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United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, 2018
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 9
- Early voting: Oct. 10 - Nov. 2
- Absentee voting deadline: Postmark Nov. 6
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: No
- Voter ID: Non-photo ID
- Poll times: 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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The 2018 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Arizona took place on November 6, 2018. Voters elected nine candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's nine congressional districts.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 6 election, the Republican Party held five of the nine congressional seats from Arizona.
| Members of the U.S. House from Arizona-- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2018 | After the 2018 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 4 | 5 | |
| Republican Party | 5 | 4 | |
| Total | 9 | 9 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2018 election, the incumbents for the nine congressional districts were:
| Name | Party | District |
|---|---|---|
| Tom O'Halleran |  Democratic |
1 |
| Martha McSally |  Republican |
2 |
| Raul Grijalva | Democratic |
3 |
| Paul Gosar | Republican |
4 |
| Andy Biggs | Republican |
5 |
| David Schweikert | Republican |
6 |
| Ruben Gallego | Democratic |
7 |
| Debbie Lesko | Republican |
8 |
| Kyrsten Sinema | Democratic |
9 |
Candidates
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District 1
General election
General election candidates
- Tom O'Halleran (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Wendy Rogers (Republican Party)
Write-in candidates
- David Shock (Independent)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Tom O'Halleran (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Green Party
Withdrew
Libertarian Party
- Zhani Doko (write-in candidate)[2]
District 2
General election
General election candidates
- Ann Kirkpatrick (Democratic Party) ✔
- Lea Marquez Peterson (Republican Party)
Write-in candidates
- Melissa Grable (Republican)
- Jordan Flayer (Independent)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 3
General election
General election candidates
- Raúl Grijalva (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Nicolas Pierson (Republican Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Jaime Vasquez (Independent)
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Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Raúl Grijalva (Incumbent) ✔
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Republican primary candidates
Independents
Not on ballot:
Write-in candidates:
- Joshua Garcia (D)
District 4
General election
General election candidates
- Paul Gosar (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- David Brill (Democratic Party)
- Haryaksha Gregor Knauer (Green Party)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Republican primary candidates
- Paul Gosar (Incumbent) ✔
Green Party
Write-in candidates:
- Ana Maria Perez (D)
District 5
General election
General election candidates
- Andy Biggs (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Joan Greene (Democratic Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
- Andy Biggs (Incumbent) ✔
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 6
General election candidates
General election candidates
- David Schweikert (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Anita Malik (Democratic Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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Republican primary candidates
- David Schweikert (Incumbent) ✔
District 7
General election
General election candidates
- Ruben Gallego (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Gary Swing (Green Party)
Write-in candidates
- James "007" Bond IV (Republican)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Ruben Gallego (Incumbent) ✔
- Catherine H. Miranda
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
District 8
General election
General election candidates
- Debbie Lesko (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Hiral Tipirneni (Democratic Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Augie Beyer (Independent)
Write-in candidates
- Steven Hummel (NPP)
Primary candidates
- See also: Arizona's 8th Congressional District special election (February 27, 2018 Democratic primary)
- See also: Arizona's 8th Congressional District special election (February 27, 2018 Republican primary)
- See also: Arizona's 8th Congressional District election (August 28, 2018 Democratic primary)
- See also: Arizona's 8th Congressional District election (August 28, 2018 Republican primary)
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
- Debbie Lesko (Incumbent) ✔
- Sandra Dowling
Did not make the ballot:
Independents
Not on ballot:
District 9
General election
General election candidates
- Greg Stanton (Democratic Party) ✔
- Steve Ferrara (Republican Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Kiko Rex (Independent)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Libertarians
Withdrew
Independents
Not on ballot:
Wave election analysis
- See also: Wave elections (1918-2016)
The term wave election is frequently used to describe an election cycle in which one party makes significant electoral gains. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election?
Ballotpedia examined the results of the 50 election cycles that occurred between 1918 and 2016—spanning from President Woodrow Wilson's (D) second midterm in 1918 to Donald Trump's (R) first presidential election in 2016. We define wave elections as the 20 percent of elections in that period resulting in the greatest seat swings against the president's party.
Applying this definition to U.S. House elections, we found that Republicans needed to lose 48 seats for 2018 to qualify as a wave election.
The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 11 U.S. House waves from 1918 to 2016. Click here to read the full report.
| U.S. House wave elections | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | President | Party | Election type | House seats change | House majority[14] | |
| 1932 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -97 | D | |
| 1922 | Harding | R | First midterm | -76 | R | |
| 1938 | Roosevelt | D | Second midterm | -70 | D | |
| 2010 | Obama | D | First midterm | -63 | R (flipped) | |
| 1920 | Wilson | D | Presidential | -59 | R | |
| 1946 | Truman | D | First midterm | -54 | R (flipped) | |
| 1994 | Clinton | D | First midterm | -54 | R (flipped) | |
| 1930 | Hoover | R | First midterm | -53 | D (flipped) | |
| 1942 | Roosevelt | D | Third midterm | -50 | D | |
| 1966 | Johnson | D | First midterm[15] | -48 | D | |
| 1974 | Ford | R | Second midterm[16] | -48 | D | |
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2018
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2018
- U.S. House primaries, 2018
Footnotes
- ↑ Ray Parrish for Congress, "Ray Parrish for U.S. Representative to Congress in Arizona District One in 2018," accessed January 30, 2017
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2018 Primary Election," accessed August 6, 2018
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "VASQUEZ, JAIME ALFREDO," accessed September 20, 2017
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2018 Primary Election," accessed August 3, 2018
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2018 General Election," accessed August 3, 2018
- ↑ Augie Beyer for Congress, "Home," accessed September 20, 2017
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2018 Primary Election," accessed August 3, 2018
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2018 General Election," accessed August 3, 2018
- ↑ Facebook, "Zhani Doko - Libertarian for Congress AZ-9," accessed October 20, 2017
- ↑ Stephen Kessen for Congress, "Home," accessed October 20, 2017
- ↑ Kiko Rex for Congress, "Home," accessed September 20, 2017
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2018 Primary Election," accessed August 3, 2018
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2018 General Election," accessed August 3, 2018
- ↑ Denotes the party that had more seats in the U.S. House following the election.
- ↑ Lyndon Johnson's (D) first term began in November 1963 after the death of President John F. Kennedy (D), who was first elected in 1960. Before Johnson had his first midterm in 1966, he was re-elected president in 1964.
- ↑ Gerald Ford's (R) first term began in August 1974 following the resignation of President Richard Nixon (R), who was first elected in 1968 and was re-elected in 1972. Because Ford only served for two full months before facing the electorate, this election is classified as Nixon's second midterm.
