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	Vacant;
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+13

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 vacant as of March 13, 2025. It was last represented by Democrat Raúl Grijalva, who died in office.

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Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	Geography and Counties^[7]^[8]^[9]
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 – March 13, 2025	118th 119th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024. Announced retirement,^[10] then died.	2023–present:
Vacant		March 13, 2025 – present	119th	To be determined in a special election.	2023–present:

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%
Margin of victory			22,782	21.94%
Total votes			103,818	100.00%
	Democratic hold

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%
Margin of victory			49,802	28.39%
Total votes			175,437	100.00%
	Democratic hold

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%
Margin of victory			33,856	25.74%
Total votes			131,525	100.00%
	Democratic hold

History

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%
Margin of victory			9,550	6.00%
Total votes			159,144	100.00%
	Democratic hold

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%
Margin of victory			43,520	60.16%
Total votes				100.00%
	Democratic hold

2016 Arizona's 7th congressional district election^[11]
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%
Margin of victory			80,119	50.49%
Total votes			158,811	100.00%
	Democratic hold

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