Arizona's 7th congressional district

Arizona's 7th congressional district
	Arizona's 7th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
	Ruben Gallego; D–Phoenix
Area	199.23 sq mi (516.0 km2)
Distribution	83.6% urban; 16.4% rural;
Population (2015)	769,597[1]
Median income	$43,969[2]
Ethnicity	56.0% Hispanic[3]; 32.6% white; 4.3% Native American; 3.7% black; 1.8% Asian; 0.1% other;
Cook PVI	D+23[4]

Arizona's 7th congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of Arizona. It includes much of inner Phoenix, as well as the eastern portion of Glendale. It is currently represented by Democrat Ruben Gallego.

History

2003 – 2013

Arizona picked up a seventh district after the 2000 census. Situated in the southwestern part of the state, it included all of Yuma County and parts of La Paz, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz counties. For all intents and purposes, it was the successor to what had been the 2nd district--the former seat of longtime congressman Mo Udall–from 1951 to 2003.

The district was larger than Rhode Island, Delaware, Hawaii, Connecticut and New Jersey combined.[5] It includes 300 miles of the U.S. border with Mexico. It was home to seven sovereign Native American nations: the Ak-Chin Indian Community, Cocopah, Colorado River Indian Tribes, Gila River Indian Community, Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Quechan, and Tohono O'odham.

2013 – present

After the 2010 census, the old 7th district essentially became the 3rd district, while the 7th was redrawn to take in most of the old 4th district.

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Gore 58 - 38%
2004	President	Kerry 57 - 43%
2008	President	Obama 57 - 42%
2012	President	Obama 72 - 27%
2016	President	Clinton 72 - 23%

List of members representing the district

Arizona began sending a seventh member to the House after the 2000 Census.

Representative	Party	Years	Congress(es)	Electoral history	Geography and Counties[6][7][8]
Raúl Grijalva	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	First elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 3rd district.	2003–2013 SW Arizona, including parts of Tucson: Yuma, La Paz (part), Maricopa (part), Pima (part), Pinal (part), Santa Cruz (part)
Ed Pastor	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015	113th	Redistricted from 4th district. Re-elected in 2012. Retired.	2013–present Much of inner Phoenix with the eastern portion of Glendale
Ruben Gallego	Democratic	January 3, 2015 – present	114th 115th 116th	First elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018.

Election results

The district was first created in 2002 following results from the 2000 U.S. Census.

2002

2002 Arizona’s 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raul M. Grijalva	61,256	59.00%
	Republican	Ross Hieb	38,474	37.06%
	Libertarian	John L. Nemeth	4,088	3.94%
Majority			22,782	21.94%
Total votes			103,818	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2004

2004 Arizona’s 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raul M. Grijalva (Incumbent)	108,868	62.06%
	Republican	Joseph Sweeney	59,066	33.67%
	Libertarian	Dave Kaplan	7,503	4.28%
Majority			49,802	28.39%
Total votes			175,437	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2006

2006 Arizona’s 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raul M. Grijalva (Incumbent)	80,354	61.09%
	Republican	Ron Drake	46,498	35.35%
	Libertarian	Joe Cobb	4,673	3.55%
Majority			33,856	25.74%
Total votes			131,525	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2008

2008 Arizona’s 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raul M. Grijalva (Incumbent)	124,304	63.26%
	Republican	Joseph Sweeney	64,425	32.79%
	Libertarian	Raymond Patrick Petrulsky	7,755	3.95%
Majority			59,879	30.47%
Total votes			196,489	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 Arizona’s 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raul M. Grijalva (Incumbent)	79,935	50.23%
	Republican	Ruth McClung	70,385	44.23%
	Independent	Harley Meyer	4,506	2.83%
	Libertarian	George Keane	4,318	2.71%
Majority			9,550	6.00%
Total votes			159,144	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2012

2012 Arizona’s 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Pastor (Incumbent)	104,489	81.74%
	Libertarian	Joe Cobb	23,338	18.26%
Majority			81,151	63.48%
Total votes			127,827	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2014

2014 Arizona’s 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ruben Gallego	54,235	74.98%
	Libertarian	Joe Cobb	10,715	14.82%
	Americans Elect	Rebecca DeWitt	3,858	5.33%
	Independent	Jose Peñalosa	3,496	4.83%
Majority			43,520	60.16%
Total votes				100.00%
	Democratic hold

2016

2016 Arizona’s 7th congressional district election[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ruben Gallego	119,465	75.22%
	Republican	Eve Nunez	39,286	24.74%
	Green	Neil B. Westbrooks (Write-in)	60	0.04%
Majority			80,119	50.49%
Total votes			158,811	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2018

2018 Arizona’s 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ruben Gallego (Incumbent)	113,044	85.61%
	Green	Gary Swing	18,706	14.17%
	Write-in		301	0.22%
Total votes			132,051	100%
	Democratic hold

Notes

Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
"2010 US Census Data for Arizona's 7th District". US Census Bureau. 2010. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-04. Retrieved 2007-01-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Martis, Kenneth C., The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, 1789-1983. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1982.
Martis, Kenneth C., The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1989.
Congressional Directory: Browse 105th Congress Archived 2011-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
"Arizona Secretary of State 2016 Election Information". apps.azsos.gov. Retrieved May 9, 2019.

References

External links

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[1] Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[2] Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[3] "2010 US Census Data for Arizona's 7th District". US Census Bureau. 2010. Retrieved 2013-03-27.

[Cook-4] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-04. Retrieved 2007-01-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] Martis, Kenneth C., The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, 1789-1983. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1982.

[7] Martis, Kenneth C., The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1989.

[8] Congressional Directory: Browse 105th Congress Archived 2011-02-17 at the Wayback Machine

[9] "Arizona Secretary of State 2016 Election Information". apps.azsos.gov. Retrieved May 9, 2019.