Arizona's 7th congressional district

Arizona's 7th congressional district
Arizona's 7th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Raúl Grijalva; D–Tucson
Area	199.23 sq mi (516.0 km2)
Distribution	83.6% urban; 16.4% rural;
Population (2023)	811,832
Median household; income	$61,136
Ethnicity	59.8% Hispanic; 28.5% White; 3.9% Black; 3.0% Native American; 2.5% Two or more races; 1.9% Asian; 0.6% other;
Cook PVI	D+15

Arizona's 7th congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of Arizona. The district stretches along the Mexico–United States border and includes the western third of Tucson, parts of Yuma and Nogales, as well as Avondale and Tolleson in Metro Phoenix. It is currently represented by Democrat Raúl Grijalva.

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.^[4] It included 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.

2013–2023

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.

2023–present

Arizona's 7th district was redrawn to include much of the 3rd district, under a configuration similar to its 2003-13 incarnation. It covers parts of Pima, Yuma, La Paz, and Maricopa counties.

Composition

#	County	Seat	Population
3	Cochise	Bisbee	124,640
13	Maricopa	Phoenix	4,585,871
19	Pima	Tucson	1,063,162
21	Pinal	Florence	484,239
23	Santa Cruz	Nogales	49,158
27	Yuma	Yuma	213,221

Cities of 10,000 people or more

Tucson – 542,629
Yuma – 95,548
Goodyear – 95,294
Avondale – 89,334
San Luis – 35,257
Sahuarita – 34,134
Drexel Heights – 27,523
Rio Rico – 20,549
Nogales – 19,770
Douglas – 16,534
Flowing Wells – 15,657
Somerton – 14,197
Valencia West – 14,101
Tucson Estates – 12,069
Tucson Mountains – 10,862

2,500 – 10,000 people

Picture Rocks – 9,551
Tolleson – 7,216
Avra Valley – 5,569
Three Points – 5,184
Bisbee – 4,923
Summit – 4,724
South Tucson – 4,613
Avenue B and C – 4,101
Ajo – 3,039

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2004	President	Kerry 57–43%
2008	President	Obama 57–42%
2012	President	Obama 72–27%
2016	President	Clinton 72–23%
2020	President	Biden 74–25%

List of members representing the district

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

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	Geography and Counties^[5]^[6]^[7]
District created January 3, 2003
Raúl Grijalva (Tucson)	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	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 (Phoenix)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015	113th	Redistricted from 4th district. Re-elected in 2012. Retired.	2013–2023: Much of inner Phoenix with the eastern portion of Glendale
Ruben Gallego (Phoenix)	Democratic	January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2023	114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
Raúl Grijalva (Tucson)	Democratic	January 3, 2023 – present	118th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. Retiring at end of term.	2023–present:

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^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ruben Gallego (incumbent)	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

2020

2020 Arizona's 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ruben Gallego (Incumbent)	165,452	75.7%
	Republican	Josh Barnett	50,226	23.3%
	Write-in		54	0.0%
Total votes			215,732	100%
	Democratic hold

2022

2022 Arizona's 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raúl Grijalva (incumbent)	126,418	64.5%
	Republican	Luis Pozzolo	69,444	35.5%
Total votes			195,862	100%
	Democratic hold

References

Specific

^ 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.
^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
^ "Congressman Raśl M. Grijalva - Arizona District 7". Archived from the original on January 4, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
^ 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.

General

External links

Maps of Congressional Districts first in effect for the 2002 election
Tentative Final Congressional Maps for the 2012 election
Rose Institute of State and Local Government, "Arizona: 2010 Redistricting Changes: Seventh District", Redistricting by State, Claremont, CA: Claremont McKenna College, archived from the original on September 15, 2020

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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.

[Cook-3] "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[4] "Congressman Raśl M. Grijalva - Arizona District 7". Archived from the original on January 4, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.

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

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

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

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

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