Arizona's 7th Congressional District special election, 2025
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A special election to fill the seat representing Arizona's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House was held in 2025. Primaries were scheduled for July 15, 2025. The general election was held September 23, 2025. The filing deadline was April 14, 2025.[1][2]
The special election filled the vacancy left by Raúl Grijalva (D), who died on March 13, 2025.[3]
As of October 3, 2025, eight special elections have been called for the 119th Congress. From the 113th Congress to the 118th Congress, 80 special elections were held. For more data on historical congressional special elections, click here.
This page focuses on Arizona's 7th Congressional District special election. For more in-depth information on the district's special primaries, see the following pages:
- Arizona's 7th Congressional District special election, 2025 (July 15 Democratic primary)
- Arizona's 7th Congressional District special election, 2025 (July 15 Republican primary)
Candidates and election results
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 | 70,043 |
 | Daniel Butierez (R) | 29.4 | 29,893 | |
 | Eduardo Quintana (G) | 1.1 | 1,116 | |
 | Richard Grayson (No Labels Party)  | 0.5 | 536 | |
| Avery Block (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
 | James Rose (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
 | Daniel Wood (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
 | Jeff Beasley (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Nathaniel Irwin Sr. (No Labels Party) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| David McAllister (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
 | G. Seville Hatch (R) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
 | Trista di Genova (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
 | Cheval Lavers (D) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Total votes: 101,588 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Adelita Grijalva defeated Deja Foxx, Daniel Hernandez Jr., Patrick Harris Sr., and Jose Malvido Jr. 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 election
Special Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Daniel Butierez defeated Jorge Rivas and Jimmy Rodriguez 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 primary election
Special Green primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Eduardo Quintana defeated Gary Swing in the special Green 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 primary election
Special Libertarian primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
No candidate advanced from the primary.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| Andy Fernandez Jr. (Write-in) | 100.0 | 19 | ||
Vote totals may be incomplete for this race. | ||||
| Total votes: 19 | |||
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No Labels Party primary election
Special No Labels Party primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Richard Grayson 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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To qualify for the general election, primary write-in candidates for parties with continued statewide representation had to receive enough votes to meet or exceed the number of nominating petition signatures required to file for the primary.[4] In the 2025 special election, the Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican parties were subject to this rule.[5] Libertarian write-in candidate Andy Fernandez Jr. did not meet the required 376 minimum write-in votes, so he did not advance to the general election.[6]
Primary write-in candidates for recognized parties that did not have continued statewide representation did not need to meet a minimum vote count.[4] Eduardo Quintana (G) and Richard Grayson (No Labels Party) advanced to the general election after receiving the most write-in votes in their primaries.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Arizona
See also
- Special elections to the 119th United States Congress (2025-2026)
- Arizona's 7th Congressional District special election, 2025 (July 15 Democratic primary)
- Arizona's 7th Congressional District special election, 2025 (July 15 Republican primary)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar & Upcoming Events," accessed March 17, 2025
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Arizona's Process for U.S. House Special Elections," March 14, 2025
- ↑ Politico, "Raúl Grijalva, Arizona Congressman, Dies at 77," accessed March 13, 2025
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Arizona State Legislature, "Arizona State Statutes: 16-645. Canvass and return of precinct vote; declaring nominee of party; certificate of nomination; write-in candidates," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Information about Political Parties," accessed August 6, 2025
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2025 Congressional District 7 Special Primary and Special General Election Information Important Dates," accessed August 6, 2025
