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2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

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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.

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona
← 2004 November 7, 2006 (2006-11-07) 2008 →
All 8 Arizona seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Last election 6 2 0
Seats won 4 4 0
Seat change Decrease2 Increase2 Steady
Popular vote 771,246 627,259 90,214
Percentage 51.7% 42.0% 6.0%
Swing Decrease8.6% Increase10.1% Decrease1.7%

Overview

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Statewide

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Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % No. +/– %
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
Popular vote
Republican
 
 51.65%
Democratic
 
 42.01%
Libertarian
 
 6.04%
Other
 
 0.30%
House seats
Republican
 
 50.00%
Democratic
 
 50.00%

By district

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

District Republican Democratic Libertarian Others Total Result
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
District 1 105,646 51.75% 88,691 43.45% 9,802 4.80% 0 0.00% 204,139 100.0% Republican hold
District 2 135,150 58.62% 89,671 38.89% 5,734 2.49% 5 0.00% 230,560 100.0% Republican hold
District 3 112,519 59.27% 72,586 38.23% 4,744 2.50% 0 0.00% 189,849 100.0% Republican hold
District 4 18,627 23.92% 56,464 72.52% 2,770 3.56% 0 0.00% 77,861 100.0% Democratic hold
District 5 93,815 46.44% 101,838 50.41% 6,357 3.15% 0 0.00% 202,010 100.0% Democratic gain
District 6 152,201 74.80% 0 0.00% 51,285 25.20% 0 0.00% 203,486 100.0% Republican hold
District 7 46,498 35.35% 80,354 61.09% 4,673 3.55% 0 0.00% 131,525 100.0% Democratic hold
District 8 106,790 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

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2006 Arizona's 1st congressional district election
 
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Nominee Rick Renzi Ellen Simon
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 105,646 88,691
Percentage 51.8% 43.5%
 
County results
Renzi:      40–50%     50-60%      60–70%
Simon:      50–60%
U.S. Representative before election

Rick Renzi
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Rick Renzi
Republican

 
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

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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

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Nominee
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Results

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Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Renzi 37,644 100.0
Total votes 37,644 100.0

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Ellen Simon, attorney and activist
Eliminated in primary
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  • Mike Caccioppoli, former radio correspondent[4]
  • Bob Donahue, businessman and candidate for this seat in 2004[5]
  • Susan Friedman, marketing director[6]
  • Vic McKerlie, dentist[7]
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Results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ellen Simon 20,273 52.8
Democratic Susan Friedman 7,062 18.4
Democratic Bob Donahue 5,927 15.4
Democratic Mike Caccioppoli 3,635 9.5
Democratic Vic McKerlie 1,512 3.9
Total votes 38,409 100.0

Libertarian primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • David Schlosser, public relations manager[9]

Results

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Libertarian primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian David Schlosser 606 100.0
Total votes 606 100.0

General election

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Campaign

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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.[10] 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.[11][12]

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 ($312,000 adjusted for inflation) through a wine company his father owned.[13] Fortunately for Renzi some of these details didn't come to light until after the election.

Endorsements

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Rick Renzi (R)

Federal officials

Ellen Simon (D)

State officials

Organizations

Newspapers and publications

Individuals

Polling

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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[19] October 24–26, 2006 1,037 (LV) ±?% 48% 46% 4% 3%
Northern Arizona University[20] October 20–22, 2006 403 (LV) ±5.0% 45% 32% 2% 21%
RT Strategies and Constituent Dynamics[21] October 8–10, 2006 983 (LV) ±?% 46% 51% 2% 2%
Northern Arizona University[22] September 15–17, 2006 403 (LV) ±5.0% 45% 32% 2% 21%

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[23] Tossup November 6, 2006
Rothenberg[24] Tilt R November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball[25] Tilt R November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics[26] Lean R November 7, 2006
CQ Politics[27] Tossup November 7, 2006

Results

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

2006 Arizona’s 1st congressional district election[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Renzi (incumbent) 105,646 51.8
Democratic Ellen Simon 88,691 43.5
Libertarian David Schlosser 9,802 4.8
Total votes 204,139 100.0
Republican hold

