Daniel Hernandez Jr.
Daniel Hernandez Jr. (Democratic Party) was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 2. He assumed office on January 9, 2017. He left office on January 9, 2023.
Hernandez (Democratic Party) ran in a special election to the U.S. House to represent Arizona's 7th Congressional District. He lost in the special Democratic primary on July 15, 2025.
Biography
Representative Hernandez was born and raised in Arizona. In his career, Hernandez was elected to the Sunnyside Unified School District Governing board in November 2011.[1]
Committee assignments
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2021-2022
Hernandez was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Hernandez was assigned to the following committees:
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
Arizona committee assignments, 2017 |
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• Federalism, Property Rights and Public Policy |
• Judiciary and Public Safety |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2025
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.[2] In the 2025 special election, the Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican parties were subject to this rule.[3] 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.[4]
Primary write-in candidates for recognized parties that did not have continued statewide representation did not need to meet a minimum vote count.[2] Eduardo Quintana (G) and Richard Grayson (No Labels Party) advanced to the general election after receiving the most write-in votes in their primaries.
Endorsements
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2022
Congress
See also: Arizona's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Arizona District 6
Juan Ciscomani defeated Kirsten Engel, Avery Thornton, and Frank Bertone in the general election for U.S. House Arizona District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Juan Ciscomani (R) | 50.7 | 177,201 | |
![]() | Kirsten Engel (D) | 49.2 | 171,969 | |
![]() | Avery Thornton (D) (Write-in) ![]() | 0.0 | 71 | |
![]() | Frank Bertone (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 42 |
Total votes: 349,283 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 6
Kirsten Engel defeated Daniel Hernandez Jr. and Avery Anderson in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 6 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Kirsten Engel | 59.1 | 54,060 |
![]() | Daniel Hernandez Jr. | 34.8 | 31,815 | |
![]() | Avery Anderson ![]() | 6.2 | 5,639 |
Total votes: 91,514 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Patrick McClure (D)
- Eric Ulis (D)
- Marcos Urrea (D)
- John Williamson (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 6
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 6 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Juan Ciscomani | 47.1 | 49,559 | |
![]() | Brandon Martin ![]() | 20.9 | 21,987 | |
![]() | Kathleen Winn | 18.7 | 19,635 | |
![]() | Young Mayberry ![]() | 8.5 | 8,942 | |
![]() | Lucretia Free ![]() | 4.8 | 5,029 | |
Jordan Flayer (Write-in) | 0.0 | 32 |
Total votes: 105,184 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mavrick Moser (R)
State House
Daniel Hernandez Jr. did not file to run for re-election.
2020
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 2 (2 seats)
Incumbent Daniel Hernandez Jr. and Andrea Dalessandro defeated Deborah McEwen in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Daniel Hernandez Jr. (D) | 37.3 | 46,467 |
✔ | ![]() | Andrea Dalessandro (D) | 35.5 | 44,296 |
![]() | Deborah McEwen (R) ![]() | 27.2 | 33,956 |
Total votes: 124,719 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 2 (2 seats)
Incumbent Daniel Hernandez Jr. and Andrea Dalessandro defeated Luis Parra and Billy Peard in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 2 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Daniel Hernandez Jr. | 33.2 | 13,670 |
✔ | ![]() | Andrea Dalessandro | 29.4 | 12,116 |
![]() | Luis Parra ![]() | 19.8 | 8,172 | |
![]() | Billy Peard ![]() | 17.5 | 7,224 |
Total votes: 41,182 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 2 (2 seats)
Deborah McEwen advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 2 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Deborah McEwen ![]() | 100.0 | 13,283 |
Total votes: 13,283 | ||||
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Campaign finance
2018
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 2 (2 seats)
Incumbent Daniel Hernandez Jr. and incumbent Rosanna Gabaldón defeated Chris Ackerley and Anthony Sizer in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 2 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Daniel Hernandez Jr. (D) | 29.3 | 30,613 |
✔ | ![]() | Rosanna Gabaldón (D) | 29.2 | 30,481 |
![]() | Chris Ackerley (R) | 21.0 | 21,927 | |
![]() | Anthony Sizer (R) | 20.6 | 21,543 |
Total votes: 104,564 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 2 (2 seats)
Incumbent Rosanna Gabaldón and incumbent Daniel Hernandez Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 2 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Rosanna Gabaldón | 51.0 | 12,577 |
✔ | ![]() | Daniel Hernandez Jr. | 49.0 | 12,066 |
