United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, 2016
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The 2016 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Arizona took place on November 8, 2016. Voters elected nine candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's nine congressional districts.
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Arizona utilizes a semi-closed primary system. Unaffiliated voters may choose which party's primary they will vote in, but voters registered with a party can only vote in that party's primary.[1][2][3]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 8 election, the Republican Party held five of the nine congressional seats from Arizona.
| Members of the U.S. House from Arizona-- Partisan Breakdown | |||
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| Party | As of November 2016 | After the 2016 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 4 | 4 | |
| Republican Party | 5 | 5 | |
| Total | 9 | 9 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2016 election, the incumbents for the nine congressional districts were:
| Name | Party | District |
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| Ann Kirkpatrick |  Democratic |
1 |
| Martha McSally |  Republican |
2 |
| Raul Grijalva | Democratic |
3 |
| Paul Gosar | Republican |
4 |
| Matt Salmon | Republican |
5 |
| David Schweikert | Republican |
6 |
| Ruben Gallego | Democratic |
7 |
| Trent Franks | Republican |
8 |
| Kyrsten Sinema | Democratic |
9 |
Margin of victory for winners
The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the two candidates who received the most votes. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100 percent.
| District | Winner | Margin of Victory | Total Vote | Top Opponent |
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| District 1 |  Tom O'Halleran |
7.3% | 280,710 | Paul Babeu |
| District 2 |  Martha McSally |
13.9% | 315,679 | Matt Heinz |
| District 3 | Raul Grijalva |
97.3% | 151,035 | Write-in |
| District 4 | Paul Gosar |
42.9% | 284,783 | Mikel Weisser |
| District 5 | Andy Biggs |
28.2% | 320,124 | Talia Fuentes |
| District 6 | David Schweikert |
24.3% | 324,444 | John Williamson |
| District 7 | Ruben Gallego |
50.5% | 158,811 | Eve Nunez |
| District 8 | Trent Franks |
37.1% | 298,971 | Mark Salazar |
| District 9 | Kyrsten Sinema |
21.9% | 277,507 | Dave Giles |
Candidates
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District 1
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General election candidates: Tom O'Halleran  Paul Babeu Ray Parrish Kim Allen (Write-in) |
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Primary candidates:[4] |
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Democratic Miguel Olivas[6][7] |
Republican Ken Bennett - Former Secretary of State[9] Paul Babeu - Pinal County Sheriff[10] Wendy Rogers - Retired U.S. Air Force pilot[11] Shawn Redd[12][7] |
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Withdrew: Thomas Vearl Whipple (R)[13] James Maloney (D)[14][7] Kayto Sullivan Jr. (D)[15][7] Carlyle Begay (R) - State sen.[16] David Gowan (R) - State House Speaker[10] Michael Mitchell (Write-in)[17] |
District 2
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General election candidates: Martha McSally Matt Heinz Ed Tilton Jr. (Write-in) |
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Primary candidates:[4] |
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Democratic Matt Heinz - Former state rep.[19] |
Republican |
District 3
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General election candidates: Raul Grijalva Harvey Martin (Write-in) Mike Ross (Write-in) |
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Primary candidates:[4] |
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Democratic Harvey Martin (Write-in)[7] |
Republican |
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Withdrew: Edna San Miguel (R)[20][7] |
District 4
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General election candidates: Paul Gosar Mikel Weisser Robert Hixon (Write-in) Jeffery Daniels (Write-in) |
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Primary candidates:[4] |
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Democratic Robert Hixon (Write-in)[7] |
Republican Ray Strauss[7] |
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Withdrew: Dale Poole (R)[21][7] |
District 5
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General election candidates: Andy Biggs Talia Fuentes Nolan Daniels (Write-in) |
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Primary candidates:[4] |
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Democratic Kinsey Remaklus[7] |
Republican Justin Olson - State Rep.[24] Don Stapley - Former Maricopa County supervisor[25] Christine Jones[26] |
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Not running: |
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Withdrew: Bryan Martyn - Former state parks director[28][29] |
District 6
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General election candidates: David Schweikert John Williamson Michael Shoen (Write-in) |
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Primary candidates:[4] |
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Democratic Brian Sinuk[7] |
Republican Russ Wittenberg[7] |
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Withdrew: Aaron Sutton (D)[7] |
District 7
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General election candidates: Ruben Gallego Eve Nunez Joe Cobb (Write-in) |
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Primary candidates:[4] |
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Democratic |
Republican |
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Third Party/Other |
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Withdrew: Gustavo Ortega (D)[7] |
District 8
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General election candidates: Trent Franks Mark Salazar Joe DeVivo (Write-in) |
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Primary candidates:[4] |
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Democratic |
Republican Clair Van Steenwyk[7] |
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Withdrew: Richard Grayson (Green)[7] |
District 9
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General election candidates: Kyrsten Sinema Dave Giles Mike Shipley (Write-in) |
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Primary candidates:[4] |
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Democratic |
Republican Dave Giles[7] |
Important dates and deadlines
- See also: Arizona elections, 2016
The calendar below lists important dates for political candidates in Arizona in 2016.
