2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona
Majority party
Minority party
Party
Republican
Democratic
Last election
5
4
Seats won
5
4
Seat change
Popular vote
1,266,088
1,078,620
Percentage
51.55%
43.92%
Swing
4.13%
4.54%
Republican
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
Democratic
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
>90%
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona were held on November 8, 2016, to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Arizona , one from each of the state's nine congressional districts . The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election , as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections . The primaries were held on August 30.
Overview
Statewide
Party
Candi dates
Votes
Seats
No.
%
No.
+/–
%
Republican
9
1,266,088
51.55
5
55.56
Democratic
8
1,078,620
43.92
4
44.44
Green
4
110,820
4.51
0
0.0
Write-in
5
548
0.02
0
0.0
Total
26
2,456,076
100.0
9
100.0
Popular vote
Republican
51.55%
Democratic
43.92%
Green
4.51%
Other
0.02%
House seats
Republican
55.56%
Democratic
44.44%
By district
Results of the 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona by district:
District 1
2016 Arizona's 1st congressional district election
County results
O'Halleran: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Babeu: 40–50% 50–60%
Incumbent Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick , who had represented the district since 2013, and previously between 2009 and 2011, ran for the U.S. Senate seat held by John McCain .[1] She was re-elected in 2014 with 52% of the vote.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Tom O'Halleran , former Republican state senator and independent candidate for state senate in 2014[2]
Eliminated in primary
Miguel Olivas, former Republican congressional aide, Democratic candidate for this seat in 2012 and Libertarian candidate for 3rd district in 2014 [3]
Withdrawn
James Maloney, small business owner[4]
Declined
Endorsements
Tom O'Halleran
U.S. Representatives
Statewide officials
Labor unions
Individuals
Results
Republican primary
On the Republican side, rancher and candidate for the seat in 2014 Gary Kiehne ran again.[13] Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu also ran in the primary.[14] [15]
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Ken Bennett , former secretary of state, former president of the Arizona Senate, and candidate for governor in 2014 [17]
Gary Kiehne, rancher, businessman and candidate in 2014 [13]
Shawn Redd, businessman[3]
Wendy Rogers , former air force officer and nominee for the 9th district in 2014 [18]
Withdrawn
Declined
David Tenney, director of the Arizona Residential Utility Consumer Office and former Navajo County Supervisor[7] [22]
Andy Tobin , director of the Arizona Department of Weights and Measures, former Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives and nominee for this seat in 2014 [7] [23]
Endorsements
Ken Bennett
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Newspapers
Local officials
Chris Gibbs, Mayor of Safford, Arizona [26]
Christian Price, Mayor of Maricopa, Arizona [27]
Bob Rivera, Mayor of Thatcher, Arizona [26]
Anthony Smith, Pinal County supervisor[27]
Todd House, Pinal County supervisor[27]
Cheryl Chase, Pinal County supervisor[27]
Jack Smith, Yavapai County supervisor[28]
Chip Davis, Yavapai County supervisor[28]
Craig Brower, Yavapai County supervisor[28]
Rowle Simmons, Yavapai County supervisor[28]
Thomas Thurman, Yavapai County supervisor[28]
Drew John, Gila County supervisor [26]
Danny Smith, Gila County supervisor[26]
Gary Kiehene
State legislators
David Gowan , Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives
Newspapers
Local officials
Steve Miller, Pinal County supervisor[27]
PJ Allred, Graham County Sheriff
Bryce Hamblin, Mayor of Eagar, Arizona
Paul Babeu
U.S. Representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Wendy Rogers
State legislators
Individuals
Lucy Babeu and Veronica Keating, candidate Paul Babeu's sisters[32]
Results
General election
Endorsements
Tom O'Halleran (D)
U.S. Representatives
Statewide officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers
Individuals
Paul Babeu (R)
U.S. Representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Organizations
Debate
Polling
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
Margin of error
Tom O'Halleran (D)
Paul Babeu (R)
Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D−DCCC)
September 22–25, 2016
400
± 4.9%
45%
38%
17%
Predictions
Results
District 2
