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Arizona's 7th Congressional District
U.S. House Arizona District 7 is vacant. It was last represented by Raúl 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.
To learn more about the 2025 special election for Arizona's 7th Congressional District, click here.
Elections
2025
A special election to fill the seat representing Arizona's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House will be held in 2025. Primaries were scheduled for July 15, 2025. The general election will be held September 23, 2025. The filing deadline was April 14, 2025.[1][2]
The special election will fill the vacancy left by Raúl Grijalva (D), who died on March 13, 2025.[3]
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 are running in the special general election for U.S. House Arizona District 7 on September 23, 2025.
Candidate | ||
![]() | Adelita Grijalva (D) | |
![]() | Daniel Butierez (R) | |
![]() | Eduardo Quintana (G) | |
Richard Grayson (No Labels Party) ![]() | ||
![]() | Cheval Lavers (D) (Write-in) | |
![]() | Jeff Beasley (R) (Write-in) | |
Avery Block (R) (Write-in) | ||
G. Seville Hatch (R) (Write-in) ![]() | ||
David McAllister (R) (Write-in) | ||
Nathaniel Irwin Sr. (No Labels Party) (Write-in) | ||
![]() | James Rose (No party preference) (Write-in) | |
![]() | Daniel Wood (No party preference) (Write-in) | |
![]() | Trista di Genova (No party preference) (Write-in) |
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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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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.
2024
See also: Arizona's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
Arizona's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (July 30 Republican primary)
Arizona's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (July 30 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Raúl Grijalva defeated Daniel Butierez 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 election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Raúl Grijalva 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 election
Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Daniel Butierez 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)
2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Raúl Grijalva defeated Luis Pozzolo 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 election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Raúl Grijalva 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 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 | ||
✔ | 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)
2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Ruben Gallego defeated Josh Barnett, Roxanne Rodriguez, and J.Travis Kirkham 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 election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Ruben Gallego 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 election
Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Josh Barnett 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
- Chris Hindle (R)
- Nina Becker (R)
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Ruben Gallego defeated Gary Swing 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 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 7
Incumbent Ruben Gallego defeated Catherine H. Miranda 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 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Ruben Gallego (D) defeated Eve Nunez (R) and Joe Cobb (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced a primary opponent in August.[7][8][9]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Democratic | ![]() |
75.2% | 119,465 | |
Republican | Eve Nunez | 24.7% | 39,286 | |
N/A | Write-in | 0% | 60 | |
Total Votes | 158,811 | |||
Source: Arizona Secretary of State |
2014
The 7th Congressional District of Arizona held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Ed Pastor (D) did not seek re-election in 2014.[10] Ruben Gallego (D) defeated Joe Cobb (L), Rebecca DeWitt (Americans Elect) and Jose Penalosa (I) in the general election.
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Democratic | ![]() |
74.9% | 54,235 | |
Libertarian | Joe Cobb | 14.8% | 10,715 | |
Americans Elect | Rebecca DeWitt | 5.3% | 3,858 | |
Independent | Jose Penalosa | 4.8% | 3,496 | |
Write-in | Gary Dunn | 0.2% | 129 | |
Write-in | Gustavo Ortega | 0% | 17 | |
Write-in | Samuel Esquivel | 0% | 4 | |
Total Votes | 72,454 | |||
Source: Arizona Secretary of State |
2012
The 7th Congressional District of Arizona held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Raul Grijalva (D) ran for the 3rd District instead in 2012, and 5th District incumbent Ed Pastor (D) won the 7th District seat.[11]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Democratic | ![]() |
81.7% | 104,489 | |
Libertarian | Joe Cobb | 18.3% | 23,338 | |
Total Votes | 127,827 | |||
Source: Arizona Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" |
2010
On November 2, 2010, Raul Grijalva won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ruth McClung (R), Harley Meyer (I) and George Keane (L) in the general election.[12]
2008
On November 4, 2008, Raul Grijalva won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Joseph Sweeney (R), Raymond Petrulsky (L) and Harley Meyer (Write-in) in the general election.[13]
2006
On November 7, 2006, Raul Grijalva won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ron Drake (R) and Joe Cobb (L) in the general election.[14]
2004
On November 2, 2004, Raul Grijalva won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Joseph Sweeney (R) and Dave Kaplan (L) in the general election.[15]
2002
On November 5, 2002, Raul Grijalva won election to the United States House. He defeated Ross Hieb (R) and John Nemeth (L) in the general election.[16]
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.[17] The commission initially voted to finalize and certify the congressional map plan on Jan. 18.[18] 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.[18]
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.[19]
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.[20][21][22]
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."[22]
Arizona District 7
until January 2, 2023
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Arizona District 7
starting January 3, 2023
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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.[23]
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.[24]
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%.[25]
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.[26]
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%.[27]
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.[28]
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.[29]
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, "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
- ↑ 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]
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 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
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 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