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Arizona's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

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Arizona's 1st Congressional District
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: April 6, 2020
Primary: August 4, 2020
General: November 3, 2020

Pre-election incumbent:
Tom O'Halleran (Democrat)
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Arizona
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic
Inside Elections: Likely Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2020
See also
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All U.S. congressional districts, including the 1st Congressional District of Arizona, held elections in 2020.

The primary was held on August 4, 2020. In the Democratic primary, incumbent Tom O'Halleran defeated challenger Eva Putzova. O'Halleran received 59% of the vote to Putzova's 41%. In the Republican primary, Tiffany Shedd defeated Nolan Reidhead, winning 54% of the vote to Reidhead's 46%.

Incumbent Tom O'Halleran defeated Tiffany Shedd in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 1 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
April 6, 2020
August 4, 2020
November 3, 2020


Incumbent Tom O'Halleran (D) ran for re-election. He was first elected in 2016 after running for the seat left open by Ann Kirkpatrick (D). In 2018, he defeated challenger Wendy Rogers (R), receiving 54% of the vote to Rogers' 46%.

O'Halleran was one of thirty Democratic members of Congress representing a district that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. During the presidential election, Trump received 48 percent of the vote to Hillary Clinton's (D) 47 percent in the 1st District.[1]

The 1st District stretches along the eastern and northeastern portions of the state and includes Apache, Coconino, Graham, Greenlee, and Navajo counties. Portions of Gila, Maricopa, Mohave, Pima, Pinal, and Yavapai counties are also included in the district.[2]

This race was one of 89 congressional races that were decided by 10 percent or less in 2020.


Republican Party For more information about the Republican primary, click here.
Democratic Party For more information about the Democratic primary, click here.

Post-election analysis

The table below compares the vote totals in the 2020 presidential election and 2020 U.S. House election for this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

Presidential and congressional election results, Arizona's 1st Congressional District, 2020
Race Presidential U.S. House
Democratic candidate Democratic Party 50.1 51.6
Republican candidate Republican Party 48.4 48.4
Difference 1.7 3.2

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Arizona modified its voter registration procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

  • Voter registration: Voters had until 5:00 p.m. on October 15, 2020, to register to vote.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 1

Incumbent Tom O'Halleran defeated Tiffany Shedd in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 1 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom O'Halleran
Tom O'Halleran (D)
 
51.6
 
188,469
Image of Tiffany Shedd
Tiffany Shedd (R)
 
48.4
 
176,709

Total votes: 365,178
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 1

Incumbent Tom O'Halleran defeated Eva Putzova in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 1 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom O'Halleran
Tom O'Halleran
 
58.6
 
47,083
Image of Eva Putzova
Eva Putzova Candidate Connection
 
41.4
 
33,248

Total votes: 80,331
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 1

Tiffany Shedd defeated Nolan Reidhead in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 1 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tiffany Shedd
Tiffany Shedd
 
54.7
 
40,310
Image of Nolan Reidhead
Nolan Reidhead Candidate Connection
 
45.3
 
33,418

Total votes: 73,728
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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.[3] 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.[4] The chart below contains data from financial reports submitted to the Federal Election Commission.

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Tom O'Halleran Democratic Party $3,416,902 $3,359,687 $63,147 As of December 31, 2020
Tiffany Shedd Republican Party $1,715,148 $1,655,235 $63,347 As of December 31, 2020

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2020. 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.


District analysis

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

The 2017 Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+2, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 2 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Arizona's 1st Congressional District the 218th most Republican nationally.[5]

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 1.05. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.05 points toward that party.[6]

Race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

  • Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
  • Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
  • Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[7]
  • Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[8][9][10]

Race ratings: Arizona's 1st Congressional District election, 2020
Race trackerRace ratings
November 3, 2020October 27, 2020October 20, 2020October 13, 2020
The Cook Political ReportLean DemocraticLean DemocraticLean DemocraticLean Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesLikely DemocraticLikely DemocraticLikely DemocraticLikely Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallLikely DemocraticLikely DemocraticLikely DemocraticLikely Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia updates external race ratings every week throughout the election season.

District represented by a Democrat in 2020 and won by Donald Trump in 2016

See also: U.S. House districts represented by a Democrat in 2020 and won by Donald Trump in 2016

This district was one of 30 Democratic-held U.S. House districts up in 2020 that Donald Trump (R) won in the 2016 presidential election. Most were expected to be among the House's most competitive elections in 2020.


