2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona explained

Election Name:	2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona
Country:	Arizona
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona
Previous Year:	2004
Next Election:	2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona
Next Year:	2008
Seats For Election:	All 8 Arizona seats to the United States House of Representatives
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Last Election1:	6
Seats1:	4
Seat Change1:	2
Popular Vote1:	771,246
Percentage1:	51.7%
Swing1:	8.6%
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Last Election2:	2
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	2
Popular Vote2:	627,259
Percentage2:	42.0%
Swing2:	10.1%
Party3:	Libertarian Party (United States)
Last Election3:	0
Seats3:	0
Popular Vote3:	90,214
Percentage3:	6.0%
Swing3:	1.7%
Map Size:	230px

The 2006 congressional elections in Arizona were elections for Arizona's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred along with congressional elections nationwide on November 7, 2006. Arizona has eight seats, as apportioned during the 2000 United States census. Prior to the election, Republicans held six of the eight seats and Democrats held two.^[1] In the 8th district, Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe retired, leaving an open seat. Following the elections, Democrats gained two seats at the expense of the Republicans, who lost two.

Overview

Statewide

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
				%		+/–	%
	Republican	8	771,246	51.65	4	2	50.00
	Democratic	7	627,259	42.01	4	2	50.00
	Libertarian	8	90,214	6.04	0		0.0
	Independent	1	4,408	0.30	0		0.0
	Write-in	4	24	0.00	0		0.0
Total		28	1,493,151	100.0	8		100.0

By district

Results of the 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona by district:

scope=col rowspan=3	District	scope=col colspan=2	Republican	scope=col colspan=2	Democratic	scope=col colspan=2	Libertarian	scope=col colspan=2 rowspan=2	Others	scope=col colspan=2 rowspan=2	Total	scope=col rowspan=3	Result
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scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	%
	105,646	51.75%	88,691	43.45%	9,802	4.80%	0	0.00%	204,139	100.0%	Republican hold
	135,150	58.62%	89,671	38.89%	5,734	2.49%	5	0.00%	230,560	100.0%	Republican hold
	112,519	59.27%	72,586	38.23%	4,744	2.50%	0	0.00%	189,849	100.0%	Republican hold
	18,627	23.92%	56,464	72.52%	2,770	3.56%	0	0.00%	77,861	100.0%	Democratic hold
	93,815	46.44%	101,838	50.41%	6,357	3.15%	0	0.00%	202,010	100.0%	Democratic gain
	152,201	74.80%	0	0.00%	51,285	25.20%	0	0.00%	203,486	100.0%	Republican hold
	46,498	35.35%	80,354	61.09%	4,673	3.55%	0	0.00%	131,525	100.0%	Democratic hold
	106,790	42.09%	137,655	54.25%	4,849	1.91%	4,427	1.74%	253,721	100.0%	Democratic gain
Total	771,246	51.65%	627,259	42.01%	90,214	6.04%	4,432	0.30%	1,493,151	100.0%

District 1

Election Name:	2006 Arizona's 1st congressional district election
Country:	Arizona
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 1
Previous Year:	2004
Next Election:	2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 1
Next Year:	2008
Image1:	Rick Renzi, official 109th Congress photo.jpg
Nominee1:	Rick Renzi
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	105,646
Percentage1:	51.8%
Nominee2:	Ellen Simon
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	88,691
Percentage2:	43.5%
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Rick Renzi
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Rick Renzi
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

See also: Arizona's 1st congressional district. The normally Republican 1st district, based in the region north of Phoenix and Tucson and one of the largest districts by land area in the country, had been represented by Republican Rick Renzi since his initial election in 2002.

Republican primary

Renzi faced ethical problems in this election and was named by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington as one of the most corrupt candidates running for office that year.^[2]

Candidates

Nominee

• Rick Renzi, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ellen Simon, attorney and activist

Eliminated in primary

• Mike Caccioppoli, former radio correspondent^[3]
• Bob Donahue, businessman and candidate for this seat in 2004^[4]
• Susan Friedman, marketing director^[5]
• Vic McKerlie, dentist^[6]

Withdrawn

• Jack Jackson Jr., former state representative^[7]

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• David Schlosser, public relations manager^[8]

Results

General election

Campaign

Attorney and community activist Ellen Simon emerged as the Democratic nominee, and though she initially trailed Renzi by wide margins she made up much a large amount of ground and closed the gap, causing many to consider the race competitive.^[9] Simon challenged Renzi to a series of eight debates, to which Renzi responded by attacking Simon's husband for being behind on child support payments to his ex-wife.^{[10] [11]}

On 24 October, federal officials opened an inquiry into Renzi. It began when a local landowner filed a complaint that said that Renzi had pressured him into buying land he owned in exchange for his support on the landowner's petition with the federal government for a land swap. When that landowner refused, Renzi sold the land to a second company, who funneled the $200,000 payment ($ adjusted for inflation) through a wine company his father owned.^[12] Fortunately for Renzi some of these details didn't come to light until after the election.

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Rick Renzi (R)	Ellen Simon (D)	David Schlosser (L)	Undecided
RT Strategies and Constituent Dynamics^[13]	October 24–26, 2006	1,037 (LV)	±?%	align=center	48%	46%	4%	3%
Northern Arizona University^[14]	October 20–22, 2006	403 (LV)	±5.0%	align=center	45%	32%	2%	21%
RT Strategies and Constituent Dynamics^[15]	October 8–10, 2006	983 (LV)	±?%	46%	align=center	51%	2%	2%
Northern Arizona University^[16]	September 15–17, 2006	403 (LV)	±5.0%	align=center	45%	32%	2%	21%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report^[17]		November 6, 2006
align=left	Rothenberg^[18]		November 6, 2006
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball^[19]		November 6, 2006
align=left	Real Clear Politics^[20]		November 7, 2006
align=left	CQ Politics^[21]		November 7, 2006

Results

Renzi won re-election by an eight-point margin, despite the strong Democratic performance nationwide.

District 2

Election Name:	2006 Arizona's 2nd congressional district election
Country:	Arizona
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 2
Previous Year:	2004
Next Election:	2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 2
Next Year:	2008
Image1:	File:Trent Franks, official portrait, 108th Congress (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Trent Franks
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	135,150
Percentage1:	58.6%
Nominee2:	John Thrasher
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	89,671
Percentage2:	38.9%
Map Size:	250px
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Trent Franks
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Trent Franks
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

See also: Arizona's 2nd congressional district. The heavily conservative and gerrymandered District 2, which owed its strange shape to the decision to not have Hopi and Navajo Native Americans represented by the same congressman due to historic tensions between them, had been represented by Republican Trent Franks since his initial election in 2002. Franks had been re-elected comfortably in the intervening years due to the conservative nature of the Phoenix suburbs that the district pulled from.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Trent Franks, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• John Thrasher, educator^[22]

Eliminated in primary

• Suchindran Chatterjee, engineer and educator^[22]
• Gene Scharer, educator and nominee for this seat in 2000^[22]

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Powell Gamill, molecular biologist^[23]

Results

Independents

• William Crum (write-in), blogger^[24]

General election

Campaign

Franks faced Democratic challenger John Thrasher, a music teacher who based his campaign around anti-corruption and immigration reform.^[25]

Results

Franks comfortably won re-election, albeit by a smaller margin than usual.^[26]

District 3

Election Name:	2006 Arizona's 3rd congressional district election
Country:	Arizona
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 3
Previous Year:	2004
Next Election:	2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 3
Next Year:	2008
Image1:	File:JohnShadegg.jpg
Nominee1:	John Shadegg
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	112,519
Percentage1:	59.3%
Nominee2:	Herb Paine
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	72,586
Percentage2:	38.2%
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	John Shadegg
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	John Shadegg
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

See also: Arizona's 3rd congressional district. The staunchly conservative 3rd district, based in the northern portion of Phoenix and its northern suburbs, had been represented by incumbent Republican John Shadegg since his initial election in 1994.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• John Shadegg, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Herb Paine, consultant

Eliminated in primary

• Don Chilton, retired engineer^[27]
• Jim McCoy

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Mark Yannone, businessman^[28]

Results

General election

Results

True to the district's conservative nature, Shadegg defeated Paine by a wide margin, though it was significantly reduced from his 2004 margin.

District 4

Election Name:	2006 Arizona's 4th congressional district election
Country:	Arizona
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 4
Previous Year:	2004
Next Election:	2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 4
Next Year:	2008
Image1:	File:Ed Pastor, official 109th Congress photo.jpg
Nominee1:	Ed Pastor
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	56,464
Percentage1:	72.5%
Nominee2:	Don Karg
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	18,627
Percentage2:	23.9%
Map Size:	250px
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Ed Pastor
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Ed Pastor
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

See also: Arizona's 4th congressional district. The heavily liberal 4th district, based in the southern portion of Phoenix and its southern suburbs, had a high Hispanic-American population. Incumbent Democrat Ed Pastor had represented this portion of the state since a special election in 1991 to replace Mo Udall.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ed Pastor, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Don Karg, aerospace executive

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ronald Harders, write-in candidate

Results

General election

Results

District 5

Election Name:	2006 Arizona's 5th congressional district election
Country:	Arizona
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 5
Previous Year:	2004
Next Election:	2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 5
Next Year:	2008
Image1:	File:Harry Mitchell, official portrait, 110th Congress (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Harry Mitchell
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	101,838
Percentage1:	50.4%
Nominee2:	J. D. Hayworth
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	93,815
Percentage2:	46.4%
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	J. D. Hayworth
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Harry Mitchell
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

See also: Arizona's 5th congressional district. The conservative-leaning 5th district included a small portion of Phoenix and many of its northeastern suburbs, such as Scottsdale and Tempe. Republican J. D. Hayworth had represented the area since his initial election in 1994 and many considered him to be vulnerable to a Democratic challenger.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• J. D. Hayworth, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Democratic primary

Harry Mitchell, a former Mayor of Tempe, State Senator, and Chairman of the Democratic Party of Arizona, emerged as the Democrats' leading challenger to Hayworth.

Candidates

Nominee

• Harry Mitchell, chair of the Democratic Party of Arizona former state senator and former Mayor of Tempe

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Warren Severin, businessman^[29]

Results

General election

Debates

• Complete video of debate, September 1, 2006
• Complete video of debate, October 17, 2006

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	J. D. Hayworth (R)	Harry Mitchell (D)	Warren Severin (L)	Undecided
SurveyUSA^[30]	October 29–31, 2006	643 (LV)	±3.9%	46%	align=center	48%	4%	2%
Bennett, Petts & Normington (D)^[31]	October 18–19, 2006	400 (LV)	±?%	align=center	47%	46%	–	7%
SurveyUSA^[32]	October 13–15, 2006	509 (LV)	±4.4%	align=center	48%	45%	5%	2%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)^[33]	September 18–19, 2006	400 (LV)	±?%	align=center	52%	38%	–	10%
SurveyUSA^[34]	September 15–17, 2006	590 (LV)	±4.1%	align=center	52%	40%	4%	4%
Grove Insight (D)^[35]	September 12–14, 2006	400 (LV)	±?%	37%	align=center	40%	–	23%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)	June 6–10, 2006	400 (LV)	±?%	align=center	49%	34%	–	17%
SurveyUSA^[36]	May 5–8, 2006	600 (RV)	±4.1%	align=center	50%	45%	–	5%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2006
align=left	Rothenberg		November 6, 2006
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2006
align=left	Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2006
align=left	CQ Politics		November 7, 2006

Results

The race was close for much of the fall, and Mitchell ultimately edged out Hayworth on election day by a four-point margin and was elected to his first term in Congress.

District 6

Election Name:	2006 Arizona's 6th congressional district election
Country:	Arizona
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 6
Previous Year:	2004
Next Election:	2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 6
Next Year:	2008
Image1:	File:Jeff Flake.jpg
Nominee1:	Jeff Flake
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	152,201
Percentage1:	74.8%
Nominee2:	Jason M. Blair
Party2:	Libertarian Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	51,285
Percentage2:	25.2%
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Jeff Flake
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Jeff Flake
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

See also: Arizona's 6th congressional district. The heavily conservative 6th district, based in the eastern suburbs of Phoenix, had been represented by Republican Congressman Jeff Flake since his initial election in 2000.

