Arizona's 5th Congressional District election, 2026

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Arizona's 5th Congressional District
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Election details
Filing deadline: April 6, 2026
Primary: August 4, 2026 General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Arizona
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
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All U.S. House districts, including the 5th Congressional District of Arizona, are holding elections in 2026. The general election is November 3, 2026. The primary is August 4, 2026. The filing deadline is April 6, 2026. For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

• Arizona's 5th Congressional District election, 2026 (August 4 Democratic primary)
• Arizona's 5th Congressional District election, 2026 (August 4 Republican primary)

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

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General election

The primary will occur on August 4, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 5

Richard Grayson is running in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 5 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Richard Grayson (G)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 5

The following candidates are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 5 on August 4, 2026.

		Candidate
		Blake Bracht
		Brian Hualde
		Chris James
		Elizabeth Lee
		Evan Olson
		Justin Poff

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 5

Travis Grantham, Mike Gross, Daniel Keenan, and Mark Lamb are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 5 on August 4, 2026.

		Candidate
		Travis Grantham
		Mike Gross
		Daniel Keenan
		Mark Lamb

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Alex Stovall (R)
• Andy Biggs (R)

Candidate profiles

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Richard Grayson

Party: Green Party

Incumbent: No

Submitted Biography:  "My first foray in politics was as a 13yo handing out "Get On The Johnson, Humphrey, Kennedy Team leaflets on NYC streetcorners in 1964. As a teenager and young man, I worked for numerous candidates, mostly Democrats like George McGovern (I was at the 1972 Democratic convention in Miami Beach), but also some liberal Republicans (NYC Mayor John Lindsay). I was active in the peace movement and in 1970 attended the first Earth Day demonstration and the Women's March commemorating the 50th anniversary of female suffrage. A longtime supporter of abortion and LGBT rights, I was on the Board of Directors of the Human Rights Council of North Central Florida and worked on the 1994 campaign to defeat an anti- gay referendum in Alachua County. (We lost bigly, but the courts later overturned the laws.) When no Democrat was on the ballot against Florida Republican Reps. Bilirakis, Ros-Lehniten and Crenshaw in Florida in 1994, 1996 and 2004, I ran write-in campaigns against them, as I did against otherwise-unopposed Rep. Gosar in AZ-09 in 2022 and against Republican Arizona State Senator Townsend in 2020. In 2014, no one would run for Wyoming's congressional seat against then-Rep. Lummis, so I volunteered, and without spending any money I won in Teton County while the Democratic candidates for governor and US senator lost. In every presidential election since 1980, when I supported my Nova Southeastern University Law School colleague John Anderson, I voted Democratic."

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Key Messages

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Restore our pre-2025 constitutional democracy, re-empower the legislative branch, and follow the rule of law as it existed before the present autocracy and dictatorship..

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Kill billionaires. By this I mean not literal murder, but taxation to get their wealth to a maximum of $999,999. I mean, everyone would like to kill some billionaires, especially those who think they are the boss of the rest of us and can terrorize U.S. government workers the way they do their own private business employees, but violence is beyond the pale.

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Support democracy and the rule of law not only at home but abroad. Restore agencies like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the U.S. Agency for International Development and others that do much more good than harm. Stop harassing and demonizing our allies, immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, our institutions of higher education, and those who protest against Donald Trump's fascist regime in the name of common decency..

Voting information

See also: Voting in Arizona

Election information in Arizona: Aug. 4, 2026, election.

What is the voter registration deadline?

• In-person: July 6, 2026
• By mail: Postmarked by July 6, 2026
• Online: July 6, 2026

Is absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

• In-person: July 24, 2026
• By mail: Received by July 24, 2026
• Online: July 24, 2026

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

• In-person: Aug. 4, 2026
• By mail: Received by Aug. 4, 2026

Is early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What are the early voting start and end dates?

July 8, 2026 to July 31, 2026

Are all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, is a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When are polls open on Election Day?

6:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (MT)

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Richard Grayson (G)

Restore our pre-2025 constitutional democracy, re-empower the legislative branch, and follow the rule of law as it existed before the present autocracy and dictatorship..

Kill billionaires. By this I mean not literal murder, but taxation to get their wealth to a maximum of $999,999. I mean, everyone would like to kill some billionaires, especially those who think they are the boss of the rest of us and can terrorize U.S. government workers the way they do their own private business employees, but violence is beyond the pale.

Support democracy and the rule of law not only at home but abroad. Restore agencies like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the U.S. Agency for International Development and others that do much more good than harm. Stop harassing and demonizing our allies, immigrants, LGBTQ+ people, our institutions of higher education, and those who protest against Donald Trump's fascist regime in the name of common decency..

