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	Adelita Grijalva; D–Tucson
Area	15,405 mi2 (39,900 km2)
Distribution	83.6% urban; 16.4% rural;
Population (2024)	813,289
Median household; income	$60,932
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 has been represented by Democrat Adelita Grijalva since November 2025.

History

2003–2013

Arizona picked up a seventh district after the 2000 census. Situated in the southwestern part of the state, it included all of Yuma County and parts of La Paz, Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz counties. For all intents and purposes, it was the successor to what had been the 2nd district—the former seat of longtime congressman Mo Udall–from 1951 to 2003.

The district was larger than Rhode Island, Delaware, Hawaii, Connecticut and New Jersey combined.^[4] It included 300 miles of the U.S. border with Mexico. It was 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.

2013–2023

After the 2010 census, the old 7th district essentially became the 3rd district, while the 7th was redrawn to take in most of the old 4th district.

2023–present

Arizona's 7th district was redrawn to include much of the 3rd district, under a configuration similar to its 2003–13 incarnation. It covers parts of Pima, Yuma, La Paz, Cochise, and Maricopa counties.

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities.^[5]

Cochise County (6): Bisbee, Douglas (part; also 6th), Miracle Valley, Naco, Palominas, Pirtleville

Maricopa County (6): Avondale, Gila Bend, Goodyear (part; also 9th), Kaka, Theba, Tolleson

Pima County (38): Ajo, Ak Chin, Ali Chunk, Ali Chukson, Ali Molina, Anegam, Arivaca, Arivaca Junction, Avra Valley, Charco, Chiawuli Tak, Comobabi, Cowlic, Drexel Heights, Flowing Wells, Gu Oidak, Haivana Nakya, Ko Vaya, Maish Vaya, Nolic, Picture Rocks, Pisinemo, Sahuarita (part; also 6th), Santa Rosa, San Miguel, Sells, South Komelik, South Tucson, Summit, Three Points, Topawa, Tucson (part; also 6th), Tucson Estates, Tucson Mountains (part; also 6th), Valencia West, Ventana, Wahak Hotrontk, Why

Pinal County (4): Chuichu, Kohatk, Tat Momoli, Vaiva Vo

Santa Cruz County (10): All 10 communities

Yuma County (11): Avenue B and C, Donovan Estates, Drysdale, Gadsden, Orange Grove Mobile Manor, San Luis, Rancho Mesa Verde, Somerton, Wall Lane, Wellton (part; also 9th), Yuma (part; also 9th)

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results^[6]
2004	President	Kerry 56.6% - 42.8%^[7]
2008	President	Obama 57.2% - 41.7%
2010	Senate	Glassman 49.0% - 45.0%
	Governor	Goddard 56.2% - 40.8%
	Secretary of State	Deschene 57.6% - 42.4%
	Attorney General	Rotellini 59.6% - 40.4%
	Treasurer	Cherny 55.9% - 37.5%
2013–2023 Boundaries
2008	President	Obama 64.7% - 34.1%
2010	Senate	Glassman 56.8% - 37.4%
2010	Governor	Goddard 66.8% - 30.0%
2012	President	Obama 71.7% - 26.5%
2012	Senate	Carmona 71.9% - 23.1%
2014	Governor	DuVal 65.2% - 29.3%
2016	President	Clinton 71.8% - 22.6%
2016	Senate	Kirkpatrick 62.3% - 32.2%
2018	Senate	Sinema 75.4% - 21.2%
	Governor	Garcia 67.4% - 29.7%
	Attorney General	Contreras 74.1% - 25.7%
2020	President	Biden 73.7% - 24.7%
2020	Senate (Spec.)	Kelly 76.0% - 24.0%
2023–2033 Boundaries
2016	President	Clinton 63% - 30%
2016	Senate	Kirkpatrick 57% - 38%
2018	Senate	Sinema 66% - 31%
	Governor	Garcia 60% - 37%
	Attorney General	Contreras 68% - 32%
2020	President	Biden 66% - 33%
2020	Senate (Spec.)	Kelly 68% - 32%
2022	Senate	Kelly 68% - 30%
	Governor	Hobbs 66% - 33%
	Secretary of State	Fontes 68% - 32%
	Attorney General	Mayes 66% - 34%
	Treasurer	Quezada 63% - 37%
2024	President	Harris 60% - 38%
2024	Senate	Gallego 63% - 33%

List of members representing the district

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

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress(es)	Electoral history	Geography and Counties^[8]^[9]^[10]
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,^[11] then died.	2023–present:
Vacant		March 13, 2025 – November 12, 2025	119th
Adelita Grijalva (Tucson)	Democratic	November 12, 2025 – present	119th	Elected to finish her father’s term.

Election results

The district was created in 2002 following results from the 2000 U.S. census.

2002–2012

2002

2002 Arizona's 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raúl Grijalva	61,256	59.0
	Republican	Ross Hieb	38,474	37.1
	Libertarian	John Nemeth	4,088	3.9
Majority			22,782	21.9
Total votes			103,818	100.0
	Democratic win (new boundaries)

2004

2004 Arizona's 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Raúl Grijalva (incumbent)	108,868	62.1	+3.1
	Republican	Joseph Sweeney	59,066	33.7	–3.4
	Libertarian	Dave Kaplan	7,503	4.3	+0.3
Majority			49,802	28.4	+6.4
Total votes			175,437	100.0
	Democratic hold		Swing	+3.2

2006

2006 Arizona's 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Raúl Grijalva (incumbent)	80,354	61.1	–1.0
	Republican	Ron Drake	46,498	35.4	+1.7
	Libertarian	Joe Cobb	4,673	3.6	–0.7
Majority			33,856	25.7	–2.6
Total votes			131,525	100.0
	Democratic hold		Swing	–1.3

2008

2008 Arizona's 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Raúl Grijalva (incumbent)	124,304	63.3	+2.2
	Republican	Joseph Sweeney	64,425	32.8	–2.6
	Libertarian	Raymond Petrulsky	7,755	3.9	+0.4
Majority			59,879	30.5	+4.7
Total votes			196,489	100.0
	Democratic hold		Swing	+2.4

2010

2010 Arizona's 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Raúl Grijalva (incumbent)	79,935	50.2	–13.0
	Republican	Ruth McClung	70,385	44.2	+11.4
	Independent	Harley Meyer	4,506	2.8	N/a
	Libertarian	George Keane	4,318	2.7	–1.2
Majority			9,550	6.0	–24.5
Total votes			159,144	100.0
	Democratic hold		Swing	–12.2

2012–2022

2012

2012 Arizona's 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Pastor (incumbent)	104,489	81.74
	Libertarian	Joe Cobb	23,338	18.26
Majority			81,151	63.48
Total votes			127,827	100.0
	Democratic win (new boundaries)

2014

2014 Arizona's 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ruben Gallego	54,235	75.0	–6.7
	Libertarian	Joe Cobb	10,715	14.8	–3.4
	Americans Elect	Rebecca DeWitt	3,858	5.3	N/a
	Independent	Jose Peñalosa	3,496	4.8	N/a
Majority			43,520	60.2	–3.3
Total votes			72,304	100.0
	Democratic hold		Swing	–1.6

2016

2016 Arizona's 7th congressional district election^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ruben Gallego (incumbent)	119,465	75.2	+0.2
	Republican	Eve Nunez	39,286	24.7	N/a
	Green	Neil Westbrooks (Write-in)	60	0.0	N/a
Majority			80,179	50.5	–9.7
Total votes			158,811	100.0
	Democratic hold		Swing	–12.3

2018

2018 Arizona's 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ruben Gallego (incumbent)	113,044	85.6	+10.4
	Green	Gary Swing	18,706	14.2	+14.1
	Republican	write ins	301	0.2	–24.5
Majority			94,338	71.4	+21.0
Total votes			132,051	100.0
	Democratic hold		Swing	–1.9