Total votes: 24,643 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 2 (2 seats)
Chris Ackerley and Anthony Sizer advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 2 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Chris Ackerley | 51.3 | 9,035 |
✔ | ![]() | Anthony Sizer | 48.7 | 8,579 |
Total votes: 17,614 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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2016
Elections for the Arizona House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 30, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.[5]
Daniel Hernandez and incumbent Rosanna Gabaldon defeated incumbent John Christopher Ackerley in the Arizona House of Representatives District 2 general election.[6][7]
Arizona House of Representatives, District 2 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
34.86% | 32,651 | |
Democratic | ![]() |
34.70% | 32,495 | |
Republican | John Christopher Ackerley Incumbent | 30.44% | 28,506 | |
Total Votes | 93,652 | |||
Source: Arizona Secretary of State |
Incumbent Rosanna Gabaldon and Daniel Hernandez defeated Aaron Baumann in the Arizona House of Representatives District 2 Democratic Primary.[8]
Arizona House of Representatives, District 2 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
37.74% | 8,730 | |
Democratic | ![]() |
33.68% | 7,790 | |
Democratic | Aaron Baumann | 28.58% | 6,610 | |
Total Votes | 23,130 |
Incumbent John Christopher Ackerley ran unopposed in the Arizona House of Representatives District 2 Republican Primary.[9]
Arizona House of Representatives, District 2 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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Endorsements
In 2016, Hernandez's endorsements included the following:[10]
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2014
Two incumbents, Eva Carrillo Dong and Daniel Hernandez, Jr., were up for re-election to the at-large seats. They were joined on the ballot by newcomer Malcom Pavey.[11]
Results
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Nonpartisan | ![]() |
44.6% | 5,780 | |
Nonpartisan | ![]() |
29.5% | 3,832 | |
Nonpartisan | Malcom Pavey | 25.2% | 3,269 | |
Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.7% | 88 | |
Total Votes | 12,969 | |||
Source: Pima County Elections, "Official Results," accessed December 30, 2014 |
2011
Sunnyside Unified School District, At-Large Special Election, 2-year term, 2011 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Nonpartisan | ![]() |
63.1% | 3,317 | |
Nonpartisan | Sherrie L. Burdic | 34.3% | 1,804 | |
Total Votes | 5,256 | |||
Source: Pima County Elections Department, "Consolidated Elections November 8, 2011, Election Results," accessed August 29, 2014 |
Campaign themes
2025
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2022
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2020
Daniel Hernandez Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Hernandez's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
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Stand up for workers an veterans
Invest in quality education
Common sense gun safety
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—Daniel Hernandez[13] |
Campaign finance summary
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2022
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2021
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2020
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In 2020, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 13 to May 26.
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2019
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In 2019, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 14 through May 28.
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2018
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In 2018, the 54th Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 4.
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2017
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In 2017, the 53rd Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 9 through May 4.
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Daniel for Arizona, "About," accessed March 16, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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, "Elections Calendar & Upcoming Events," accessed January 11, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "General election ," accessed September 9, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed November 11, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information - Primary Candidate List," accessed June 3, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information - Primary Candidate List," accessed June 3, 2016
- ↑ Daniel for Arizona, "Endorsements," accessed August 5, 2016
- ↑ Pima County School Superintendent's Office, "Official list of 2014 governing board candidates," accessed August 18, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Daniel for Arizona, "Issues," accessed August 5, 2016
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Preceded by Chris Ackerley (R) |
Arizona House of Representatives District 2 2017-2023 |
Succeeded by - |
Preceded by - |
Sunnyside Unified School District, At-large 2011-2017 |
Succeeded by - |