Arizona's 7th congressional district

Arizona's 7th congressional district
Current Representative		Raúl Grijalva (D–Tucson)
Area	22,891 mi²
Distribution	83.6% urban, 16.4% rural
Population (2000)	641,329
Median income	$30,828
Ethnicity	38.6% White, 2.8% Black, 1.3% Asian, 50.6% Hispanic, 5.3% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI	D+6

Arizona's 7th congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of Arizona. Situated in the southwestern part of the state, it includes all of Yuma County and parts of La Paz, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz counties.

A Latino-majority district, it is currently represented by Democrat Raúl M. Grijalva. After redistricting for the 2012 election, most of the current 7th district will become the 3rd congressional district.

John Kerry received 57% of the vote in this district in 2004. Barack Obama won the district in 2008 with 57.19% of the vote to Arizona senator John McCain's 41.65%.

External links

• Maps of Congressional Districts first in effect for the 2002 election
• Tentative Final Congressional Maps for the 2012 election

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2008	President	Obama 57 - 42%
2004	President	Kerry 57 - 43%
2000	President	Gore 56 - 39%

List of representatives

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

Representative	Party	Term	Congress	Counties	Description	Notes
Raúl M. Grijalva	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – Current	108th-112th	Yuma, La Paz (part), Maricopa (part), Pima (part), Pinal (part), Santa Cruz (part)	SW Arizona, including parts of Tucson	Incumbent

Election results

The district was created in time for the 2002 elections.

2002

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Change
	Democratic Party	Raúl M. Grijalva	53,929	59
	Republican Party	Ross Hieb	33,806	37
	Libertarian Party	John L. Nemeth	3,680	4

2004

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Change
	Democratic Party	Raúl M. Grijalva	108,868	62	+3%
	Republican Party	Joseph Sweeney	58,066	34	-3%
	Libertarian Party	Dave Kaplan	7,503	4	-

2006

Main article: Arizona's 7th congressional district election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Change
	Democratic Party	Raúl M. Grijalva	62,679	60.6	-1.4%
	Republican Party	Ron Drake	36,954	35.7	+1.7%
	Libertarian Party	Joe Cobb	3,846	3.7	-0.3%

2008

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Change
	Democratic Party	Raúl M. Grijalva	124,304	63.3	+2.7%
	Republican Party	Joseph Sweeney	64,425	32.8	-2.9%
	Libertarian Party	Raymond Petrulsky	7,755	3.9	+0.2%
	Independent (write-in)	Harley Meyer	5	0.0

2010

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic Party	Raul M. Grijalva	79,935	50.23
	Republican Party	Ruth McClung	70,385	44.23
	Independent	Harley Meyer	4,506	2.83
	Libertarian Party	George Keane	4,318	2.71

Geographical features

• Arizona's 7th Congressional District is larger than Rhode Island, Delaware, Hawaii, Connecticut and New Jersey combined.[1]
• The district includes 300 miles of the U.S. border with Mexico.
• The district is 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.

References

1. Demographic information at census.gov
2. 2004 Election data at CNN.com
3. 2002 Election data from CBSNews.com
4. CQ Politics CQ 2008 Election Guide U.S. House, Arizona - 7th District