United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, 2016

United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, 2016
Arizona
November 8, 2016
Arizona's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 5 4

The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona will be held on November 8, 2016, to elect the nine U.S. Representatives from the state of Arizona, one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections will coincide with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

District 1

Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick was re-elected to a second term in 2014 with 52% of the vote.

For the Republicans, rancher and candidate for the seat in 2014 Gary Kiehne is running again.[1] Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu briefly ran for the 4th congressional district in 2012, before dropping out after it emerged that he had threatened to deport his gay lover if he outed Babeu as homosexual. Babeu was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing, and successfully sought re-election as Sheriff.[2] He has since started a federal PAC and may run for Congress in 2016.[3] Director of the state Weights and Measures Department, former Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives and nominee for the seat in 2014 Andy Tobin may run again.[4]

District 2

Republican Martha McSally defeated Republican incumbent Ron Barber in 2014 with 50% of the vote.

State Representative Bruce Wheeler has formed an exploratory committee to run for the Democratic nomination.[5]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Potential
Declined

District 4

Republican Paul Gosar was re-elected to a third term in 2014 with 70% of the vote.

State Senator Kelli Ward may run against Gosar in the Republican primary. She is also considering running against U.S. Senator John McCain in the 2016 election.[11]

District 9

Democrat Kyrsten Sinema was re-elected to a second term in 2014 with 54% of the vote.

Sinema is considering running in the United States Senate election in Arizona, 2016. [12]

If Sinema vacates the seat potential Democratic candidates include former State House Minority Leader Chad Campbell, State Senate Minority Leader Katie Hobbs, State Representative Andrew Sherwood, former Phoenix City Councilman Tom Simplot, Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell, Tempe City Councilman Corey Woods, former Tempe Mayor Neil Giuliano, and Tempe City Councilman and perennial candidate David Schapira.

Engineer and business consultant Dave Giles is running for the Republican nomination. Potential Republican candidates include Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio, former Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman, former State Senator Jerry Lewis, 2014 Gubernatorial candidate Christine Jones, and 2014 candidate Andrew Walter. [13]

References

  1. ↑ Harry Alexander. "Republican Gary Kiehne will run again in 2016 for CD1". Southern Arizona News-Examiner. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ Sanders, Rebekah L.; Collum, Lindsey (August 31, 2012). "Pinal Sheriff Paul Babeu exonerated". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Babeu launches federal PAC, silent on run for Congress". AZCentral.com. December 5, 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  4. ↑ Jack Fitzpatrick (February 16, 2015). "How To Run For Congress in a District That Doesn’t Exist". National Journal. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mary Jo Pitzl (29 January 2015). "First to dip a toe in the pool". Twitter. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Sanders, Rebekah L. (December 17, 2014). "McSally prevails over Barber in recount". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Smith, Dylan (April 10, 2015). "Sources: Ron Barber looking at rematch with Martha McSally". Tucson Sentinel. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  8. ↑ Nintzel, Jim (April 12, 2015). "Ron Barber: "We Won't Launch Another Campaign in 2016"". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  9. ↑ Sanders, Rebekah L. (March 21, 2015). "Gosar won't challenge McCain". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  10. ↑ Smith, Dylan (April 14, 2015). "Kozachik says he won't run in CD 2". Tucson Sentinel. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  11. ↑ Brahm Resnik (February 9, 2015). "Arizona state senator might take on McCain". AZCentral. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
  12. ↑ Rebekah L. Sanders (February 2, 2015). "Sinema forms PAC, fueling talk of a Senate bid". AZCentral.
  13. ↑ Sanders, Rebekah. "Gosar won't challenge McCain". AZCentral. Retrieved 8 April 2015.

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