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Richard Grayson (G)

I am passionate about the health of the world economy and how Donald Trump is wrecking it. As someone who started teaching college classes 50 years ago as an instructor of English at Long Island University and who has worked for half a century at community colleges and private and public, religious and secular, large and small universities and 4-year colleges in Arizona and five other states, as well as one Phoenix high school (Jess Schwartz) and some upstate New York elementary schools and worked as a teacher-trainer in the Miami-Dade County School District, I am passionate about educational policy at all levels. As a former staff attorney at the Center for Governmental Responsibility, I am passionate about public service. and our rights

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Richard Grayson (G)

I look up to anyone taller than 64 inches. I'd like to still be able to follow the examples in my 11th grade trigonometry textbook.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Richard Grayson (G)

This probably sounds egotistical, but if you want to know about my political philosophy in particular, you can read my own book of two decades ago, "Write-in: Diary of a Congressional Candidate in Florida's Fourth Congressional District," published serially at mcsweeneys.net and then in book form.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Richard Grayson (G)

Above all, common human decency and belief in the dignity of all, fairness and the rule of law -- qualities completely lacking in Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

Richard Grayson (G)

That is for others to judge.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Richard Grayson (G)

If you want to run for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, you should above all understand that the elective body, along with the U.S. Senate, must stop giving away all its power to the President under the ahistorical and regressive and un-American theory of "the unitary executive." There's a reason Article I of our Constitution -- which may or may not still be in effect (check tomorrow's news) -- is about the legislative branch. The House of Representatives' greatest power is the power of the purse: to raise and spend money for the benefit of all the people of this country, not to be a rubber stamp for a fascist dictator who think he can do it all. Stop being afraid of not getting re-elected, politicians! Your career means nothing; the direction of our country and the survival of the U.S.A. as a nation means everything..

What legacy would you like to leave?

Richard Grayson (G)

No debt.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Richard Grayson (G)

I was 14, and in the summer I worked alongside my grandfather, who was a tailor in a small men's pants store called The Slack Bar, owned by my uncle and his father-in-law, on Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn. Our customers were largely Black and Puerto Rican men, and our assistant manager was Black and our other tailor (free alterations!) was Puerto Rican. I sat at an ancient cash register and rang up their orders and took cash and returned change. I wrote a story about that job called "The Boy Who Could Draw Dr. King." https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9436216-the-boy-who-could-draw-dr-kinghttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9436216-the-boy-who-could-draw-dr-king

What is your favorite book? Why?

Richard Grayson (G)

The favorite book I wrote is probably my first hardcover book, With Hitler in New York and Other Stories, from 1979. Favorite books include Mrs. Dalloway, Great Expectations, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Crying of Lot 49, Slaughterhouse-Five, Another Country, Dubliners, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, Tropic of Cancer, Fear of Flying, The Forsyte Saga, Confessions of a Mask, Invvisible Man, Portnoy's Complaint, The Collected Stori,es of John Cheever, Couples, Franny and Zooey, The Great Gatsby, The Sound and the Fury, The Sun Also Rises, Ficciones, The Red and the Black, Anna Karenina, Notes From Underground, Women in Love, Point Counter Point, Wuthering Heights, A Doll's House, A Raisin in the Sun, Death of a Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, Dutchman, Their Eyes Were Watching God, 1876, Kaddish, The Razor's Edge, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, The White Album, Man's Search for Meaning, Death in Venice, Twelfth Night, The Henriad, Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Misanthrope, The Bell Jar, Let the Great World Spin, The Power Broker, Hiroshima, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, The Communist Manifesto, The Wealth of Nations, Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, On Civil Disobedience, Notes of a Native Son, The Bald Soprano, No Exit, Of Human Bondage, The Quiet American, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, Herzog, Mondo Barbie, Lightning Struck My Dick, Heart of Darkness, Troublemaker, The Canterbury Tales, The Old Testament, The New Testament, Democracy in America, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Mouse That Roared, Persepolis, Parable of the Sower, Crime in America, Soledad Brother, Angels in America, American Mischief, Advertisements for Myself, The Golden Bowl, The Handmaid's Tale, The House on Mango Street, Letters to a Young Poet, Getting to Yes, A Civil Action, The Soul of a New Machine, Gideon's Trumpet, My Brilliant Friend.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Richard Grayson (G)

Richard Grayson

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

Richard Grayson (G)

The theme from the 1966 TV show "The Pruitts of Southampton," which starred Phyllis Diller as the head of a wealthy Long Island family that has gone broke but must keep up appearances for the sake of the country, which presumably would sink into economic depression should news of the Pruitts' poverty become public knowledge. The song was sung by Phyllis Diller, who played the head of the family, which owed millions in unpaid taxes, and Reginald Gardner, who played Uncle Ned.

PD: Howcha do howcha do, howcha do my dear What a LOVELY surprise, nice to see you here.

RG: All the bills have been long overdue, my dear.

PD: File them under I.O.U...

Howcha do, howcha do, Well HELLO, it's you! Like my beads, like my dress? Aren't they marvy-poo? They belong to the internal revenue. And they got us eating stew.

CHORUS: The Pruitts of Southampton, Live like the richest folk, But what the folk don't know is that The Pruitts are flat broke!

PD: Howcha do, howcha do, howcha do, my dear

RG: We are out of champagne, and I'm stuck, my dear.

PD: Ask the butler to lend you a buck, my dear.

Howcha do, howcha do, howcha do...

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Richard Grayson (G)

Wrestling

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

Richard Grayson (G)

Tax and spending bills must originate in the House.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

Richard Grayson (G)

Generally, yes.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

Richard Grayson (G)

Survival -- scarily, mere survival. Will we still be a functioning constitutional democracy in a year or two? I don't know. This is the worst time of my 74-year-old life in terms of being a citizen of the United States of America. Can we avoid fascism and becoming a permanent authoritarian, lawless nation ruled by one man and a bunch of oligarchs?

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

Richard Grayson (G)

Yes and no. They are always raising money for the next election, taking away from their work for the people. But midterm elections are a good check on presidential power.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

Richard Grayson (G)

The President is subject to the term limits of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution. End of story.

Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Richard Grayson (G)

John Quincy Adams, who served in the House following his presidency.

Both sitting representatives and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?

Richard Grayson (G)

Sorry, no, but I haven't campaigned yet.

Tell us your favorite joke.

Richard Grayson (G)

It's The Aristocrats and I can't repeat it here.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Richard Grayson (G)

Yes.

The Constitution says that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House. What role would this power play in your priorities if elected?

Richard Grayson (G)

That is everything to me. Why is the House under Mike Johnson surrendering this power so meekly to President Trump? Shameful! Be a man, Mike, if you know what that is.

How should the U.S. House use its investigative powers?

Richard Grayson (G)

Wisely, and not to score political points. Do not harass witnesses. Do not make speeches when you are allegedly asking questions. Do your homework ahead of committee hearings. Be open to all sides and above all do not try to hide the truth from the American people.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

Richard Grayson (G)

None, although in the past I've been endorsed by Tucson Weekly, the Florida Dollar Stretcher, and the PACs of the United Auto Workers, National Organization for Women, and United Mine Workers of America.

What committees interest you?

Richard Grayson (G)

Any and all.

What are your views on financial transparency and government accountability?

Richard Grayson (G)

The opposite of Elon Musk's, whose views at DOGE seem to be opaqueness and a complete lack of accountability to the people, to the Constitution, and to God, whom he mistakes himself for. In the 1990s I was a staff attorney in social policy at a research institution called the Center for Governmental Responsibility at the University of Florida College of Law. We worked on various issues from the environment to then-emergent democracies in eastern Europe and elsewhere to historic preservation and poverty law, and CGR was part of a groundbreaking lawsuit when a President tried to impound funds already approved into law by Congress, much as Dictator Trump is trying to do now. He may get away with it, given the corrupt nature of some of the U..S. Supreme Court's justices. Hopefully we can save American democracy, but it will be the biggest fight of our country's life since the Civil War.

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Blake Bracht	Democratic Party	$5,011	$4,437	$573	As of September 30, 2025
Brian Hualde	Democratic Party	$2,750	$287	$2,463	As of September 30, 2025
Chris James	Democratic Party	$91,440	$82,627	$8,813	As of December 31, 2025
Elizabeth Lee	Democratic Party	$13,102	$7,235	$5,867	As of September 30, 2025
Evan Olson	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Justin Poff	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Travis Grantham	Republican Party	$526,102	$165,189	$361,062	As of September 30, 2025
Mike Gross	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Daniel Keenan	Republican Party	$1,053,189	$178,105	$875,084	As of September 30, 2025
Mark Lamb	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Richard Grayson	Green Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. 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.

General election race ratings

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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.
• 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.

Race ratings: Arizona's 5th Congressional District election, 2026
Race tracker	Race ratings
	1/13/2026	1/6/2026	12/23/2025	12/16/2025
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Pending	Pending	Pending	Pending
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Arizona in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Arizona, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Arizona	U.S. House	Democrat	1/2 of 1% of the total qualified signers in the state as of January 2, 2026	N/A	4/6/2026	Source
Arizona	U.S. House	Republican	1/2 of 1% of the total qualified signers in the state as of January 2, 2026	N/A	4/6/2026	Source
Arizona	U.S. House	Libertarian	1/2 of 1% of the total qualified signers in the state as of January 2, 2026	N/A	4/6/2026	Source
Arizona	U.S. House	Unaffiliated	3% of the total registered voters who are not members of a political party that is qualified for representation as of January 2, 2026	N/A	4/6/2026	Source

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.