2016 Arizona's 2nd congressional district election
Incumbent Republican Martha McSally , who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election. She defeated Democratic incumbent Ron Barber in 2014 with 50% of the vote
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Results
Democratic primary
State Representative Bruce Wheeler had formed an exploratory committee to run for the Democratic nomination, but decided not to run after having surgery to repair a torn retina.[45] [46]
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Declined
Ron Barber , former U.S. Representative[49] [50]
David Bradley , state senator[49] [51]
Fred DuVal , former chairman of the Arizona Board of Regents and nominee for governor in 2014 [52]
Steve Farley , state senator[53] [49]
Randall Friese , state representative[53] [54] [55]
Steve Kozachik, Tucson City Councilman[56]
Nan Walden, businesswoman, attorney and former chief of staff to Senator Bill Bradley [49] [54] [57]
Bruce Wheeler , state representative[45] [49] [46]
Paula Aboud , former state senator[53]
Mark Kelly , retired astronaut and husband of former U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords [53]
Endorsements
Matt Heinz
U.S. Representatives
State legislators
Ed Ableser , former state senator[59]
Amanda Aguirre , former state senator[59]
David Bradley , state senator[51]
Olivia Cajero Bedford , state senator[51]
Cloves Campbell, former state representative[59]
Robert Cannell, former state senator[59]
Mark Cardenas , state representative[59]
Ken Cheuvront , former state senator[59]
Demion Clinco , former state representative[51]
Ann English, Cochise County supervisor[59]
Pat Fleming , former state representative and US Army analyst[59]
Randall Friese , state representative[59]
Rosanna Gabaldón , state representative[59]
Steve Gallardo , Maricopa County Supervisor[59]
Linda J. Lopez , former state senator[51]
Stefanie Mach , state representative[51]
Robert Meza , state senator[59]
Lynne Pancrazi , state senator[51]
Elaine Richardson, former state senator[51]
Macario Saldate , state representative[51]
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers
Local officials
Victoria Steele
U.S. Representatives
State legislators
Eric Meyer, House Minority Leader[65]
Rebecca Rios , Minority Whip[65]
Steve Farley , Senate Assistant Minority Leader[65]
Richard Andrade , state representative[65]
Reginald Bolding , state representative[65]
Jennifer D. Benally , state representative[65]
Diego Espinosa, state representative[65]
Charlene Fernandez , state representative[65]
Jonathan Larkin, state representative[65]
Debbie McCune Davis, state representative[65]
Juan Mendez, state representative[65]
Albert Hale, state representative[65]
Andrew Sherwood, state representative[65]
Lela Alston, state representative[65]
Local officials
Barbara LaWall, Pima County Attorney[65]
Chris Nanos, Pima County Sheriff[65]
Results
General election
Endorsements
Matt Heinz (D)
U.S. Representatives
State legislators
Ed Ableser , former state senator[59]
Amanda Aguirre , former state senator[59]
David Bradley , state senator[51]
Olivia Cajero Bedford , state senator[51]
Cloves Campbell, former state representative[59]
Robert Cannell, former state senator[59]
Mark Cardenas , state representative[59]
Ken Cheuvront , former state senator[59]
Demion Clinco , former state representative[51]
Pat Fleming , former state representative and US Army analyst[59]
Randall Friese , state representative[59]
Rosanna Gabaldón , state representative[59]
Linda J. Lopez , former state senator[51]
Stefanie Mach , state representative[51]
Robert Meza , state senator[59]
Lynne Pancrazi , state senator[51]
Elaine Richardson, former state senator[51]
Macario Saldate , state representative[51]
Victoria Steele , state representative and primary candidate for this seat[68]
Labor unions
Organizations
Newspapers
Polling
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
Margin of error
Martha McSally (R)
Matt Heinz (D)
Undecided
Wilson Perkins Allen Research
September 14–15, 2016
400
± 4.9%
56%
37%
7%
Predictions
Results
District 3
2016 Arizona's 3rd congressional district election
Incumbent Democrat Raúl Grijalva who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2014 with 55.7% of the vote.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Declined
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Declined
Edna San Miguel, artist and former teacher[72]
General election
Grijalva faced only Libertarian write-in candidate Mike Ross in the general election.[73] The Arizona secretary of state reported no results for Ross.
