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Arizona's 7th Congressional District election, 2022 (August 2 Republican primary)

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Arizona's 7th Congressional District
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Filing deadline: April 4, 2022
Primary: August 2, 2022
General: November 8, 2022
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Arizona
Race ratings
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2022): D+15
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic
Inside Elections: Solid Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
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A Republican Party primary took place on August 2, 2022, in Arizona's 7th Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate would run in the district's general election on November 8, 2022.

Luis Pozzolo advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
April 4, 2022
August 2, 2022
November 8, 2022


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.[1][2][3]

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

This page focuses on Arizona's 7th Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

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Candidates and election results

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7

Luis Pozzolo defeated Nina Becker and David Reetz in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Luis Pozzolo
Luis Pozzolo Candidate Connection
 
69.0
 
20,413
Image of Nina Becker
Nina Becker Candidate Connection
 
30.6
 
9,064
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David Reetz (Write-in)
 
0.3
 
103

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 29,580
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Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[4] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[5] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report Close of books Filing deadline
Year-end 2021 12/31/2021 1/31/2022
April quarterly 3/31/2022 4/15/2022
July quarterly 6/30/2022 7/15/2022
October quarterly 9/30/2022 10/15/2022
Pre-general 10/19/2022 10/27/2022
Post-general 11/28/2022 12/08/2022
Year-end 2022 12/31/2022 1/31/2023


Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Nina Becker Republican Party $-1,309,816 $900 $1,731,271 As of July 20, 2022
Luis Pozzolo Republican Party $268,102 $268,102 $0 As of December 31, 2022
David Reetz Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. 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.


Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Arizona in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Arizona, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Arizona U.S. House Democratic 1,563[6] N/A 4/4/2022 Source
Arizona U.S. House Republican 1,639[7] N/A 4/4/2022 Source
Arizona U.S. House Libertarian 826[8] N/A 4/4/2022 Source
Arizona U.S. House Unaffiliated 4,832[9] N/A 4/4/2022 Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
  • Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.

Arizona District 7
until January 2, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.

Arizona District 7
starting January 3, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.


Effect of redistricting

See also: Redistricting in Arizona after the 2020 census

The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.[10] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.[11]

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Arizona
District 2022 district Political predecessor district
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
Arizona's 1st 50.1% 48.6% 47.3% 51.4%
Arizona's 2nd 45.3% 53.2% 50.1% 48.4%
Arizona's 3rd 74.5% 23.9% 73.7% 24.7%
Arizona's 4th 54.2% 43.9% 60.8% 37.3%
Arizona's 5th 41.0% 57.4% 41.9% 56.4%
Arizona's 6th 49.3% 49.2% 54.5% 43.9%
Arizona's 7th 65.6% 32.9% 62.8% 35.7%
Arizona's 8th 42.5% 56.1% 41.4% 57.3%
Arizona's 9th 36.4% 62.2% 30.6% 68.0%

Competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Arizona.

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Arizona in 2022. Information below was calculated on June 23, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Thirty-nine candidates filed to run in Arizona's nine U.S. House districts, including 10 Democrats and 29 Republicans. That's 4.33 candidates per district, more than the 4.22 candidates per district in 2020 and the 4.11 in 2018.

This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. Arizona was apportioned nine districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census. The 39 candidates who filed to run this year were the most candidates running for Arizona's U.S. House seats since at least 2014, the earliest year for which we have data.

One district — the 6th — was open. That’s one more than in 2020, and one less than in 2018. Rep. David Schweikert (R), who represented the 6th district, filed to run in the 1st district. Rep. Tom O'Halleran (D), who represented the 1st district, filed to run in the 2nd district, where incumbent Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D) did not seek re-election.

The 2nd and 6th districts attracted the most candidates this year, with eight candidates running in each. There were eight contested primaries this year — two Democratic and six Republican. That's the fewest contested primaries since 2014, when there were five contested primaries.

Six incumbents — four Democrats and two Republicans — did not face any primary challengers. The 8th and 9th districts were guaranteed to Republicans because no Democrats filed to run. No districts were guaranteed to Democrats because no Republicans filed.

Presidential elections

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

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.[12]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Arizona's 7th based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
65.6% 32.9%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Arizona, 2020

Arizona presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 9 Democratic wins
  • 19 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party N/A N/A N/A D D R R R D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R D R R R R R D


Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Arizona and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Arizona
Arizona United States
Population 7,151,502 331,449,281
Land area (sq mi) 113,654 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 73.8% 70.4%
Black/African American 4.5% 12.6%
Asian 3.3% 5.6%
Native American 4.3% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0.2% 0.2%
Other (single race) 6.9% 5.1%
Multiple 7% 5.2%
Hispanic/Latino 31.5% 18.2%
Education
High school graduation rate 87.9% 88.5%
College graduation rate 30.3% 32.9%
Income
Median household income $61,529 $64,994
Persons below poverty level 14.1% 12.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


State party control

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Arizona's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Arizona, November 2022
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 2 5 7
Republican 0 4 4
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 9 11

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Arizona's top three state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in Arizona, November 2022
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Doug Ducey
Secretary of State Democratic Party Katie Hobbs
Attorney General Republican Party Mark Brnovich

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Arizona State Legislature as of November 2022.

Arizona State Senate

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 14
     Republican Party 16
     Vacancies 0
Total 30

Arizona House of Representatives

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 29
     Republican Party 31
     Vacancies 0
Total 60

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, Arizona was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Arizona Party Control: 1992-2022
No Democratic trifectas  •  Twenty-two years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Governor R R R R R R R R R R R D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Senate D R R R R R R R R S S R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed July 19, 2024
  2. ↑ Citizens Clean Elections Commission, "Primary Election," accessed July 19, 2024
  3. ↑ Arizona State Legislature, "Arizona Revised Statutes 16-467," accessed July 19 2024
  4. ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
  5. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
  6. ↑ This is the average signature requirement of all congressional districts.
  7. ↑ This is the average signature requirement of all congressional districts.
  8. ↑ This is the average signature requirement of all congressional districts.
  9. ↑ This is the average signature requirement of all congressional districts.
  10. ↑ Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.
  11. ↑ Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 12, 2022
  12. ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023


Arizona's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Ruben Gallego (D)
Mark Kelly (D)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
Eli Crane (R)
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
Vacant
District 8
District 9
Republican Party (6)
Democratic Party (4)
Vacancies (1)


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