Arizona's 3rd congressional district

Arizona's 3rd congressional district
Arizona's 3rd congressional district
	Arizona's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Raúl Grijalva; D–Tucson
Distribution	88.8% urban; 11.2% rural;
Population (2015)	761,488
Median household; income	$47,670
Ethnicity	61.6% Hispanic; 16.2% White; 15.9% other; 4.5% Black; 1.6% Asian; 0.2% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+13

Arizona's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district that contains the southwestern portions of the state, sharing the border of Mexico from Nogales to the California border. Much of the district's population lives in the western third of Tucson. It is currently represented by Democrat Raúl Grijalva.

History

Arizona picked up a third district after the 1960 Census. It encompassed the entire northern portion of the state, essentially wrapping around Phoenix and Maricopa County (the 1st district). After a mid-decade redistricting in 1967, the 3rd absorbed a slice of western Maricopa County, including most of what became the West Valley.

Due in part to explosive growth in the Phoenix/Maricopa portion of the district, the 3rd lost much of its eastern portion in the 1970 Census. Although it appeared rural on paper, the great majority of its population lived in the West Valley. By the 1970s, as many people lived in the West Valley as in the rest of the district combined.

After the 1990 Census, the district was reconfigured to include the Hopi Reservation on the other side of the state. This was a product of longstanding disputes between the Hopi and Navajo. Since tribal boundary disputes are a federal matter, it was long believed inappropriate to include both tribes' reservations in the same congressional district.^[4] However, the Hopi reservation is completely surrounded by the Navajo reservation. The final map saw the Hopi reservation connected to the rest of the district by a long, narrow tendril stretching through Coconino County. This was the only way to allow the district to remain contiguous without covering significant portions of Navajo land.

After the 2000 Census, this district essentially became the 2nd district, while the 3rd was reconfigured to include much of what had been the 4th district. It now contained most of northern Phoenix as well as some of its northern suburbs. Most of that territory became the 6th district after the 2010 Census, while the 3rd was shifted to cover most of what had been the 7th district. That district, in turn, had mostly been the 2nd district from 1951 to 2003.

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Bush 54 - 43%
2004	President	Bush 58 - 41%
2008	President	McCain 57 - 42%
2012	President	Obama 61 - 38%
2016	President	Clinton 62 - 33%

Competitiveness

From 2003 to 2013, most of the district's population was in middle-to-upper class areas in the northern part of Phoenix. Like the metropolitan area in general, the 3rd district leaned Republican, although the southern parts of the district in east-central Phoenix and Paradise Valley were more competitive between the parties.

George W. Bush received 58% of the vote in this district in 2004. John McCain took in 56.47% of the vote in the district in 2008 while Barack Obama received 42.34%.

List of members representing the district

Arizona began sending a third member to the House after the 1960 Census.

Representative	Party	Years	Congress(es)	Electoral history	Geography and Counties^[5]^[6]^[7]
George F. Senner Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967	88th 89th	First elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Lost re-election.	Northern Arizona: Apache, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Mohave, Navajo, Yavapai
Sam Steiger	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1977	90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	First elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	Northern Arizona, including parts of Metro Phoenix: Apache, Coconino, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Mohave, Navajo, Yavapai, Maricopa (part)
Sam Steiger	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1977	90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th		Western Arizona, including parts of Metro Phoenix: Coconino, Mohave, Yavapai, Yuma, Maricopa (part)
Bob Stump	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	First elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Changed political parties. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Retired.
	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2003			Western Arizona, including parts of Metro Phoenix: Coconino, La Paz, Mohave, Yavapai, Maricopa (part), Yuma (part)
	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2003			Western Arizona, including parts of Metro Phoenix: La Paz, Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino (part), Maricopa (part), Navajo (part)
John Shadegg	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011	108th 109th 110th 111th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Retired.	Parts of Metro Phoenix: Maricopa (part)
Ben Quayle	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013	112th	Elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 6th district and lost renomination.	Parts of Metro Phoenix: Maricopa (part)
Raúl Grijalva	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018.	Southern Arizona: Maricopa (part), Pima (part), Pinal (part), Santa Cruz (part), Tucson (part), Yuma (part)