2020 Democratic-held U.S. House districts won by Donald Trump in 2016
District Incumbent Ran in 2020? 2018 congressional margin 2016 presidential margin 2012 presidential margin
Arizona's 1st Democratic Party Tom O'Halleran Yes Democrats+7.7 Trump+1.1 Romney+2.5
Georgia's 6th Democratic Party Lucy McBath Yes Democrats+1.0 Trump+1.5 Romney+23.3
Illinois' 14th Democratic Party Lauren Underwood Yes Democrats+5.0 Trump+3.9 Romney+10
Illinois' 17th Democratic Party Cheri Bustos Yes Democrats+24.2 Trump+0.7 Obama+17
Iowa's 1st Democratic Party Abby Finkenauer Yes Democrats+5.1 Trump+3.5 Obama+13.7
Iowa's 2nd Democratic Party Dave Loebsack Retired Democrats+5.2 Trump+4.1 Obama+13.1
Iowa's 3rd Democratic Party Cindy Axne Yes Democrats+2.2 Trump+3.5 Obama+4.2
Maine's 2nd Democratic Party Jared Golden Yes Democrats+1.3 Trump+10.3 Obama+8.6
Michigan's 8th Democratic Party Elissa Slotkin Yes Democrats+3.8 Trump+6.7 Romney+3.1
Michigan's 11th Democratic Party Haley Stevens Yes Democrats+6.7 Trump+4.4 Romney+5.4
Minnesota's 2nd Democratic Party Angie Craig Yes Democrats+5.5 Trump+1.2 Obama+0.1
Minnesota's 7th Democratic Party Collin Peterson Yes Democrats+4.3 Trump+30.8 Romney+9.8
Nevada's 3rd Democratic Party Susie Lee Yes Democrats+9.1 Trump+1.0 Obama+0.8
New Hampshire's 1st Democratic Party Chris Pappas Yes Democrats+8.6 Trump+1.6 Obama+1.6
New Jersey's 3rd Democratic Party Andrew Kim Yes Democrats+1.3 Trump+6.2 Obama+4.6
New Jersey's 5th Democratic Party Josh Gottheimer Yes Democrats+13.7 Trump+1.1 Romney+3.0
New Jersey's 11th Democratic Party Mikie Sherrill Yes Democrats+14.6 Trump+0.9 Romney+5.8
New Mexico's 2nd Democratic Party Xochitl Torres Small Yes Democrats+1.9 Trump+10.2 Romney+6.8
New York's 11th Democratic Party Max Rose Yes Democrats+6.5 Trump+9.8 Obama+4.3
New York's 18th Democratic Party Sean Maloney Yes Democrats+10.9 Trump+1.9 Obama+4.3
New York's 19th Democratic Party Antonio Delgado Yes Democrats+5.2 Trump+6.8 Obama+6.2
New York's 22nd Democratic Party Anthony Brindisi Yes Democrats+1.8 Trump+15.5 Romney+0.4
Oklahoma's 5th Democratic Party Kendra Horn Yes Democrats+1.4 Trump+13.4 Romney+18.4
Pennsylvania's 8th Democratic Party Matt Cartwright Yes Democrats+9.3 Trump+9.6 Obama+11.9
Pennsylvania's 17th Democratic Party Conor Lamb Yes Democrats+12.5 Trump+2.6 Romney+4.5
South Carolina's 1st Democratic Party Joe Cunningham Yes Democrats+1.4 Trump+13.1 Romney+18.1
Utah's 4th Democratic Party Ben McAdams Yes Democrats+0.3 Trump+6.7 Romney+37.0
Virginia's 2nd Democratic Party Elaine Luria Yes Democrats+2.2 Trump+3.4 Romney+2.3
Virginia's 7th Democratic Party Abigail Spanberger Yes Democrats+1.9 Trump+6.5 Romney+10.5
Wisconsin's 3rd Democratic Party Ron Kind Yes Democrats+19.3 Trump+4.5 Obama+11
Source: Sabato's Crystal Ball and Daily Kos


Click here to see the five U.S. House districts represented by a Republican in 2020 and won by Hillary Clinton in 2016.

District election history

2018

See also: Arizona's 1st Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 1

Incumbent Tom O'Halleran defeated Wendy Rogers in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 1 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom O'Halleran
Tom O'Halleran (D)
 
53.8
 
143,240
Image of Wendy Rogers
Wendy Rogers (R)
 
46.1
 
122,784
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
65

Total votes: 266,089
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 1

Incumbent Tom O'Halleran advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 1 on August 28, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom O'Halleran
Tom O'Halleran
 
100.0
 
64,114

Total votes: 64,114
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 1

Wendy Rogers defeated Steve Smith and Tiffany Shedd in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 1 on August 28, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Wendy Rogers
Wendy Rogers
 
