Arizona's 9th Congressional District

Arizona's 9th Congressional District

Incumbent

Paul Gosar

Assumed office: January 3, 2023

Arizona's 9th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Paul Gosar (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Arizona representatives represented an average of 795,436 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 712,522 residents.

Elections

• 2030
• 2028
• 2026
• 2024
• 2022
• 2020
• 2018

See also: Arizona's 9th Congressional District election, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Arizona's 9th Congressional District election, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Arizona's 9th Congressional District election, 2026

General election

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

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9

Keith Lara (D), Danielle Sterbinsky (D), and Camelia Ward (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9 on August 4, 2026.

		Candidate
		Keith Lara
		Danielle Sterbinsky
	Submit photo	Camelia Ward

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9

Incumbent Paul Gosar (R) and Teresa Volesky (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9 on August 4, 2026.

		Candidate
		Paul Gosar
	Submit photo	Teresa Volesky

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See also: Arizona's 9th Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 9

Incumbent Paul Gosar (R) defeated Quacy Smith (D) in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 9 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Gosar (R)	65.3	249,583
		Quacy Smith (D)	34.7	132,640

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 382,223
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9

Quacy Smith (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9 on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Quacy Smith	100.0	33,784

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,784
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nicholas Blair (D)
• Brandon Donnelly (D)
• David Lucier (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9

Incumbent Paul Gosar (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9 on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Gosar	100.0	89,308

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 89,308
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See also: Arizona's 9th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 9

Incumbent Paul Gosar (R) defeated Richard Grayson (D) and Thomas Tzitzura (D) in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 9 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Gosar (R)	97.8	192,796
		Richard Grayson (D) (Write-in)	1.8	3,531
	Submit photo	Thomas Tzitzura (D) (Write-in)	0.4	858

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 197,185
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Gareth Gilsdorf (Independent)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9

No candidate advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
		David Lucier (Write-in)	72.7	1,319
		Gene Scharer (Write-in)	27.3	496

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,815
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9

Incumbent Paul Gosar (R) defeated Randy Kutz (R), Adam Morgan (R), Sandra Dowling (R), and Jack Harper (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Gosar	65.9	67,340
		Randy Kutz	13.1	13,387
		Adam Morgan	12.2	12,508
		Sandra Dowling	8.7	8,851
		Jack Harper (Write-in)	0.1	76

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 102,162
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jana Jackson (R)
• Orlando Johnson (R)
• Saul Rodriguez (R)

See also: Arizona's 9th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 9

Incumbent Greg Stanton (D) defeated Dave Giles (R) in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 9 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Stanton (D)	61.6	217,094
		Dave Giles (R)	38.4	135,180

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 352,274
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Irina Baroness Von Behr (Independent)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9

Incumbent Greg Stanton (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Stanton	100.0	83,508

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Talia Fuentes-Wolfe (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9

Dave Giles (R) defeated Sam Huang (R) and Nicholas Tutora (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dave Giles	53.7	28,488
		Sam Huang	23.6	12,532
		Nicholas Tutora	22.7	12,059

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 53,079
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michelle DePalma (R)
• Zack Kreisheimer (R)
• Tim Taylor (R)
• Jason Walker (R)

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Arizona District 9

Greg Stanton (D) defeated Steve Ferrara (R) in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 9 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Stanton (D)	61.1	159,583
		Steve Ferrara (R)	38.9	101,662

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 261,245 (100% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kiko Rex (Independent)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9

Greg Stanton (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Stanton	100.0	59,066

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 59,0660
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Hector Araujo (D)
• Talia Fuentes-Wolfe (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9

Steve Ferrara (R) defeated Dave Giles (R) and Irina Baroness Von Behr (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 9 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Ferrara	59.9	31,006
		Dave Giles	32.3	16,722
		Irina Baroness Von Behr	7.8	4,020

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 51,7480
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Heffernan III (R)
• Seth Leibsohn (R)

Libertarian Party primary

No candidates for U.S. House Arizona District 9 appeared on the ballot for the Libertarian Party primary scheduled for August 28, 2018.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Zhani Doko (L)
• Stephen Kessen (L)

Previous election results

2016

See also: Arizona's 9th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Kyrsten Sinema (D) defeated Dave Giles (R) and Mike Shipley (L write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Giles defeated John Agra in the Republican primary on August 30, 2016.

U.S. House, Arizona District 9 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Kyrsten Sinema Incumbent	60.9%	169,055
	Republican	Dave Giles	39%	108,350
	N/A	Write-in	0%	102
Total Votes				277,507
Source: Arizona Secretary of State

U.S. House, Arizona District 9 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Dave Giles	60.7%	25,963
John Agra	39.3%	16,817
Total Votes		42,780
Source: Arizona Secretary of State

2014

See also: Arizona's 9th Congressional District elections, 2014

U.S. House, Arizona District 9 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Kyrsten Sinema Incumbent	54.7%	88,609
	Republican	Wendy Rogers	41.9%	67,841
	Libertarian	Powell Gammill	3.5%	5,612
Total Votes				162,062
Source: Arizona Secretary of State

2012

See also: Arizona's 9th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 9th Congressional District of Arizona held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. The race was considered too close to call until November 12th, when Democrat Kyrsten Sinema was declared the winner, having narrowly defeated Republican opponent Vernon Parker (R) for the newly created 9th District seat.

U.S. House, Arizona District 9 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Kyrsten Sinema	48.7%	121,881
	Republican	Vernon B. Parker	44.6%	111,630
	Libertarian	Powell Gammill	6.6%	16,630
Total Votes				250,141
Source: Arizona Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

District map

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Arizona after the 2020 census

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. The commission initially voted to finalize and certify the congressional map plan on Jan. 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.

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.

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.

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."

2020

2024

2010-2011

See also: Redistricting in Arizona after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Arizona State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census. As a result of population shifts, Arizona gained a new 9th District.

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 R+15. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 15 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Arizona's 9th the 72nd most Republican district nationally.

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 R+16. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 16 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Arizona's 9th the 77th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 62.2%-36.4%.

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 R+16. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 16 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Arizona's 9th the 80th most Republican district nationally.

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 36.4% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 62.2%.

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+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Arizona's 9th Congressional District the 177th most Democratic nationally.

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 0.95. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.95 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Arizona
• Arizona's 9th Congressional District election, 2024
• Arizona's 9th Congressional District election, 2022
• Arizona's 9th Congressional District election, 2020
• Arizona's 9th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 9

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)