Endorsements
Results
District 4
2016 Arizona's 4th congressional district election
Incumbent Republican Paul Gosar , who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected to a third term in 2014 with 70% of the vote.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Endorsements
Ray Strauss
Local officials
Hildy Angius, Mohave County Supervisor[77]
Steve Moss, Mohave County Supervisor[78]
Ed Foster[79]
Paul Gosar
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Newspapers
Local officials
Joe Arpaio , Maricopa County Sheriff[87]
Mark Nexsen, Mayor of Lake Havasu[88]
John Cook, Mayor of Wickenburg[89]
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Mikel Weisser, homeless shelter administrator, candidate for this seat in 2012 and nominee in 2014 [73]
Results
General election
Results
District 5
2016 Arizona's 5th congressional district election
Incumbent Republican Matt Salmon , who had represented the district since 2013, and previously between 1995 and 2001, did not run for reelection.[90]
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrawn
Declined
Endorsements
Andy Biggs
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Organizations
Local officials
Don Stapley
State legislators
Mark Killian , Director of Arizona Department of Agriculture & Former Speaker of the AZ House[106]
Local officials
Christine Jones
Statewide officials
Organizations
Local officials
Kevin Hartke, Chandler City Councilman[108]
Brigette Peterson, Gilbert Town Councilwoman[108]
Jorday Ray, Gilbert Town Councilwoman[108]
Jeff Brown, Queen Creek Town Councilman[108]
Individuals
Polling
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
Margin of error
Andy Biggs
Christine Jones
Justin Olson
Don Stapley
Undecided
OH Predictive Insights
July 19, 2016
408
± 4.84%
19%
26%
9%
15%
31%
OH Predictive Insights
June 2, 2016
462
± 4.56%
21%
7%
5%
10%
57%
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Talia Fuentes, applied biologist[110]
Eliminated in primary
Kinsey Remaklus, real estate investor[73]
Results
Independent
Candidates
Randall Sand, small business owner[111] [112]
Randall Sand is/was a fake political persona created by Jake Hoffman of Rally Forge. The fake politician persona was Randall Sand, who described himself on his campaign website as an Independent Candidate for Arizona's Fifth Congressional District. His Twitter Page similarly lists him as a "Former Independent Congressional write-in candidate." Sand's Facebook presence used a photo of film director Derrick Acosta, and posted a doctored image of a Derrick Acosta interview. The Page also shared several doctored images of news story headlines purporting to be from local press featuring Randall Sand; however, the articles do not appear to exist on the newspaper sites.[113] [114]
General election
Results
District 6
2016 Arizona's 6th congressional district election
Incumbent Republican David Schweikert , who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2014 with 65% of the vote.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
W. John Williamson, candidate for this seat in 2012 and nominee in 2014
Eliminated in primary
Results
General election
Results
District 7
2016 Arizona's 7th congressional district election
Incumbent Democrat Ruben Gallego , who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election. He was first elected to this district in 2014 with 75% of the vote.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Results
General election
Endorsements
Results
District 8
2016 Arizona's 8th congressional district election
Incumbent Republican Trent Franks , who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2014 with 75% of the vote.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
DeVivo did not receive enough write-in votes to qualify for nomination.
Results
Green Primary
Candidates
Salazar qualified by receiving enough write-in votes.
General election
Results
District 9
2016 Arizona's 9th congressional district election
Incumbent Democrat Kyrsten Sinema , who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Results
Republican primary
John Agra was favored to win the Republican nomination.[115]
Candidates
Nominee
Dave Giles, engineer and business consultant[116]
Eliminated in primary
Withdrawn
Ross Groen, retired marine. Withdrew to run for Arizona House of Representatives district 25.[117]
Endorsements
David Giles
Newspapers
Local officials
Results
General election
Endorsements
Kyrsten Sinema (D)
Labor unions
Organizations
Results