| State: | Arizona |
| District Number: | 7 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 |
| Representative: | Raúl Grijalva |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Tucson |
| English Area: | 199.23 |
| Percent Urban: | 83.6 |
| Percent Rural: | 16.4 |
| Population: | 815,141[1] |
| Population Year: | 2022 |
| Median Income: | $52,555[2] |
| Percent White: | 28.5 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 59.8 |
| Percent Black: | 3.9 |
| Percent Asian: | 1.9 |
| Percent Native American: | 3.0 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.6 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 2.5 |
| Cpvi: | D+15[3] |
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 is currently represented by Democrat Raúl Grijalva.
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.
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.
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, and Maricopa counties.
| County | Seat | Population | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Cochise | Bisbee | 124,640 | |
| 13 | Maricopa | Phoenix | 4,585,871 | |
| 19 | Pima | Tucson | 1,063,162 | |
| 21 | Pinal | Florence | 484,239 | |
| 23 | Santa Cruz | Nogales | 49,158 | |
| 27 | Yuma | Yuma | 213,221 |
| Election results from presidential races | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Office | Results | |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 57–43% | |
| 2008 | President | Obama 57–42% | |
| 2012 | President | Obama 72–27% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 72–23% | |
| 2020 | President | Biden 74–25% | |
Arizona began sending a seventh member to the House after the 2000 census.
| Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress(es) | Electoral history | Geography and Counties[5] [6] [7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created January 3, 2003 | |||||||||
| align=left | Raúl Grijalva | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013 | Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the . | 2003–2013: SW Arizona, including parts of Tucson: Yuma, La Paz (part), Maricopa (part), Pima (part), Pinal (part), Santa Cruz (part) | |||
| align=left | Ed Pastor | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015 | Redistricted from 4th district. Re-elected in 2012. Retired. | 2013–2023: Much of inner Phoenix with the eastern portion of Glendale | |||
| align=left | Ruben Gallego | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2023 | Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the . | ||||
| align=left | Raúl Grijalva | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 2023 – present | Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2022. | 2023–present: | |||
The district was first created in 2002 following results from the 2000 U.S. census.
See main article: 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona.
See main article: 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona.
See main article: 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona.
See main article: 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona.
See main article: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona.
See main article: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona.
See main article: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona.
See main article: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona.
See main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona.
See main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona.
See main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona.