Arizona's 7th congressional district

Arizona's 7th congressional district
Arizona's 7th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Ruben Gallego (D–Phoenix)
Area 199.23 mi2
Distribution 83.6% urban, 16.4% rural
Population (2010) 855,769
Median income $30,828
Ethnicity 32.6% White, 3.7% Black, 1.8% Asian, 56.0% Hispanic, 4.3% Native American, 0.1[1]% other
Cook PVI D+16[2]

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.

2003-2013

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.

The district was larger than Rhode Island, Delaware, Hawaii, Connecticut and New Jersey combined.[3] 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 - 2023

After redistricting for the 2012 election, most of the current 7th district became the 3rd congressional 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%

List of representatives

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

Representative Party Years Congress(es) Electoral history Geography and Counties[4][5][6]
Raúl M. Grijalva Democratic January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2013		 108th
109th
110th
111th
112th		 First elected in 2002.

Redistricted to 3rd district
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
Retired		 Current
Ruben Gallego Democratic January 3, 2015 –
Present		 114th First elected in 2014

Recent election results

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

2002

Arizona’s 7th Congressional District House Election, 2002
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

Arizona’s 7th Congressional District House Election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Raul M. Grijalva* 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

Arizona’s 7th Congressional District House Election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Raul M. Grijalva* 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

Arizona’s 7th Congressional District House Election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Raul M. Grijalva* 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

Arizona’s 7th Congressional District House Election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Raul M. Grijalva* 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

Arizona’s 7th Congressional District House Election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Ed Pastor* 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

Arizona’s 7th Congressional District House Election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Ruben Gallego 54,235 74.98%
Libertarian Joe Cobb 10,715 14.82%
Americans Elect (United States) Rebecca DeWitt 3,858 5.33%
Independent Jose Peñalosa 3,496 4.83%
Majority 43,520 60.16%
Total votes 100.00
Democratic hold

Source: "STATE OF ARIZONA OFFICIAL CANVASS 2014 General Election - November 4, 2014" (PDF). Arizona Secretary of State. December 1, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2015. 

Living former Members

As of April 2015, there are two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 7th congressional district that are currently living.

Representative Term in office Date of birth (and age)
Raúl Grijalva 2003 - 2013 February 19, 1948
Ed Pastor 2013 - 2015 June 28, 1943

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "2010 US Census Data for Arizona's 7th District". US Census Bureau. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  2. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-01-04. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
  4. ↑ Martis, Kenneth C., The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, 1789-1983. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1982.
  5. ↑ Martis, Kenneth C., The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1989.
  6. ↑ Congressional Directory: Browse 105th Congress

References

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Coordinates: 33°25′40″N 112°07′08″W / 33.42778°N 112.11889°W / 33.42778; -112.11889

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