Arizona's 4th congressional district

Arizona's 4th congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of Arizona. It is represented by Democrat Greg Stanton as of the 2022 election. The district is located entirely within Maricopa County.^[4]

Arizona's 4th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Greg Stanton D–Phoenix
Distribution	99.92% urban 0.08% rural
Population (2023)	814,381[1]
Median household income	$83,258[2]
Ethnicity	55.2% White 26.7% Hispanic 5.5% Asian 5.3% Black 4.3% Two or more races 2.2% Native American 0.8% other
Cook PVI	D+4[3]

History

Arizona first gained a fourth district after the 1970 census. It covered the entire northeastern portion of the state, from northern Phoenix all the way to the New Mexico border. However, the great majority of its vote was cast in northern Phoenix, which was heavily Republican.

With the Valley's dramatic growth over the next two decades, the district was made significantly more compact in the 1990 census, losing all of its territory outside of the Phoenix area. Like its predecessor, it was reliably Republican.

After the 2000 census, the old 4th essentially became the 3rd district. A new 4th district was created in the heavily Latino portions of inner Phoenix. This district was the only safe Democratic district in the Phoenix area, and remained in Democratic hands for its entire existence in this configuration.

After the 2010 census, this district essentially became the 7th district, while a new 4th was created in the mostly rural western and northwestern portion of the state. While the old 4th was easily the most Democratic district in Arizona, the new 4th was far and away the most Republican district in Arizona, and one of the most Republican districts in the West. In all presidential elections contested since the 2010 4th was created, it gave the Republican presidential nominee his highest margin in the state.

As of the 2020 Census redistricting, this district essentially became the 9th district, while the 4th district was reconfigured to cover most of the old 9th district. It was restricted to Maricopa County, and covered most of Tempe and portions of Phoenix, Mesa and Chandler. Due to its shares of Tempe and Phoenix, it was marginally Democratic.

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains the following counties and communities:^[5]

Maricopa County (4)

Chandler (part; also 5th), Mesa (part; also 1st and 5th), Phoenix (part; also 1st, 3rd, and 8th), Tempe (part; also 3rd)

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results[6]
2008	President	McCain 53% - 46%
2010	Senate	McCain 60% - 33%
	Governor	Brewer 53% - 43%
	Secretary of State	Bennett 59% - 41%
	Attorney General	Horne 50.1% - 49.6%
	Treasurer	Ducey 52% - 40%
2012	President	Romney 54% - 46%
2016	President	Clinton 47% - 44%
	Senate	McCain 53% - 41%
2018	Senate	Sinema 54% - 43%
	Governor	Ducey 52% - 46%
	Attorney General	Contreras 51% - 49%
2020	President	Biden 54% - 44%
	Senate (Spec.)	Kelly 56% - 44%
2022	Senate	Kelly 57% - 41%
	Governor	Hobbs 56% - 44%
	Secretary of State	Fontes 59% - 41%
	Attorney General	Mayes 56% - 44%
	Treasurer	Yee 51% - 49%
2024	President	Harris 53% - 46%
	Senate	Gallego 56% - 41%

List of members representing the district

Arizona began sending a fourth member to the House after the 1970 census.

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location & counties[7][8][9]
District created January 3, 1973
John Bertrand Conlan (Phoenix)	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977	93rd 94th	Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired to run for U.S. senator.	1973–1983 E Arizona, including parts of Metro Phoenix: Apache, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Navajo, Maricopa (part), Pinal (part)
Eldon Rudd (Scottsdale)	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1987	95th 96th 97th 98th 99th	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Retired.
					1983–1993 E Arizona, including parts of Metro Phoenix: Apache, Navajo, Gila (part), Graham (part), Maricopa (part)
Jon Kyl (Phoenix)	Republican	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995	100th 101st 102nd 103rd	Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
					1993–2003 Maricopa (part / Parts of Metro Phoenix)
John Shadegg (Phoenix)	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	104th 105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
Ed Pastor (Phoenix)	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 2nd district. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 7th district.	2003–2013 Maricopa (part / Parts of Metro Phoenix) Parts of Metro Phoenix
Paul Gosar (Prescott)	Republican	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2023	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 9th district.	2013–2023 Northwest Arizona: Gila (part), La Paz, Maricopa (part), Mohave (part), Yavapai (part), Yuma (part).
Greg Stanton (Phoenix)	Democratic	January 3, 2023 – present	118th 119th	Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2023–present:

Recent election results

2002

Main article: 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

Arizona's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Pastor	44,517	67.38%
	Republican	Jonathan Barnert	18,381	27.82%
	Libertarian	Amy Gibbons	3,167	4.79%
Margin of victory			26,136	39.56%
Total votes			66,065	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2004

Main article: 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

Arizona's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Pastor (Incumbent)	77,150	70.12%
	Republican	Don Karg	28,238	25.66%
	Libertarian	Gary Fallon	4,639	4.22%
Margin of victory			48,912	44.46%
Total votes			110,027	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2006

Main article: 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

Arizona's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Pastor (Incumbent)	56,464	72.52%
	Republican	Don Karg	18,627	23.92%
	Libertarian	Ronald Harders	2,770	3.56%
Margin of victory			37,837	48.60%
Total votes			77,861	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2008

Main article: 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

Arizona's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Pastor (Incumbent)	89,721	72.11%
	Republican	Don Karg	26,435	21.25%
	Green	Rebecca DeWitt	4,464	3.59%
	Libertarian	Joe Cobb	3,807	3.06%
Margin of victory			63,286	50.86%
Total votes			124,427	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2010

Main article: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

Arizona's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Pastor (Incumbent)	61,524	66.94%
	Republican	Janet Contreras	25,300	27.53%
	Libertarian	Joe Cobb	2,718	2.96%
	Green	Rebecca DeWitt	2,365	2.57%
Margin of victory			36,224	39.41%
Total votes			91,907	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2012

Main article: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

Arizona's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Gosar (Incumbent)	162,907	66.83%
	Democratic	Johnnie Robinson	69,154	28.37%
	Libertarian	Joe Pamelia	9,306	3.82%
	Americans Elect	Richard Grayson	2,393	0.98%
Margin of victory			93,753	38.46%
Total votes			243,760	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic

2014

Main article: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

Arizona's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Gosar (Incumbent)	122,560	70.0%
	Democratic	Mikel Weisser	45,179	25.8%
	Libertarian	Chris Rike	7,440	4.2%
Margin of victory			77,381	34.2%
Total votes			175,179	100.00%
	Republican hold

2016

Main article: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

Arizona's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Gosar (Incumbent)	203,487	71.5%
	Democratic	Mikel Weisser	81,296	28.5%
Margin of victory			122,191	43%
Total votes			284,783	100%
	Republican hold

2018

Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

Arizona's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Gosar (Incumbent)	188,842	68.1%
	Democratic	David Brill	84,521	30.5%
Margin of victory			104,321	37.6%
Total votes			277,035	100%
	Republican hold

2020

Main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

Arizona's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Gosar (incumbent)	278,002	69.7
	Democratic	Delina DiSanto	120,484	30.2
	Write-in		137	0.0
Total votes			398,623	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

Main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

Arizona's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Greg Stanton (incumbent)	148,941	56.10
	Republican	Kelly Cooper	116,521	43.89
	Independent	Stephan Jones (write-in)	36	0.01
Total votes			265,498	100.0
	Democratic gain from			{{{swing}}}

2024

Main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

Arizona's 4th Congressional District House Election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Greg Stanton (incumbent)	176,428	52.74	−3.36%
	Republican	Kelly Cooper	152,052	45.45	+1.56%
	Green	Vincent Beck-Jones	6,065	1.81	N/A
Total votes			334,545	100.0
	Democratic hold

See also

• United States portal
• Arizona portal

• Arizona's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts