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Arizona's 7th Congressional District
Arizona's 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Adelita Grijalva (D).
As of the 2020 Census, Arizona representatives represented an average of 795,436 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 712,522 residents.
Elections
See also: Arizona's 7th Congressional District election, 2030
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
See also: Arizona's 7th Congressional District election, 2028
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
See also: Arizona's 7th Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on August 4, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Adelita Grijalva (D) is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on August 4, 2026.
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Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Daniel Butierez (R) is running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on August 4, 2026.
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 | Daniel Butierez | |
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See also: Arizona's 7th Congressional District special election, 2025
General election
Special general election for U.S. House Arizona District 7
The following candidates ran in the special general election for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on September 23, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Adelita Grijalva (D) | 68.9 | 70,148 |
| | Daniel Butierez (R) | 29.4 | 29,944 | |
 | Eduardo Quintana (G) | 1.1 | 1,118 | |
 | Richard Grayson (No Labels Party) | 0.5 | 537 | |
 | James Rose (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 8 | |
 | Jeff Beasley (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 6 | |
 | Trista di Genova (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 3 | |
 | G. Seville Hatch (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 3 | |
| Avery Block (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 2 | ||
 | Daniel Wood (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 2 | |
| Nathaniel Irwin Sr. (No Labels Party) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | ||
 | Cheval Lavers (D) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | |
| David McAllister (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Total votes: 101,773 | |||
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Democratic primary
Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Adelita Grijalva (D) defeated Deja Foxx (D), Daniel Hernandez Jr. (D), Patrick Harris Sr. (D), and Jose Malvido Jr. (D) in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on July 15, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Adelita Grijalva | 61.5 | 38,679 |
 | Deja Foxx | 22.4 | 14,078 | |
 | Daniel Hernandez Jr. | 13.6 | 8,541 | |
 | Patrick Harris Sr. | 1.5 | 925 | |
 | Jose Malvido Jr. | 1.1 | 687 | |
| Total votes: 62,910 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Bies (D)
- Victor Longoria (D)
Republican primary
Special Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Daniel Butierez (R) defeated Jorge Rivas (R) and Jimmy Rodriguez (R) in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on July 15, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel Butierez | 60.9 | 11,121 |
 | Jorge Rivas | 25.2 | 4,594 | |
 | Jimmy Rodriguez | 14.0 | 2,549 | |
| Total votes: 18,264 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Raul Verdugo (R)
Green Party primary
Special Green primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Eduardo Quintana (G) defeated Gary Swing (G) in the special Green Party primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on July 15, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eduardo Quintana (Write-in) | 95.5 | 42 |
 | Gary Swing (Write-in) | 4.5 | 2 | |
| Total votes: 44 | |||
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Libertarian Party primary
Special Libertarian primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
No candidate advanced from the Libertarian Party primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on July 15, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| Andy Fernandez Jr. (Write-in) | 100.0 | 19 | ||
| Total votes: 19 | |||
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No Labels Party primary
Special No Labels primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Richard Grayson (No Labels Party) advanced from the special No Labels Party primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on July 15, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Richard Grayson (Write-in) | 100.0 | 1 |
| Total votes: 1 | |||
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See also: Arizona's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Raúl Grijalva (D) defeated Daniel Butierez (R) in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Raúl Grijalva (D) | 63.4 | 171,954 |
| | Daniel Butierez (R) | 36.6 | 99,057 | |
| Total votes: 271,011 | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Raúl Grijalva (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Raúl Grijalva | 100.0 | 55,133 |
| Total votes: 55,133 | |||
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Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Daniel Butierez (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel Butierez | 100.0 | 24,425 |
| Total votes: 24,425 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Walter Blackman (R)
See also: Arizona's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Raúl Grijalva (D) defeated Luis Pozzolo (R) in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Raúl Grijalva (D) | 64.5 | 126,418 |
 | Luis Pozzolo (R) | 35.5 | 69,444 | |
| Total votes: 195,862 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeannette Garcia (R)
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Raúl Grijalva (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Raúl Grijalva | 100.0 | 62,547 |
| Total votes: 62,547 | |||
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Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Luis Pozzolo (R) defeated Nina Becker (R) and David Reetz (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Luis Pozzolo | 69.0 | 20,413 |
 | Nina Becker | 30.6 | 9,064 | |
| David Reetz (Write-in) | 0.3 | 103 | ||
| Total votes: 29,580 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Alex Stovall (R)
See also: Arizona's 7th Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Ruben Gallego (D) defeated Josh Barnett (R), Roxanne Rodriguez (L), and J.Travis Kirkham (R) in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ruben Gallego (D) | 76.7 | 165,452 |
 | Josh Barnett (R) | 23.3 | 50,226 | |
 | Roxanne Rodriguez (L) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 51 | |