43.7
 
30,180
Image of Steve Smith
Steve Smith
 
37.0
 
25,552
Image of Tiffany Shedd
Tiffany Shedd
 
19.2
 
13,260

Total votes: 68,992
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Green primary election

No Green candidates ran in the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2016

See also: Arizona's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

Arizona's 1st Congressional District was a battleground district in 2016. Incumbent Ann Kirkpatrick (D) chose not to seek re-election to pursue a U.S. Senate bid. Tom O'Halleran (D) defeated Paul Babeu (R), Kim Allen (L write-in), and Ray Parrish (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Babeu defeated Ken Bennett, Gary Kiehne, Wendy Rogers, Shawn Redd, and David Gowan in the Republican primary, while O'Halleran defeated Miguel Olivas to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on August 30, 2016.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

U.S. House, Arizona District 1 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngTom O'Halleran 50.7% 142,219
     Republican Paul Babeu 43.4% 121,745
     Green Ray Parrish 6% 16,746
Total Votes 280,710
Source: Arizona Secretary of State


U.S. House, Arizona District 1 Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngPaul Babeu 30.8% 19,533
Gary Kiehne 23.4% 14,854
Wendy Rogers 22.4% 14,222
Ken Bennett 16.7% 10,578
Shawn Redd 3.3% 2,098
David Gowan 3.3% 2,091
Total Votes 63,376
Source: Arizona Secretary of State
U.S. House, Arizona District 1 Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngTom O'Halleran 58.8% 30,833
Miguel Olivas 41.2% 21,632
Total Votes 52,465
Source: Arizona Secretary of State

2014

See also: Arizona's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

Arizona's 1st Congressional District was a battleground district in 2014 due to the fact that the seat was held by a Democrat, but the district had a slight Republican lean. Incumbent Ann Kirkpatrick faced no challenger in the Democratic primary. In the Republican primary, Andy Tobin triumphed over Gary Kiehne and Adam Kwasman. The race between Tobin and Kiehne remained too close to call for over a week following the primary. In the end, Tobin won by 0.7 percent of the vote. Kirkpatrick ultimately defeated Tobin in the general election on November 4, 2014.[21][22][23]

U.S. House, Arizona District 1 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngAnn Kirkpatrick Incumbent 52.6% 97,391
     Republican Andy Tobin 47.4% 87,723
Total Votes 185,114
Source: Arizona Secretary of State

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states. No counties in Arizona are Pivot Counties.

Donald Trump (R) defeated Hillary Clinton (D) in the 2016 presidential election. Trump won 48.7 percent of the vote, while Clinton won 45.1 percent. Arizona was one of 12 key battleground states in 2016. Of the 30 states won by Trump in 2016, Arizona had the fifth closest margin. From when it became a state in 1912 to 2016, Arizona voted Republican in 66.7 percent of presidential elections. It voted Republican in all presidential elections from 2000 to 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Arizona. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[24][25]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 12 out of 30 state House districts in Arizona with an average margin of victory of 25 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 14 out of 30 state House districts in Arizona with an average margin of victory of 27.5 points. Clinton won two districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 18 out of 30 state House districts in Arizona with an average margin of victory of 22.9 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 16 out of 30 state House districts in Arizona with an average margin of victory of 21.5 points.


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. Daily Kos, ""Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2016, 2012, and 2008,"" accessed June 24, 2020
  2. United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
  3. 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.
  4. Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
  5. Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
  6. FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018
  7. Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  8. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  9. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  10. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
  11. Azcentral, "Tom O’Halleran running for Congress as Democrat," August 4, 2015
  12. Casa Grande Dispatch, "Coolidge man makes another run for Congress," November 28, 2015
  13. WMIcentral.com, "White Mountains’ James Maloney announces bid for Congress," December 14, 2015
  14. Southern Arizona News-Examiner, "Republican Gary Kiehne will run again in 2016 for CD1," February 11, 2015
  15. Azcentral, "Bennett to run for Congress in 1st District," July 13, 2015
  16. Roll Call, "Arizona Sheriff Babeu Enters Race for Kirkpatrick’s Seat," October 5, 2015
  17. Azcentral, "Wendy Rogers launches third bid for Congress," January 13, 2016
  18. Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Candidates," accessed June 2, 2016
  19. Politico, " Arizona House Primaries Results," August 30, 2016
  20. CNN, "Election Results," accessed November 8, 2016
  21. Politico, "2014 Arizona House Primaries Results," accessed August 27, 2014
  22. KTAR, "Andy Tobin wins Arizona's 1st Congressional District GOP primary," September 2, 2014
  23. The Huffington Post, "Election 2014," November 4, 2014
  24. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
  25. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017


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