2020

2020 Arizona's 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ruben Gallego (incumbent)	165,452	75.7	–8.9
	Republican	Josh Barnett	50,226	23.3	+23.1
	Libertarian	Roxanne Rodriguez (Write-in)	51	0.0	N/a
	Write-in		3	0.0	N/a
Majority			115,226	53.4	–18.0
Total votes			215,732	100.0
	Democratic hold		Swing	–16.0

2022–present

2022

2022 Arizona's 7th congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Raúl Grijalva (incumbent)	126,418	64.5
	Republican	Luis Pozzolo	69,444	35.5
Majority			56,974	29.1
Total votes			195,862	100.0
	Democratic win (new boundaries)

2024

2024 Arizona's 7th congressional district election^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Raúl Grijalva (incumbent)	171,954	63.4	–1.1
	Republican	Daniel Butierez	99,057	36.6	+1.1
Majority			72,897	26.9	–2.2
Total votes			271,011	100.0
	Democratic hold		Swing	–1.1

2025 (special)

2025 Arizona's 7th congressional district special election^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Adelita Grijalva	70,148	68.9	+5.5
	Republican	Daniel Butierez	29,944	29.4	–7.1
	Green	Eduardo Quintana	1,118	1.1	N/a
	No Labels	Richard Grayson	537	0.5	N/a
	Write-in		29	0.0
Majority			40,204	39.5	+12.6
Total votes			101,776	100.0
	Democratic hold		Swing	+6.3

References

Specific

↑ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
↑ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
↑ "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)". Cook Political Report. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
↑ "Congressman Raśl M. Grijalva - Arizona District 7". Archived from the original on January 4, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
↑ "118 th Congress of the United States, Arizona - Congressional District 7, Representative Raúl M. Grijalva" (PDF).
↑ "DRA 2020". Daves Redistricting.
↑ "PRESIDENTIAL & CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION RESULTS BY DISTRICT 2004" (PDF). polidata.org. Polidata. 2005. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
↑ 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 2011-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Bendery, Jennifer (October 1, 2024). "Longtime Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva Says He's Not Running For Congress Again". HuffPost. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
↑ "Arizona Secretary of State 2016 Election Information". apps.azsos.gov. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
↑ "2024 General Election Signed Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
↑ "Arizona 7th Congressional District Special". Associated Press. September 23, 2025. Retrieved September 23, 2025.

General

External links

Maps of Congressional Districts first in effect for the 2002 election
Tentative Final Congressional Maps for the 2012 election
Rose Institute of State and Local Government, "Arizona: 2010 Redistricting Changes: Seventh District", Redistricting by State, Claremont, CA: Claremont McKenna College, archived from the original on September 15, 2020

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[1] Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[2] Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[Cook-3] "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)". Cook Political Report. Retrieved April 5, 2025.

[4] "Congressman Raśl M. Grijalva - Arizona District 7". Archived from the original on January 4, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.

[5] "118 th Congress of the United States, Arizona - Congressional District 7, Representative Raúl M. Grijalva" (PDF).

[6] "DRA 2020". Daves Redistricting.

[7] "PRESIDENTIAL & CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION RESULTS BY DISTRICT 2004" (PDF). polidata.org. Polidata. 2005. Retrieved November 26, 2025.

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

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

[10] Congressional Directory: Browse 105th Congress Archived 2011-02-17 at the Wayback Machine

[11] Bendery, Jennifer (October 1, 2024). "Longtime Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva Says He's Not Running For Congress Again". HuffPost. Retrieved October 1, 2024.

[12] "Arizona Secretary of State 2016 Election Information". apps.azsos.gov. Retrieved May 9, 2019.

[genr1-13] "2024 General Election Signed Canvass" (PDF). Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved November 25, 2024.

[14] "Arizona 7th Congressional District Special". Associated Press. September 23, 2025. Retrieved September 23, 2025.

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