• 2024
• 2022
• 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 5

Incumbent Andy Biggs (R) defeated Katrina Schaffner (D) in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 5 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Biggs (R)	60.4	255,628
		Katrina Schaffner (D)	39.6	167,680

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 423,308
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Evan Olson (Independent)
• Clint Smith (Independent)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 5

Katrina Schaffner (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 5 on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Katrina Schaffner	100.0	42,396

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,396
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 5

Incumbent Andy Biggs (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 5 on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Biggs	100.0	91,820

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 91,820
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Casey Michel (R)
• Alex Stovall (R)

General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 5

Incumbent Andy Biggs (R) defeated Javier Garcia Ramos (D), Clint Smith (Independent), and Debra Jo Borden (D) in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 5 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Biggs (R)	56.7	182,464
		Javier Garcia Ramos (D)	37.4	120,243
		Clint Smith (Independent)	5.9	18,851
	Submit photo	Debra Jo Borden (D) (Write-in)	0.0	32

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 321,590
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Travis Lindberg (Independent)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 5

Javier Garcia Ramos (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 5 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Javier Garcia Ramos	100.0	50,647

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 50,647
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Benjamin Larivee (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 5

Incumbent Andy Biggs (R) defeated Jim Beall (R), Martin Callan (R), and David Boels (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 5 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Biggs	99.5	98,114
	Submit photo	Jim Beall (Write-in)	0.2	197
	Submit photo	Martin Callan (Write-in)	0.2	193
	Submit photo	David Boels (Write-in)	0.1	66

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 98,570
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General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 5

Incumbent Andy Biggs (R) defeated Joan Greene (D) and Karen Stephens (R) in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 5 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Biggs (R)	58.9	262,414
		Joan Greene (D)	41.1	183,171
	Submit photo	Karen Stephens (R) (Write-in)	0.0	72

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 445,657
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 5

Joan Greene (D) defeated Javier Garcia Ramos (D) and Jonathan Ireland (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 5 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joan Greene	50.0	34,090
		Javier Garcia Ramos	39.4	26,828
	Submit photo	Jonathan Ireland	10.6	7,214

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 68,132
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nick Murray (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 5

Incumbent Andy Biggs (R) defeated Joe Vess (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 5 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Biggs	99.6	104,969
		Joe Vess (Write-in)	0.4	465

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 105,434
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tyler Pace (R)

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 in place for the election.
• Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2026 U.S. House elections in the state.
• Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
• State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

• District map
• Competitiveness
• Presidential elections
• State party control

Below is the district map in place for this election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2026

Information about competitiveness will be added here as it becomes available.

Partisan Voter Index

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

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+10. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 10 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Arizona's 5th the 136th most Republican district nationally.

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2024 presidential election was in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by The Downballot.

2024 presidential results in Arizona's 5th Congressional District

Kamala Harris	Donald Trump
39.0%	59.0%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Arizona, 2024

Arizona presidential election results (1900-2024)

• 9 Democratic wins
• 20 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	2024
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	R

See also: Party control of Arizona state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Arizona's congressional delegation as of January 2026.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Arizona
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	3	5
Republican	0	6	6
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 October 2025.

State executive officials in Arizona, October 2025

Office	Officeholder
Governor	Katie Hobbs
Secretary of State	Adrian Fontes
Attorney General	Kris Mayes

State legislature

Arizona State Senate

Party		As of October 2025
	Democratic Party	13
	Republican Party	17
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		30

Arizona House of Representatives

Party		As of October 2025
	Democratic Party	27
	Republican Party	33
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		60

Trifecta control

Arizona Party Control: 1992-2025
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	23	24	25
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	D	D	D
Senate	R	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	R	R	R
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See also

Arizona	2026 primaries	2026 U.S. Congress elections
Arizona congressional delegation Voting in Arizona Arizona elections: 2026 • 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018	Democratic primary battlegrounds Republican primary battlegrounds U.S. Senate Democratic primaries U.S. Senate Republican primaries U.S. House Democratic primaries U.S. House Republican primaries	U.S. Congress elections U.S. Senate elections U.S. House elections Special elections Ballot access

External links

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Footnotes

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Arizona's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Ruben Gallego (D)

Mark Kelly (D)

Representatives

District 1

David Schweikert (R)

District 2

Eli Crane (R)

District 3

Yassamin Ansari (D)

District 4

Greg Stanton (D)

District 5

Andy Biggs (R)

District 6

Juan Ciscomani (R)

District 7

Adelita Grijalva (D)

District 8

Abraham Hamadeh (R)

District 9

Paul Gosar (R)

Republican Party (6)

Democratic Party (5)

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