United States congressional delegations from Arizona
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Since Arizona became a U.S. state in 1912,[1] it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, beginning with the 63rd United States Congress in 1913.[2] Before becoming a state, the Arizona Territory elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1864 to 1912.[2] Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and varying numbers of members of the House, depending on state population, to two-year terms.[3] Arizona has sent nine members to the House in each delegation since the 2010 United States census.[4]
A total of 60 people have served Arizona in the House and 15 have served Arizona in the Senate. The first woman to serve Arizona in the House was Isabella Greenway.[5] Eight women have served Arizona in the House, including Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally, who also served Arizona in the Senate, the only women to do so.[6]
The current deans, or longest-serving members, of the Arizona delegation are Republican Representatives David Schweikert of the Template:Ushr and Paul Gosar of the Template:Ushr, who have both served in the House since 2011. Carl Hayden was Arizona's longest-serving senator, and his 56 years as a senator is the sixth-longest tenure in American history.[6]
Current delegation
Arizona
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| Party | Template:Party shading/Text/Democratic | Template:Party shading/Text/Democratic | ||
| Incumbent since[9] | January 3, 2025 | December 2, 2020 |
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Arizona's current congressional delegation in the Template:USCongressOrdinalCongress consists of its two senators, both Democrats,[7] and its nine representatives, six Republicans and three Democrats.[10]
As of 2025, the Cook Partisan Voting Index, a measure of how strongly partisan a state is,[11] ranked Arizona's 1st, 2nd, 5th, 8th, and 9th districts as leaning Republican, and the 3rd, 4th, and 7th districts as leaning Democratic. They ranked the 6th district is ranked as even.[12] As a state, Arizona is ranked as leaning Republican, with a score of R+2.[13] {{#section:Arizona's congressional districts|Current representatives}}
United States Senate
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Since it became a state in 1912,[1] 14 people have served as a U.S. senator from Arizona. Of those, Martha McSally and Kyrsten Sinema have been the only women.[6] Sinema is also the first openly bisexual member of Congress.[14] Both senators Barry Goldwater and John McCain have been nominated as the Republican candidate for president, in 1964 and 2008 respectively.[15][16]
Sometimes considered a swing state,[17] elections in Arizona are considered critical for party control of the Senate.[18] Senators are elected every six years depending on their class, with each senator serving a six-year term, and elections for senators occurring every two years, rotating through each class such that in each election, around one-third of the seats in the Senate are up for election.[19] Arizona's senators are elected in classes I and III.[20] Currently, Arizona is represented in the Senate by Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly.[21]
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| Class I senator | Congress | Class III senator | ||
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| rowspan="15" Template:Party cell | Henry F. Ashurst (D) | 62nd (1912–1913) | rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | Marcus A. Smith (D) | ||
| 63rd (1913–1915) | ||||
| 64th (1915–1917) | ||||
| 65th (1917–1919) | ||||
| 66th (1919–1921) | ||||
| 67th (1921–1923) | rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Ralph H. Cameron (R) | |||
| 68th (1923–1925) | ||||
| 69th (1925–1927) | ||||
| 70th (1927–1929) | rowspan=21 Template:Party cell | Carl Hayden (D) | |||
| 71st (1929–1931) | ||||
| 72nd (1931–1933) | ||||
| 73rd (1933–1935) | ||||
| 74th (1935–1937) | ||||
| 75th (1937–1939) | ||||
| 76th (1939–1941) | ||||
| rowspan=6 Template:Party cell | Ernest McFarland (D) | 77th (1941–1943) | |||
| 78th (1943–1945) | ||||
| 79th (1945–1947) | ||||
| 80th (1947–1949) | ||||
| 81st (1949–1951) | ||||
| 82nd (1951–1953) | ||||
| rowspan=6 Template:Party cell | Barry Goldwater (R) | 83rd (1953–1955) | |||
| 84th (1955–1957) | ||||
| 85th (1957–1959) | ||||
| 86th (1959–1961) | ||||
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||||
| 88th (1963–1965) | ||||
| rowspan=6 Template:Party cell | Paul Fannin (R) | 89th (1965–1967) | |||
| 90th (1967–1969) | ||||
| 91st (1969–1971) | rowspan=9 Template:Party cell | Barry Goldwater (R) | |||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | ||||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | ||||
| 94th (1975–1977) | ||||
| rowspan=9 Template:Party cell | Dennis DeConcini (D) | 95th (1977–1979) | |||
| 96th (1979–1981) | ||||
| 97th (1981–1983) | ||||
| 98th (1983–1985) | ||||
| 99th (1985–1987) | ||||
| 100th (1987–1989) | rowspan=16 Template:Party cell | John McCain (R)Template:Efn | |||
| 101st (1989–1991) | ||||
| 102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | ||||
| rowspan=9 Template:Party cell | Jon Kyl (R) | 104th (1995–1997) | |||
| 105th (1997–1999) | ||||
| 106th (1999–2001) | ||||
| 107th (2001–2003) | ||||
| 108th (2003–2005) | ||||
| 109th (2005–2007) | ||||
| 110th (2007–2009) | ||||
| 111th (2009–2011) | ||||
| 112th (2011–2013) | ||||
| rowspan=4 Template:Party cell | Jeff Flake (R) | 113th (2013–2015) | |||
| 114th (2015–2017) | ||||
| 115th (2017–2019) | ||||
| rowspan=1 Template:Party cell | Jon Kyl (R)Template:Efn | ||||
| rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Kyrsten Sinema (D) | 116th (2019–2021) | rowspan=1 Template:Party cell | Martha McSally (R) | ||
| rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | Mark Kelly (D) | ||||
| 117th (2021–2023) | ||||
| rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Kyrsten Sinema (I)Template:Efn | ||||
| 118th (2023–2025) | ||||
| Template:Party cell | Ruben Gallego (D) | 119th (2025–2027) | |||
United States House of Representatives
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Arizona has had numerous notable representatives in Congress, including Stewart Udall, who resigned to serve as the Secretary of the Interior in the Kennedy administration,[23] his brother, Mo Udall, who came in second in the 1976 Democratic Party presidential primaries,[24] and John Jacob Rhodes, who served as House Minority Leader for the Republican Party during the Watergate scandal.[25]
Each district uses a popular vote to elect a member of Arizona's delegation in the House of Representatives.[26] Districts are redrawn every ten years, after data from the US Census is collected.[27] From 1863 to 1912, Arizona sent a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives; when it became a state in 1912, it had one seat in the House.[2] Since then, its representation in the House has grown along with its population. Since 2013, Arizona has had nine congressional districts drawn according to the results of the 2010 United States census.[28]
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1863–1912: 1 non-voting delegate
Starting on December 5, 1864, Arizona Territory sent a non-voting delegate to the House.[2]
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1912–1943: 1 seat
Following statehood on February 14, 1912,[1] Arizona had one seat in the House.[31]
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| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1912–1913) | rowspan=8 Template:Party cell | Carl Hayden (D) |
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| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1927–1929) | rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Lewis Douglas (D)Template:Efn |
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| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1933–1935) | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Isabella Greenway (D) |
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| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1937–1939) | rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | John R. Murdock (D) |
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1943–1963: 2 seats
Following the 1940 census, Arizona was apportioned two seats.[31] For six years, the seats were elected statewide on a general ticket. In 1949, districts were used.[32]
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| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1943–1945) | rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | John R. Murdock (D) | rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Richard F. Harless (D) |
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| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1949–1951) | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | John R. Murdock (D) | rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Harold Patten (D) |
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| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1953–1955) | rowspan=6 Template:Party cell | John Jacob Rhodes (R) | |
| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1955–1957) | rowspan=4 Template:Party cell | Stewart Udall (D)Template:Efn | |
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| Template:Party cell | Mo Udall (D) | ||
1963–1973: 3 seats
Following the 1960 census, Arizona was apportioned three seats.[31]
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| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1963–1965) | rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | John Jacob Rhodes (R) |
rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | Mo Udall (D) | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | George F. Senner Jr. (D) |
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| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1967–1969) | rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Sam Steiger (R) | ||
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1973–1983: 4 seats
Following the 1970 census, Arizona was apportioned four seats.[31]
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| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1973–1975) | rowspan=6 Template:Party cell | John Jacob Rhodes (R) |
rowspan=6 Template:Party cell | Mo Udall (D) | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Sam Steiger (R) | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | John Conlan (R) |
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| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1977–1979) | rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Bob Stump (D) | rowspan=4 Template:Party cell | Eldon Rudd (R) | ||
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| Template:Party cell | Bob Stump (R) | ||||
1983–1993: 5 seats
Following the 1980 census, Arizona was apportioned five seats.[31]
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| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1983–1985) | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | John McCain (R) | rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | Mo Udall (D)Template:Efn | rowspan=6 Template:Party cell | Bob Stump (R) | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Eldon Rudd (R) | Template:Party cell | Jim McNulty (D) |
| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1985–1987) | rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | Jim Kolbe (R) | ||||
| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1987–1989) | rowspan=4 Template:Party cell | Jay Rhodes (R) | rowspan=4 Template:Party cell | Jon Kyl (R) | |||
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| Template:Party cell | Ed Pastor (D) | |||||
1993–2003: 6 seats
Following the 1990 census, Arizona was apportioned six seats.[31]
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| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1993–1995) | Template:Party cell | Sam Coppersmith (D) | rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | Ed Pastor (D) |
rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | Bob Stump (R) |
Template:Party cell | Jon Kyl (R) | rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | Jim Kolbe (R) |
Template:Party cell | Karan English (D) |
| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1995–1997) | rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | Matt Salmon (R) | rowspan=4 Template:Party cell | John Shadegg (R) |
rowspan=4 Template:Party cell | J. D. Hayworth (R) | |||
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| Template:USCongressOrdinal (2001–2003) | Template:Party cell | Jeff Flake (R) | |||||
2003–2013: 8 seats
Following the 2000 census, Arizona was apportioned eight seats.[31]
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2013–present: 9 seats
Since the 2010 census, Arizona has been apportioned nine seats.[31]
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See also
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- List of United States congressional districts
- Arizona's congressional districts
- Political party strength in Arizona
Notes
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