Arizona's 1st Congressional District election, 2026 (August 4 Democratic primary)

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Arizona's 1st Congressional District
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Election details
Filing deadline: April 6, 2026
Primary: August 4, 2026 General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Arizona
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Toss-up DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Tilt Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-up
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A Democratic Party primary takes place on August 4, 2026, in Arizona's 1st Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate will run in the district's general election on November 3, 2026.

Candidate filing deadline	Primary election	General election
April 6, 2026	August 4, 2026	November 3, 2026

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Arizona utilizes a semi-closed primary system. Unaffiliated voters may choose which party's primary they will vote in, but voters registered with a party can only vote in that party's primary.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Arizona's 1st Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

• Arizona's 1st Congressional District election, 2026 (August 4 Republican primary)
• Arizona's 1st Congressional District election, 2026

Candidates and election results

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 1

David Redkey is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 1 on August 4, 2026.

		Candidate
		David Redkey

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David Redkey

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "I am David Wayne Redkey, a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District. I am a public-school teacher, small business owner, and disability advocate who is running for Congress to fight corruption, restore accountability in our courts, and strengthen the working and middle classes. My campaign — centered on what I call “Foundational Economics” — focuses on practical reforms that improve everyday economic security for families in Arizona.I earned an Associate of Arts (2014), concurrent B.A. degrees in English and Communication from Arizona State University (2016, summa cum laude), a Master of Education in Secondary Education (2019), and a Graduate Certificate in Rhetoric, Writing, and Digital Media Studies (2023). I have worked in education and public service and run TBI Writer LLC. My experience navigating the Arizona probate system after a debilitating injury led me to become an outspoken advocate for conservatorship reform and greater judicial transparency. I serve as director of Clean Up Our Courts Arizona and have made reforming private conservatorship practice a central element of my platform.Top priorities:

• End the private, for-profit conservatorship system and create stronger protections for vulnerable Arizonans; promote transparency and return misused funds to families.
• Advance “Foundational Economics” policies that strengthen wages, reduce predatory financial practices, and expand economic opportunity for working families.
• Increase accountability and transparency in government and the courts, including stronger oversight of fiduciaries and lawyers who serve vulnerable people.
• Support practical, classroom-focused education policies that improve outcomes for students and equip teachers which strengthen family choice without sacrificing the tools for public educators.
• Protect individual rights and access to essential healthcare while pursuing common-sense, evidence-based reforms -- such as universal healthcare.

I live in Arizona with my wife, Agatha, and our son. I’m running to turn courtroom experience into common sense policy that protects families, restores trust, and creates opportunity across AZ-1."

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Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

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Foundational Economics: Our economy doesn’t grow from the top down — it grows from the middle out. I’m running to put working families first: the teachers, nurses, veterans, small business owners, and laborers who are the foundation of this country. For too long, billionaires and corporate lobbyists have rigged the system. I will fight for a living wage, real labor rights, quality public schools, and healthcare that doesn’t bankrupt you — because when the foundation is strong, America stands tall.

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Every child deserves a strong public school — no matter their zip code. I will fight to fund public schools equitably, end patchwork funding, and pay teachers what they’re worth. I support a statewide salary schedule so great educators don’t have to "school shop" for better pay. Education thrives on consistency — and good teachers should be able to stay and build strong schools in every Arizona community. I’ll also push to make trade schools and community colleges tuition-free, so every student has a pathway to success.

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Families should build wealth, not lose it to rigged systems. I’ll close tax loopholes for billionaires and corporations that offshore profits — and instead reward companies that hire American workers. I’ll expand the Child Tax Credit, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and help first-time homebuyers achieve the American Dream. But I’ll also fight to end abusive conservatorships and probate cartels that prey on families. If the state takes away a person’s rights, it should pay the cost — not the family’s estate. No one should be exploited just for growing old or surviving an injury.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Arizona

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Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Angie Montoya	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
David Redkey	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," . This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

District analysis

This section will contain facts and figures related to this district's elections when those are available.

Ballot access

This section will contain information on ballot access related to this state's elections when it is available.

See also

• Arizona's 1st Congressional District election, 2026 (August 4 Republican primary)
• Arizona's 1st Congressional District election, 2026
• United States House elections in Arizona, 2026 (August 4 Democratic primaries)
• United States House elections in Arizona, 2026 (August 4 Republican primaries)
• United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2026
• United States House Republican Party primaries, 2026
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2026
• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2026

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Footnotes

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Arizona's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Ruben Gallego (D)

Mark Kelly (D)

Representatives

District 1

David Schweikert (R)

District 2

Eli Crane (R)

District 3

Yassamin Ansari (D)

District 4

Greg Stanton (D)

District 5

Andy Biggs (R)

District 6

Juan Ciscomani (R)

District 7

Vacant

District 8

Abraham Hamadeh (R)

District 9

Paul Gosar (R)

Republican Party (6)

Democratic Party (4)

Vacancies (1)

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