| J.Travis Kirkham (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 215,732 | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Ruben Gallego (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ruben Gallego | 100.0 | 56,108 |
| Total votes: 56,108 | |||
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Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Josh Barnett (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh Barnett | 100.0 | 15,245 |
| Total votes: 15,245 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Nina Becker (R)
- Chris Hindle (R)
See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, 2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Ruben Gallego (D) defeated Gary Swing (G) in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ruben Gallego (D) | 85.6 | 113,044 |
| | Gary Swing (G) | 14.2 | 18,706 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2% | 301 | ||
| Total votes: 132,051 (100% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Ruben Gallego (D) defeated Catherine H. Miranda (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ruben Gallego | 74.8 | 32,231 |
 | Catherine H. Miranda | 25.2 | 10,856 | |
| Total votes: 43,087 (100% precincts reporting) | |||
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District map
Redistricting
2020-2021
On January 24, 2022, Arizona enacted its new congressional map after the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission transmitted its finalized congressional map plan to the secretary of state.[11] The commission initially voted to finalize and certify the congressional map plan on Jan. 18.[12] The commission's nonpartisan chairwoman, Erika Neuberg, joined the two Republican members—David Mehl and Douglas York—voting in favor of the map. The commission's two Democratic members—Shereen Lerner and Derrick Watchman—were opposed. This map took effect for Arizona's 2022 congressional elections.[12]
The commission previously voted in favor of the congressional map by a 5-0 vote on Dec. 22, 2021, which was followed by a period for counties to request administrative changes before the final vote on Jan. 18.[13]
How does redistricting in Arizona work? The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission is responsible for drawing both congressional and state legislative district lines. The commission is composed of five members. Of these, four are selected by the majority and minority leaders of each chamber of the state legislature from a list of 25 candidates nominated by the state commission on appellate court appointments. These 25 nominees comprise 10 Democrats, 10 Republicans, and 5 unaffiliated citizens. The four commission members appointed by legislative leaders then select the fifth member to round out the commission. The fifth member of the commission must belong to a different political party than the other commissioners. The governor, with a two-thirds vote in the Arizona State Senate, may remove a commissioner "for substantial neglect of duty, gross misconduct in office, or inability to discharge the duties of office." The Arizona State Legislature may make recommendations to the commission, but ultimate authority is vested with the commission.[14][15][16]
The Arizona Constitution requires that both congressional and state legislative districts be "contiguous, geographically compact, and respect communities of interest–all to the extent practicable." The state constitution further mandates that district lines "should [follow] visible geographic features, city, town, and county boundaries, and undivided census tracts." In addition, the constitution requires that "competitive districts be favored where doing so would not significantly detract from the goals above."[16]
2020
2024
2010-2011
In 2011, the Arizona State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.
District analysis
- See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
- See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores
2026
Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+13. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 13 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Arizona's 7th the 104th most Democratic district nationally.[17]
2024
Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+15. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 15 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Arizona's 7th the 94th most Democratic district nationally.[18]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 65.6%-32.9%.[19]
2022
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+15. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 15 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Arizona's 7th the 91st most Democratic district nationally.[20]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 65.6% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 32.9%.[21]
2018
Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+23. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 23 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Arizona's 7th Congressional District the 50th most Democratic nationally.[22]
FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.13. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.13 points toward that party.[23]
See also
- Redistricting in Arizona
- Arizona's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
- Arizona's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
- Arizona's 7th Congressional District election, 2020
- Arizona's 7th Congressional District election, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Candidates," accessed June 2, 2016
- ↑ Politico, " Arizona House Primaries Results," August 30, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Election Results," accessed November 8, 2016
- ↑ Reuters, "Arizona Democratic Rep. Ed Pastor says will retire," February 27, 2014
- ↑ ABC News, "General Election Results 2012-Arizona," November 7, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ Phone conversation with Valerie Neumann, AIRC executive assistant, Jan. 25, 2022]
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 YouTube, "Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission Meeting Jan. 18, 2022," Jan. 18, 2022
- ↑ KTAR, "Arizona redistricting panel approves Republican-leaning congressional map," Dec. 13, 2021
- ↑ Supreme Court of the United States, "Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, et al. - Appellant's Jurisdictional Statement," accessed March 6, 2015
- ↑ Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, "Home page," accessed March 6, 2015
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 All About Redistricting, "Arizona," accessed April 17, 2015
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018