Republican primary

Flake had built up a repertoire in Congress as being a staunch fiscal conservative and an anti-earmark advocate.

Candidates

Nominee

• Jeff Flake, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Democratic primary

No Democrat filed.

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jason M. Blair

Results

General election

Results

Flake faced no Democratic opponent and was overwhelmingly re-elected to his fourth term in Congress over Libertarian candidate Jason Blair.

District 7

Election Name:	2006 Arizona's 7th congressional district election
Country:	Arizona
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 7
Previous Year:	2004
Next Election:	2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 7
Next Year:	2008
Image1:	File:Raul Grijalva 109th pictorial.jpg
Nominee1:	Raúl Grijalva
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	80,354
Percentage1:	61.1%
Nominee2:	Ron Drake
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	46,498
Percentage2:	35.4%
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Raúl Grijalva
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Raúl Grijalva
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

See also: Arizona's 7th congressional district. The heavily Democratic 7th district, based in southwestern Arizona and covering much of the state's border with Mexico, had a majority Hispanic-American population and had been represented by Democratic Congressman Raúl Grijalva since 2003.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Raúl Grijalva, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ron Drake, former Mayor of Avondale

Eliminated in primary

• Joseph Sweeney, perennial candidate^[37]

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Joe Cobb, political advisor and economic instructor^[38]

Results

General election

Grijalva faced the former Mayor of Avondale, Republican Ron Drake, and Libertarian write-in candidate Joe Cobb.

Results

Grijalva defeated both Drake and Cobb by a comfortable margin.

District 8

Election Name:	2006 Arizona's 8th congressional district election
Country:	Arizona
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 8
Previous Year:	2004
Next Election:	2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona#District 8
Next Year:	2008
Image1:	File:Gabrielle Giffords, official portrait, 110th Congress (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Gabby Giffords
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	137,655
Percentage1:	54.3%
Nominee2:	Randy Graf
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	106,790
Percentage2:	42.1%
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Jim Kolbe
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Gabby Giffords
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

See main article: 2006 Arizona's 8th congressional district election and Arizona's 8th congressional district. Long-serving Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe, a respected moderate and an openly gay man, declined to seek a seventh term in Congress and thus created an open seat. The marginally conservative 8th district, based in southeastern Arizona, had narrowly supported George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004 and the election was considered to be competitive.

Republican primary

Former State Representative Randy Graf, who was heavily conservative and had challenged Kolbe in the Republican primary in 2004, defeated the more moderate Steve Huffman, a state representative, in the primary, in spite of ad buys in favor of Huffman by national Republicans.^{[39] [40]}

Candidates

Nominee

• Randy Graf, former state representative and candidate for this seat in 2004

Eliminated in primary

• Frank Antenori, U.S. Army veteran^[41]
• Mike Hellon, former chair of the Arizona Republican Party^[42]
• Steve Huffman, state representative
• Michael T. Jenkins, automobile repair shop owner^[43]

Declined

• Jim Kolbe, incumbent U.S. Representative^[44]

Results

Democratic primary

Former State Senator Gabby Giffords, a moderate Democrat, triumphed against several Democrats, the most notable of which was television anchor Patty Weiss,^[39] in the primary, and thus she and Graf faced off against each other in the general election.

Candidates

Nominee

• Gabby Giffords, former state senator

Eliminated in primary

• William Daniel Johnson, white nationalist activist^[45]
• Jeffrey Lynn Latas, U.S. Air Force veteran^[46]
• Alex Rodriguez, member of the Tucson Unified School District board^[47]
• Francine Shacter, former Democratic precinct chairwoman^[48]
• Patty Weiss, television anchor^[49]

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• David Nolan, co-founder of the Libertarian Party

Results

Independents

• Russ Dove (write-in), militiaman; campaign manager for William Daniel Johnson^{[50] [45]}
• Leo F. Kimminau (write-in)
• Paul Price (write-in)
• Jay Quick (Independent), geologist and businessman^[51]

General election

Campaign

Giffords was the tentative favorite for most of the election, as many moderates were turned off by Graf's conservative views and Kolbe did not endorse him as the Republican candidate.^[52]