District 2

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2006 Arizona's 2nd congressional district election
 
← 2004
2008 →
     
Nominee Trent Franks John Thrasher
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 135,150 89,671
Percentage 58.6% 38.9%
 
County results
Thrasher:      60-70%     70-80%
Franks:      50–60%     60-70%
U.S. Representative before election

Trent Franks
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Trent Franks
Republican

 
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

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Results

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Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Trent Franks (incumbent) 51,386 100.0
Total votes 51,386 100.0

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • John Thrasher, educator[29]
Eliminated in primary
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Results

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Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Trasher 11,521 46.7
Democratic Gene Scharer 8,462 34.3
Democratic Suchindran Chatterjee 4,667 18.9
Total votes 24,650 100.0

Libertarian primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Powell Gamill, molecular biologist[30]

Results

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Libertarian primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Powell Gammill 494 100.0
Total votes 494 100.0

Independents

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  • William Crum (write-in), blogger[31]

General election

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Campaign

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Franks faced Democratic challenger John Thrasher, a music teacher who based his campaign around anti-corruption and immigration reform.[32]

Results

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Franks comfortably won re-election, albeit by a smaller margin than usual.[33]

2006 Arizona’s 2nd congressional district election[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Trent Franks (incumbent) 135,150 58.6
Democratic John Thrasher 89,671 38.9
Libertarian Powell Gammill 5,734 2.5
Write-In William Crum 5 0.0
Total votes 230,560 100.0
Republican hold

District 3

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2006 Arizona's 3rd congressional district election
 
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Nominee John Shadegg Herb Paine
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 112,519 72,586
Percentage 59.3% 38.2%
 
County results
Shadegg:      50–60%
U.S. Representative before election

John Shadegg
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

John Shadegg
Republican

 
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

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Nominee
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Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Shadegg (incumbent) 35,763 100.0
Total votes 35,763 100.0

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Herb Paine, consultant
Eliminated in primary
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  • Don Chilton, retired engineer[34]
  • Jim McCoy

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Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Herb Paine 7,902 50.4
Democratic Don Chilton 7,759 49.5
Democratic Jim McCoy 12 0.1
Total votes 15,673 100.0

Libertarian primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Mark Yannone, businessman[35]

Results

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Libertarian primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Mark Yannone 322 100.0
Total votes 322 100.0

General election

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Endorsements

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Herb Paine (D)

Individuals

Results

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

2006 Arizona’s 3rd congressional district election[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Shadegg (incumbent) 112,519 59.3
Democratic Herb Paine 72,586 38.2
Libertarian Mark Yannone 4,744 2.5
Total votes 189,849 100.0
Republican hold

District 4

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2006 Arizona's 4th congressional district election
 
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2008 →
     
Nominee Ed Pastor Don Karg
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 56,464 18,627
Percentage 72.5% 23.9%
 
County results
Pastor:      70-80%
U.S. Representative before election

Ed Pastor
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Ed Pastor
Democratic

 
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

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Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Pastor (incumbent) 14,833 100.0
Total votes 14,833 100.0

Republican primary

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Nominee
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Results

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Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Don Karg 7,175 100.0
Total votes 7,175 100.0

Libertarian primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Ronald Harders, write-in candidate[28]

Results

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Libertarian primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Ronald Harders 12 100.0
Total votes 12 100.0

General election

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Results

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2006 Arizona’s 4th congressional district election[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Pastor (incumbent) 56,464 72.5
Republican Don Karg 18,627 23.9
Libertarian Ronald Harders 2,770 3.6
Total votes 77,861 100.0
Democratic hold

District 5

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2006 Arizona's 5th congressional district election
 
← 2004
2008 →
     
Nominee Harry Mitchell J. D. Hayworth
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 101,838 93,815
Percentage 50.4% 46.4%
 
County results
Mitchell:      50–60%
U.S. Representative before election

J. D. Hayworth
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Harry Mitchell
Democratic

 
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

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Results

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Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican J. D. Hayworth (incumbent) 38,275 100.0
Total votes 38,275 100.0

Democratic primary

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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

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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Harry Mitchell (D)

Individuals

Results

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Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Harry Mitchell 20,852 100.0
Total votes 20,852 100.0

