Elizabeth Reye (Arizona)

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Elizabeth Reye

Republican Party

Candidate, U.S. House Arizona District 4

Elections and appointments

Last election

July 30, 2024

Next election

August 4, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

Johns Hopkins University, 2004

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Birthplace

Phoenix, AZ

Religion

Christian: Catholic

Profession

Neuroscientist

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Elizabeth Reye (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Arizona's 4th Congressional District. She declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on August 4, 2026.

Biography

Elizabeth Reye was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She earned a bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University in 2004. Her professional experience includes working as a neuroscientist.

Elections

2026

See also: Arizona's 4th 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 election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 4

Incumbent Greg Stanton is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Arizona District 4 on August 4, 2026.

		Candidate
		Greg Stanton

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 4

Jerone Davison, Bradley Honer, Zuhdi Jasser, and Elizabeth Reye are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Arizona District 4 on August 4, 2026.

		Candidate
		Jerone Davison
		Bradley Honer
		Zuhdi Jasser
		Elizabeth Reye

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2024

See also: United States Senate election in Arizona, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Arizona

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Arizona on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ruben Gallego (D)	50.1	1,676,335
		Kari Lake (R)	47.7	1,595,761
		Eduardo Quintana (G)	2.3	75,868
	Submit photo	Sarah Williams (L) (Write-in)	0.0	535
	Submit photo	Christopher Beckett (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	103
		Steven Cavin Sanders (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	92
	Submit photo	Jannie Prosser (R) (Write-in)	0.0	82
	Submit photo	Shawn Petty (No party preference) (Write-in)	0.0	24
		David Bozic (No party preference) (Write-in)	0.0	12
	Submit photo	Benjamin Rodriguez (Us Altogether Party) (Write-in)	0.0	2

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,348,814
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Richard Grayson (No party preference)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Arizona

Ruben Gallego advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Arizona on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ruben Gallego	100.0	498,927

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Alexander Keller (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Arizona

Kari Lake defeated Mark Lamb, Elizabeth Reye, and Dustin Williams in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Arizona on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kari Lake	55.3	409,339
		Mark Lamb	39.5	292,888
		Elizabeth Reye	5.2	38,208
	Submit photo	Dustin Williams (Write-in)	0.0	184

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 740,619
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Leonard Fulcher (R)
• Robert Walker (R)
• Alan White (R)
• Connie Moreno (R)
• Christopher Berschauer (R)
• Brian Wright (R)

Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. Senate Arizona

Eduardo Quintana defeated Mike Norton and Arturo Hernandez in the Green primary for U.S. Senate Arizona on July 30, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eduardo Quintana (Write-in)	49.5	282
		Mike Norton	31.6	180
		Arturo Hernandez	18.9	108

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 570
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sarah Williams (L)

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Campaign themes

2026

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2024

Elizabeth Reye completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Reye's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

After graduating from Johns Hopkins University in neuroscience, I went to work at the National Institute of Health. Later, while living in Portland, Oregon, I turned my focus to cleaning up that city with a run for the state legislature. You can imagine the reception of a Libertarian Republican running on an anti-corruption platform in Portland! Antifa (so- called) threatened me and my family but I took them on because the conscience of a conservative never backs down!

Soon after returning home to Arizona, I noticed a change in the conscience of our conservative state. Much of the same extremism I witnessed from the far-left in Portland, I now saw growing in my beloved party. My Republican Party stands for Reagan, Reason, and Responsibility. My concern is that the party of Reagan is drifting away from these roots of reason and responsibility into self-defeating denialism that plays into the hands of both our political and global competitors. When we abandon those roots, we lose both here and on the world stage. It’s time to return those roots of Reagan Republicanism back to the party. This is why I am running.

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?

• Border Security

  President Reagan believed that the greatness of our nation is rooted in our being a Beacon of Freedom across the world. Far from “poisoning our blood”, lawful immigrants seeking a better life have consistently been the lifeblood of our nation. Reagan saw that and so did I.