| Dates and requirements for candidates in 2016 | |||
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| Deadline | Event type | Event description | |
| September 24, 2015 | Ballot access | First day to file new party petitions for the presidential preference primary | |
| October 24, 2015 | Ballot access | Last day to file new party petitions for the presidential preference primary | |
| November 13, 2015 | Ballot access | First day to file as a candidate for the presidential preference primary | |
| December 14, 2015 | Ballot access | Last day to file as a candidate for the presidential preference primary | |
| January 1 to February 1, 2016 | Campaign finance | January 31 report due (covering November 25, 2014, to December 31, 2015) | |
| March 3, 2016 | Ballot access | Deadline for filing new party petitions for the general election | |
| March 22, 2016 | Election date | Presidential preference primary | |
| May 2, 2016 | Ballot access | First day for filing candidate nomination petitions | |
| June 1, 2016 | Ballot access | Last day for filing candidate nomination petitions | |
| June 1 to June 30, 2016 | Campaign finance | June 30 report due (covering January 1 to May 31, 2016) | |
| July 21, 2016 | Ballot access | Deadline for filing as a write-in candidate for the primary election | |
| August 19 to August 26, 2016 | Campaign finance | Pre-primary report due (covering June 1 to August 18, 2016) | |
| August 30, 2016 | Election date | Primary election | |
| September 29, 2016 | Ballot access | Deadline for filing as a write-in candidate for the general election | |
| September 20 to September 29, 2016 | Campaign finance | Post-primary report due (covering August 19 to September 19, 2016) | |
| October 28 to November 4, 2016 | Campaign finance | Pre-general report due (covering September 20 to October 27, 2016) | |
| November 8, 2016 | Election date | General election | |
| November 29 to December 8, 2016 | Campaign finance | Post-general report due (covering October 28 to November 28, 2016) | |
| Source: Arizona Secretary of State, "Elections Calendar & Upcoming Events," accessed June 5, 2015 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2016
- United States Senate election in Arizona, 2016
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2016
- List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2016
- U.S. House primaries, 2016
Footnotes
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed July 19, 2024
- ↑ Citizens Clean Elections Commission, "Primary Election," accessed July 19, 2024
- ↑ Arizona State Legislature, "Arizona Revised Statutes 16-467," accessed July 19 2024
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Candidates are listed by party and alphabetically within each party.
- ↑ Azcentral, "Tom O’Halleran running for Congress as Democrat," August 4, 2015
- ↑ Casa Grande Dispatch, "Coolidge man makes another run for Congress," November 28, 2015
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.24 7.25 7.26 7.27 7.28 Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Primary Candidates," accessed June 2, 2016
- ↑ Southern Arizona News-Examiner, "Republican Gary Kiehne will run again in 2016 for CD1," February 11, 2015
- ↑ Azcentral, "Bennett to run for Congress in 1st District," July 13, 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Roll Call, "Arizona Sheriff Babeu Enters Race for Kirkpatrick’s Seat," October 5, 2015
- ↑ Azcentral, "Wendy Rogers launches third bid for Congress," January 13, 2016
- ↑ Shawn Redd for Congress, "Home," accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ Thomas Whipple for Congress, "Home," accessed March 21, 2016
- ↑ WMIcentral.com, "White Mountains’ James Maloney announces bid for Congress," December 14, 2015
- ↑ Twitter, "Kayto Sullivan," accessed April 12, 2016
- ↑ The Arizona Republic, "Arizona Navajo Republican Carlyle Begay will run for Congress," March 7, 2016
- ↑ Email submission to Ballotpedia, January 8, 2016
- ↑ The Tucson Weekly, "It's Official: State Rep. Victoria Steele is Running for Congress & Hopes to Unseat McSally," July 7, 2015
- ↑ Azcentral, "Democrat joins race for Congress against Martha McSally," July 30, 2015
- ↑ San Miguel for Congress, "Home," accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ Facebook, "Dale Poole," accessed February 22, 2016
- ↑ The Arizona Republic, "Against the odds: Democrat seeks seat in GOP stronghold," May 11, 2016
- ↑ Azcentral, "The man many wanted to topple McCain kisses politics goodbye," February 25, 2016
- ↑ The Arizona Republic, "State Rep. Justin Olson to run for Congress against fellow state lawmaker," March 9, 2016
- ↑ The Arizona Republic, "He tangled with Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Now Don Stapley is running for Congress," April 5, 2016
- ↑ The Arizona Republic, "Christine Jones to run for Matt Salmon's seat in Congress," May 2, 2016
- ↑ Azcentral, "Matt Salmon: Why I'm leaving Congress," February 25, 2016
- ↑ The Arizona Republic, "Third Republican joins race for Matt Salmon's seat," March 26, 2016
- ↑ KVOA.com, "Bryan Martyn drops bid for Congress, backs Don Stapley," May 13, 2016
- ↑ John Agra for Congress, "Home," accessed May 24, 2016
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