Libertarian primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Warren Severin, businessman[38]

Results

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Libertarian primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Warren Severin 387 100.0
Total votes 100.0

General election

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Debates

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		J. D.
Hayworth (R) 		Harry
Mitchell (D) 		Warren
Severin (L) 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[39] October 29–31, 2006 643 (LV) ±3.9% 46% 48% 4% 2%
Bennett, Petts & Normington (D)[40] October 18–19, 2006 400 (LV) ±?% 47% 46% – 7%
SurveyUSA[41] October 13–15, 2006 509 (LV) ±4.4% 48% 45% 5% 2%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)[42] September 18–19, 2006 400 (LV) ±?% 52% 38% – 10%
SurveyUSA[43] September 15–17, 2006 590 (LV) ±4.1% 52% 40% 4% 4%
Grove Insight (D)[44] September 12–14, 2006 400 (LV) ±?% 37% 40% – 23%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)[42] June 6–10, 2006 400 (LV) ±?% 49% 34% – 17%
SurveyUSA[45] May 5–8, 2006 600 (RV) ±4.1% 50% 45% – 5%

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[23] Tossup November 6, 2006
Rothenberg[24] Tilt D (flip) November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball[25] Tilt D (flip) November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics[26] Tossup November 7, 2006
CQ Politics[27] Tossup November 7, 2006

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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.

2006 Arizona’s 5th congressional district election[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Harry Mitchell 101,838 50.4
Republican J. D. Hayworth (incumbent) 93,815 46.4
Libertarian Warren Severin 6,357 3.2
Total votes 202,010 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

District 6

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2006 Arizona's 6th congressional district election
 
← 2004
2008 →
     
Nominee Jeff Flake Jason M. Blair
Party Republican Libertarian
Popular vote 152,201 51,285
Percentage 74.8% 25.2%
 
County results
Flake:      70–80%
U.S. Representative before election

Jeff Flake
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Jeff Flake
Republican

 
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

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

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Results

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Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeff Flake (incumbent) 43,199 100.0
Total votes 43,199 100.0

Democratic primary

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No Democrat filed.

Libertarian primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Results

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Libertarian primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Jason M. Blair 19 100.0
Total votes 19 100.0

General election

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Results

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

Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeff Flake (incumbent) 152,201 74.8
Libertarian Jason M. Blair 51,285 25.2
Total votes 203,486 100.0
Republican hold

District 7

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2006 Arizona's 7th congressional district election
 
← 2004
2008 →
     
Nominee Raúl Grijalva Ron Drake
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 80,354 46,498
Percentage 61.1% 35.4%
 
County results
Grijalva:      40-50%      70-80%
Drake:      40-50%     50–60%
U.S. Representative before election

Raúl Grijalva
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Raúl Grijalva
Democratic

 
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

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Results

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Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Raúl Grijalva 26,604 100.0
Total votes 26,604 100.0

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • Joseph Sweeney, perennial candidate[46]

Results

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Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ron Drake 11,521 57.7
Republican Joseph Sweeney 8,462 42.3
Total votes 19,983 100.0

Libertarian primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Joe Cobb, political advisor and economic instructor[47]

Results

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Libertarian primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Joe Cobb 13 100.0
Total votes 13 100.0

General election

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

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Results

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Grijalva defeated both Drake and Cobb by a comfortable margin.

2006 Arizona’s 7th congressional district election[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Raúl Grijalva (incumbent) 80,354 61.1
Republican Ron Drake 46,498 35.4
Libertarian Joe Cobb 4,673 3.6
Total votes 131,525 100.0
Democratic hold

District 8

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2006 Arizona's 8th congressional district election
 
← 2004
2008 →
     
Nominee Gabby Giffords Randy Graf
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 137,655 106,790
Percentage 54.3% 42.1%
 
County results
Giffords:      50–60%
Graf:     50-60%
U.S. Representative before election

Jim Kolbe
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Gabby Giffords
Democratic

 
Main articles: 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

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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.[48][49]

Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Randy Graf, former state representative and candidate for this seat in 2004
Eliminated in primary
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Endorsements

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Steve Huffman

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Results

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Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randy Graf 27,063 41.6
Republican Steve Huffman 24,119 37.1
Republican Mike Hellon 9,095 14.0
Republican Frank Antenori 2,724 4.2
Republican Michael T. Jenkins 2,075 3.2
Total votes 65,076 100.0

Democratic primary

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Former State Senator Gabby Giffords, a moderate Democrat, triumphed against several Democrats, the most notable of which was television anchor Patty Weiss,[48] in the primary, and thus she and Graf faced off against each other in the general election.

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Nominee
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Gabby Giffords

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Results

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Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gabby Giffords 33,375 54.3
Democratic Patty Weiss 19,148 31.2
Democratic Jeffrey Lynn Latas 3,687 6.0
Democratic Alex Rodriguez 2,855 4.6
Democratic William Daniel Johnson 1,768 2.9
Democratic Francine Shacter 576 0.9
Total votes 61,409 100.0

Libertarian primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Results

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Libertarian primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian David F. Nolan 516 100.0
Total votes 516 100.0

Independents

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General election

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Campaign

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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.[64]

Debates

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2006 Arizona's 8th congressional district general election debates
 No. Date & time Host Moderator Link Participants
Key:
 P  Participant    A  Absent    N  Non-invitee  
Jay Quick David F. Nolan Gabby Giffords Randy Graf
  1[65]  October 17, 2006 Access Tucson
Arizona Daily Star 		Joe Birchall Video[66] P P P P

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Randy
Graf (R) 		Gabby
Giffords (D) 		Others Undecided
Reuters/Zogby[67] October 24–29, 2006 500 (LV) ±4.5% 41% 53% 2% 4%
Wick Communications[68] October 25–28, 2006 400 (LV) ±?% 35% 50% 4% 11%
Zimmerman & Associates and Marketing Intelligence (Arizona Daily Star/KVOA)[69] October 20–23, 2006 600 (LV) ±4.0% 38% 48% 4% 10%
Reuters/Zogby[70] September 25 – October 2, 2006 500 (LV) ±4.5% 37% 45% 2% 16%
Bennett, Petts & Normington (D)[71] September 19–21, 2006 400 (LV) ±?% 29% 54% – 17%
Zimmerman & Associates and Marketing Intelligence (Arizona Daily Star/KVOA)[72] September 16–19, 2006 600 (LV) ±4.0% 36% 48% 3% 13%
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (D-Giffords)[73] September 9–13, 2006 500 (LV) ±4.0% 35% 54% 5% 6%
Zimmerman & Associates and Marketing Intelligence (Arizona Daily Star)[74] September 1–4, 2006 800 (LV) ±4.9% 36% 46% – 19%

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[23] Lean D (flip) November 6, 2006
Rothenberg[24] Likely D (flip) November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball[25] Likely D (flip) November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics[26] Lean D (flip) November 7, 2006
CQ Politics[27] Likely D (flip) November 7, 2006

Results

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

2006 Arizona’s 8th congressional district election[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gabby Giffords 137,655 54.3
Republican Randy Graf 106,790 42.1
Libertarian David F. Nolan 4,849 1.9
Independent Jay Dudley Quick 4,408 1.7
Write-ins Russ Dove 7 0.0
Write-ins Leo F. Kimminau 7 0.0
Write-ins Paul Price 5 0.0
Total votes 253,720 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

References

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  2. ^ "Beyond DeLay Spotlight: Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington". Archived from the original on August 10, 2011. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "State of Arizona official canvass" (PDF). Arizona Secretary of State. September 12, 2006. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  4. ^ Pela, Robert P. (March 2, 2006). "Load of Crappioppoli". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  5. ^ "Bob Donahue". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  6. ^ "Susan Friedman's Biography". VoteSmart. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  7. ^ Bryan, Michael (July 31, 2006). "20 Questions with Vic McKerlie, Democratic Congressional Candidate in AZ's CD 1". Blog for Arizona. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  8. ^ "Jack Jackson Jr (D)". opensecrets.org. Open Secrets. December 31, 2006. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
  9. ^ "About". Schlosser for Congress. 2006. Archived from the original on October 18, 2006. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
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