Recent election results

2002

Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District House Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Shadegg	104,847	67.32%
	Democratic	Charles Hill	47,173	30.29%
	Libertarian	Mark Yannone	3,731	2.40%
Majority			57,674	37.03%
Total votes			155,751	100.00
	Republican hold

2004

Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District House Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Shadegg (Incumbent)	181,012	80.10%
	Libertarian	Mark Yannone	44,962	19.90%
Majority			136,050	60.20%
Total votes			225,974	100.00
	Republican hold

2006

Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District House Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Shadegg (Incumbent)	112,519	59.27%
	Democratic	Herb Paine	72,586	38.23%
	Libertarian	Mark Yannone	4,744	2.50%
Majority			39,933	21.04%
Total votes			189,849	100.00
	Republican hold

2008

Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District House Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Shadegg (Incumbent)	148,800	54.08%
	Democratic	Bob Lord	115,759	42.07%
	Libertarian	Michael Shoen	10,602	3.85%
Majority			33,041	12.01%
Total votes			275,161	100.00
	Republican hold

2010

Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District House Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Quayle	108,689	52.24%
	Democratic	Jon Hulburd	85,610	41.14%
	Libertarian	Michael Shoen	10,478	5.04%
	Green	Leonard Clark	3,294	1.58%
Majority			23,079	11.10%
Total votes			208,071	100.00
	Republican hold

2012

Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District House Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raul M. Grijalva (Incumbent)	98,468	58.37%
	Republican	Gabriela Saucedo Mercer	62,663	37.15%
	Libertarian	Blanca Guerra	7,567	4.49%
Majority			35,805	21.22%
Total votes			168,698	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014

Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District House Election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raul M. Grijalva (Incumbent)	58,192	55.7%
	Republican	Gabriela Saucedo Mercer	46,185	44.2%
Majority			12,007	11.5%
Total votes			104,428	100.00
	Democratic hold

2016

Arizona’s 3rd Congressional District House Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raul M. Grijalva (Incumbent)	148,973	100%
Total votes			148,973	100
	Democratic hold

2018

Arizona's 3rd Congressional District House Election, 2018^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Raul M. Grijalva (Incumbent)	106,064	63.39%	−36.61%
	Republican	Nicolas Pierson	61,267	36.61%	+36.61%
Margin of victory			44,797	26.78%	−73.22%
Total votes			167,331	100.0%	N/A
	Democratic hold

Notes

^ [1]
^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=04&cd=03
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ Pitzi, Mary Jo, 2011. Navajos seek tribal-dominated district in Arizona. Arizona Republic, Published September 16, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
^ Martis, Kenneth C., The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, 1789-1983. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1982.
^ Martis, Kenneth C., The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1989.
^ Congressional Directory: Browse 105th Congress Archived February 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ "2018 General Election". Arizona Secretary of State. November 15, 2018.

References

External links

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[2] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=04&cd=03

[Cook-3] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[4] Pitzi, Mary Jo, 2011. Navajos seek tribal-dominated district in Arizona. Arizona Republic, Published September 16, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2011.

[5] Martis, Kenneth C., The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, 1789-1983. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1982.

[6] Martis, Kenneth C., The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1989.

[7] Congressional Directory: Browse 105th Congress Archived February 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[AZUSHouse2018Election-8] "2018 General Election". Arizona Secretary of State. November 15, 2018.

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Arizona's 3rd congressional district
Arizona's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Raúl Grijalva D–Tucson
Distribution	88.8% urban 11.2% rural
Population (2015)	761,488^[1]
Median household income	$47,670^[2]
Ethnicity	61.6% Hispanic 16.2% White 15.9% other 4.5% Black 1.6% Asian 0.2% Native American
Cook PVI	D+13^[3]