Arizona's 3rd congressional district
Arizona's 3rd congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2019) | 801,531[1] | ||
Median household income | $54,583[2] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+13[3] |
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 | ||
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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% |
2020 | President | Biden 63 - 36% |
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] |
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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) |
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) | |||
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. | |
Raúl Grijalva |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – present |
113th 114th 115th 116th 117th |
Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. |
Southern Arizona: Maricopa (part), Pima (part), Pinal (part), Santa Cruz (part), Tucson (part), Yuma (part) |
Recent election results[]
2002[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Raul M. Grijalva (Incumbent) | 148,973 | 100% | |
Total votes | 148,973 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
2018[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
2020[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Raúl Grijalva (incumbent) | 174,243 | 64.6 | |
Republican | Daniel Wood | 95,594 | 35.4 | |
Total votes | 269,837 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
See also[]
References[]
- General
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- Specific
- Demographic data from census.gov
- 2004 Election data from CNN.com
- 2002 Election data from CBSNews.com
- 2000 Election data from CNN.com
- 1998 Election data from CNN.com
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: Third District", Redistricting by State, Claremont, CA: Claremont McKenna College, archived from the original on September 15, 2020
Coordinates: 32°25′26″N 112°24′09″W / 32.42389°N 112.40250°W
- Congressional districts of Arizona
- Government of Maricopa County, Arizona
- Government of Pima County, Arizona
- Government of Yuma County, Arizona
- Government of Tucson, Arizona
- Constituencies established in 1963
- 1963 establishments in Arizona