committee members to reach the floor for debate.
Sifert said no further action was expected.
McCain spokesman Brian Rogers declined to comment on the censure.
McCain isn’t up for re-election until 2016, when will turn 80. He announced in October that he was considering running for a sixth term.