Arizona's 7th congressional district
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Arizona's 7th congressional district is located in the southwestern part of the state. It includes all of Yuma County, in addition to parts of Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz, and La Paz Counties,.
It is currently represented by Raúl M. Grijalva, a Democrat. George W. Bush received 43% of the vote in this district in 2004. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of D +10.
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[edit] Statistics
- Population (2000): 641,329
- Male 49.7%, Female 50.3%
- Median age: 30.8
- Median Household Income: $30,828
- Racial Composition: 61.9% White, 3.0% Black, 1.4% Asian, 6.4% Native American, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 23.7% Other, 50.6% Hispanic (of any race)
[edit] Recent results
[edit] 2006
Party | Canadidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic Party | Raúl M. Grijalva | 62,679 | 60.6 | |
Republican Party | Ron Drake | 36,954 | 35.7 | |
Libertarian Party | Joe Cobb | 3,846 | 3.7 |
[edit] 2004
Party | Canadidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic Party | Raúl M. Grijalva | 108,868 | 62 | |
Republican Party | Joseph Sweeney | 58,066 | 34 | |
Libertarian Party | Dave Kaplan | 7,503 | 4 |
[edit] 2002
Party | Canadidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic Party | Raúl M. Grijalva | 53,929 | 59 | |
Republican Party | Ross Hieb | 33,806 | 37 | |
Libertarian Party | John L. Nemeth | 3,680 | 4 |
[edit] Historical representation
Congress | Representative |
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108th-110th (2003-2009) | Raúl M. Grijalva |
[edit] Trivia
- Arizona Congressional District 7 is larger than Rhode Island, Delaware, Hawaii, Connecticut and New Jersey combined. [1]
- The district includes 300 miles of the United States' 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.
[edit] References
- Demographic information at census.gov
- 2004 Election data at CNN.com
- 2002 Election data from CBSNews.com
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