Debates

2006 Arizona's 8th congressional district general election debates
	Date & time	Host	Moderator	Link	Participants
Key: Participant   Absent   Non-invitee
					Jay Quick	David F. Nolan	Gabby Giffords	Randy Graf
1^[53]	October 17, 2006	Access Tucson Arizona Daily Star	Joe Birchall	Video^[54]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Randy Graf (R)	Gabby Giffords (D)	Others	Undecided
Reuters/Zogby^[55]	October 24–29, 2006	500 (LV)	±4.5%	41%	align=center	53%	2%	4%
Wick Communications^[56]	October 25–28, 2006	400 (LV)	±?%	35%	align=center	50%	4%	11%
Zimmerman & Associates and Marketing Intelligence (Arizona Daily Star/KVOA)^[57]	October 20–23, 2006	600 (LV)	±4.0%	38%	align=center	48%	4%	10%
Reuters/Zogby^[58]	September 25 – October 2, 2006	500 (LV)	±4.5%	37%	align=center	45%	2%	16%
Bennett, Petts & Normington (D)^[59]	September 19–21, 2006	400 (LV)	±?%	29%	align=center	54%	–	17%
Zimmerman & Associates and Marketing Intelligence (Arizona Daily Star/KVOA)^[60]	September 16–19, 2006	600 (LV)	±4.0%	36%	align=center	48%	3%	13%
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (D-Giffords)^[61]	September 9–13, 2006	500 (LV)	±4.0%	35%	align=center	54%	5%	6%
Zimmerman & Associates and Marketing Intelligence (Arizona Daily Star)^[62]	September 1–4, 2006	800 (LV)	±4.9%	36%	align=center	46%	–	19%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2006
align=left	Rothenberg		November 6, 2006
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2006
align=left	Real Clear Politics		November 7, 2006
align=left	CQ Politics		November 7, 2006

Results

On election day, Giffords emerged victorious over Graf by a comfortable twelve-point margin and won her first term in Congress.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives.
2. Web site: Beyond DeLay Spotlight: Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington . 2011-06-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110810222009/http://74.205.126.217/node/30235 . 2011-08-10 . dead .
3. Web site: Load of Crappioppoli. Phoenix New Times. Pela. Robert P.. March 2, 2006. April 12, 2021.
4. Web site: Bob Donahue. Ballotpedia. April 12, 2021.
5. Web site: Susan Friedman's Biography. VoteSmart. April 12, 2021.
6. Web site: 20 Questions with Vic McKerlie, Democratic Congressional Candidate in AZ's CD 1. Blog for Arizona. Bryan. Michael. July 31, 2006. April 12, 2021.
7. Web site: Jack Jackson Jr (D) . opensecrets.org . Open Secrets . 7 February 2024 . 31 December 2006.
8. Web site: About. Schlosser for Congress. 2006. April 6, 2021. http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20061018181345/http://www.schlosserforcongress.com/about/default.php. October 18, 2006. dead.
9. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20060813081104/http://www.cqpolitics.com/2006/08/big_batch_of_rating_changes_re.html. Big Batch of Rating Changes Reflects Stronger Democratic Breeze. CQPolitics. Benenson. Bob. August 13, 2006. dead. August 10, 2016. April 6, 2021.
10. Web site: Simon challenges Renzi to series of debates. Arizona Daily Star. Cole. Cindy. September 16, 2006. April 13, 2021.
11. Jon Kamman, "Woes of candidate's husband cloud race", Arizona Republic", August 17, 2006
12. News: Wilke. John R.. 2008-02-23. Arizona Congressman Is Indicted. en-US. Wall Street Journal. 2021-01-03. 0099-9660.
13. https://web.archive.org/web/20070226053703/http://constituentdynamics.com/mw/2006/pdf/round3/AZ1_round3.pdf RT Strategies and Constituent Dynamics
14. https://web.archive.org/web/20120715161748/http://www4.nau.edu/srl/PressReleases/SRL%20Press%20Release%20-%20Renzi%20Continues%20to%20Lead%20in%20CD%201,%2010-24-06.pdf Northern Arizona University
15. https://web.archive.org/web/20061022170504/http://constituentdynamics.com/mw/2006/pdf/AZ1.pdf RT Strategies and Constituent Dynamics
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