Arizona's 6th congressional district

Arizona's 6th congressional district
Current Representative Jeff Flake (R–Mesa)
Area 724 mi²
Distribution 96.8% urban, 3.2% rural
Population (2000) 641,329
Median income $47,976
Ethnicity 76.6% White, 1.9% Black, 1.8% Asian, 17.2% Hispanic, 0.8% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI R+15

Arizona's 6th congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of Arizona and encompasses parts of Maricopa and Pinal counties. It consists mostly of the eastern suburbs of Phoenix.

The district is currently represented by Republican Jeff Flake.

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Competitiveness

This East Valley seat in Maricopa County contains parts of Mesa, Chandler and all of Gilbert as well as the fast-growing town of Queen Creek. It also contains the city of Apache Junction in Pinal County.

The 6th District's demographics are more similar to the Glendale-based 2nd district than to the neighboring 5th District centered on Scottsdale and Tempe. It is an area known for cultural conservatism and has a high percentage of Mormons (including its current representative Jeff Flake). As such, it is the most Republican district in the state.

George W. Bush received 64% of the vote in this district in 2004. Native son John McCain received 61.32% of the vote in the district in 2008, making it his best showing in his home state.

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year Office Results
2008 President McCain 61 - 38%
2004 President Bush 64 - 35%
2000 President Bush 60 - 37%

List of representatives

Arizona began sending a sixth member to the House after the 1990 Census.

Representative Party Years Congress Counties[1][2][3] Description Notes
Karan English Democratic January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 103rd Apache, Gila, Greenlee, Coconino (part), Graham (part), Maricopa (part), Navajo (part), Pinal (part) NE Arizona, including parts of Metro Phoenix
J. D. Hayworth Republican January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003 104th-107th Redistricted to the 5th district
Jeff Flake Republican January 3, 2003 – present 108th-112th Maricopa (part), Pinal (part) Parts of Metro Phoenix Redistricted from the 1st district, Incumbent

Election results

2010

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections, 2010
Party Candidate Votes  %
  Republican Party Jeff Flake 165,649 66.42
  Democratic Party Rebecca Schneider 72,615 29.12
  Libertarian Party Darell Tapp 7,712 3.09
  Green Party Richard Grayson 3,407 1.32

2008

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections, 2008
Party Candidate Votes  %
  Republican Party Jeff Flake 208,582 62.42
  Democratic Party Rebecca Schneider 115,457 34.55
  Libertarian Party Rick Biondi 10,137 3.03

2006

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections, 2006
Party Candidate Votes  %
  Republican Party Jeff Flake 109,288 74.1
  Libertarian Party Jason Blair 38,230 25.9

2004

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections, 2004
Party Candidate Votes  %
  Republican Party Jeff Flake 202,882 79
  Libertarian Party Craig Stritar 52,695 21

2002

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections, 2002
Party Candidate Votes  %
  Republican Party Jeff Flake 84,854 65
  Democratic Party Deborah Thomas 42,653 32
  Libertarian Party Andy Wagner 3,735 3

2000

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections, 2000
Party Candidate Votes  %
  Republican Party J. D. Hayworth 171,446 61
  Democratic Party Lawrence Robert Nelson 101,697 37

1998

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections, 1998
Party Candidate Votes  %
  Republican Party J. D. Hayworth 96,063 53
  Democratic Party Steve Owens 81,962 45

Notes

  1. ^ Martis, Kenneth C., The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, 1789-1983. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1982.
  2. ^ Martis, Kenneth C., The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1989.
  3. ^ Congressional Directory: Browse 105th Congress

References

  1. Demographic information at census.gov
  2. 2004 Election data at CNN.com
  3. 2002 Election data from CBSNews.com
  4. 2000 Election data from CNN.com
  5. 1998 Election data from CNN.com
All districts: Territory At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
The Territory and At-large seats are obsolete. The 9th district to be seated in the 113th Congress in 2013.
See also: Arizona's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations, 2010 elections, 2012 elections
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