  When President Reagan signed the last comprehensive immigration bill passed in this country, He was sure to congratulate both Republicans and Democrats. “It’s amazing what can be accomplished when you don’t care who gets credit,” Reagan remarked with a smile. Nothing is ever going to get done on the border (or anywhere else for that matter) until we get back to understanding the wisdom of those words.
• Economy Was your life better off 4 years ago? What Biden and his cronies have done to our economy is atrocious. Skyrocketing inflation, loss of energy independence, and gas prices through the roof. There are easy ways to stop this madness. I stand to make Arizona the welcoming, easy to afford state I grew up in.
• Peace through strength. It worked and it still works. Those like Lake who would capitulate to the tyrants and make America a junior partner in the Axis of Evil would be unrecognizable as Republicans to Reagan. And anyone who promises to be a dictator (for a day, hour, minute, or second) is certainly no friend of The Gipper. I understand Peace through Strength and I understand why we must stand up to tyrants like Putin, Xi, and Un instead of blowing them kisses from Washington, DC.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Most specifically border security and economy/ inflation

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

Reagan, as stated above. He restored dignity and sanity to both the United States and the world during a period of economic insecurity much like now, and managed to spearhead the fall of the Soviet Union.

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

An American Life: The Autobiography of Ronald Reagan

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

Ability to hold strong to one's values, not be afraid to stand tall, and to never capitulate to lobbies and special interests.

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

I'm strong, determined, well versed in politics and Constitional rights. I follow politics very closely and have since I was a child.

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

Senators hold a strong seat in our three tiered system of justice. We vote in Conressional bills and help ensure the checks and balances the Founding Fathers designed.

What legacy would you like to leave?

An honest, yet full of force, voice to be reckoned with.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

I was 9 and I remember Reagan saying, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

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

I was a neuroscientist working in the Biopsychiatry Department at Johns Hopkins. The lasted full time for about 4 years.

What is your favorite book? Why?

Changes! Depends on my mood. Sometimes I like my Cambridge neuroscience series, sometimes a good Douglas Preston or James Patterson.

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

Harry Potter, the boy who didn't give up despite all the odds.

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

My daughter was humming a rare one not many will know this: Hold the Line by Avicii

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

My youngest daughter is severely disabled and is been a long, hard road to get to her the point she is, where she is becoming a wonderful young lady.

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

Getting back to where our now divided, disenfranchised nation was: a healthy middle class that can afford to live better than packed to paycheck, and does not have to worry about international wars.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

Absolutely!!!!! I can't think of many Congress or Senate that have held seats for 50 years that have not been corrupted and/or completely removed from how the populace feels.

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

2 members per state. Not based on partisan districting, but based on the entire state. And each state, no matter the size, shares equal say.

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

Not necessarily. An interest and knowledge? Yes. But having run or held office before? No, level of knowledge and personal reliability matter more.

What do you think of the filibuster?

Necessary. To lose it means each side flip flops via who is in charge and political winds.

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

As an Arizonan... John McCain. Historically, Henry Clay

Tell us your favorite joke.

Not appropriate for print lol

How would you evaluate a judicial nominee?

Based on past rulings, Contitutional adherence

What kind of relationships would you build with other senators?

Friendly, working ones, be it Republican, Democrat, or Indepent.

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

Desirable, but not always possible to be necessary.

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

To look into misdeads of other officials in government.

What criteria would you apply when deciding whether to confirm presidential appointees to their Cabinet?

Background, past history in service, honesty, reliability.

What committees interest you?

Budget; Commerce, Science and Education; Energy and National Resources; Finance; Foreign Relations; Homeland Security; Judiciary; Intelligence; Committee on Aging

What are your views on financial transparency and government accountability?

Vastly important to have financial transparency and government accountability. Instead we get massive 2000 page bills filled with pork that are causing out debt to skyrocket.

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January 19 submission

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm running in Arizona because we have been disenfranchised.

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?

• Border
• Economy
• Inflation

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

My state has seen prices go sky high recently and I'm adverse to the current economic policies. This must be fixed!

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

Reagan same as above that was amazing.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

I was young, living in Paris. Reagan said "year down this wall!" And we drive right over to see it. I have a piece I took myself.

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

Neuroscience, about 8 years

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Elizabeth Reye campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2026*	U.S. House Arizona District 4	Candidacy Declared primary	$0	N/A**
2024*	U.S. Senate Arizona	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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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

Vacant

District 8

Abraham Hamadeh (R)

District 9

Paul Gosar (R)

Republican Party (6)

Democratic Party (4)

Vacancies (1)