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Arizona's 6th congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of Arizona and encompasses parts of Maricopa County. It consists mostly of the northeastern suburbs of Phoenix, including Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Cave Creek, and Fountain Hills. The district is currently represented by Republican David Schweikert.

Arizona's 6th congressional district
Arizona's 6th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	David Schweikert R–Fountain Hills
Area	724 sq mi (1,880 km2)
Distribution	96.8% urban 3.2% rural
Population (2021)	786,168[1]
Median household income	$84,001[2]
Ethnicity	72.8% White 16.0% Hispanic 4.7% Asian 2.7% Black 2.2% Two or more races 1.6% other
Cook PVI	R+5[3]

History

Arizona picked up a sixth district after the 1990 census. It covered the northeast quadrant of the state, from Flagstaff to the New Mexico border. Most of its population, however, was located in the northeastern portion of the Valley of the Sun, including Tempe and Scottsdale.

After the 2000 census, most of the Maricopa County portion of the old 6th became the 5th district, while the 6th was reconfigured to take in most of the former 1st district. It included parts of Mesa, Chandler and all of Gilbert as well as the fast-growing town of Queen Creek. It also contained the city of Apache Junction in Pinal County. For the first time since its creation in 1951, it didn't include any of Phoenix itself. The district and its predecessors had seen its share of Phoenix gradually reduced amid the Valley's explosive growth in the second half of the 20th century.

George W. Bush received 64% of the vote in this district in 2004. John McCain—who represented this district (then numbered as the 1st) from 1983 to 1987—received 61.32% of the vote in the district in 2008, making it his best showing in his home state.

After the 2010 census, the old 6th district essentially became the 5th district, while the 6th was redrawn to take in most of the old 3rd district.

Demographics

According to the APM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools[4] (featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 604,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 77% are White and 13% are Latino. Immigrants make up 9% of the district's potential voters. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $77,000, while 8% of households live below the poverty line. As for the educational attainment of potential voters in the district, 42% hold a bachelor's or higher degree.

Recent election results in statewide elections

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Bush 61–37%
2004	President	Bush 64–35%
2008	President	McCain 61–38%
2012	President	Romney 60–39%
2016	President	Trump 52–42%
2020	President	Trump 51–47%

List of members representing the district

Arizona began sending a sixth member to the House after the 1990 Census.

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location[5][6][7]
District created January 3, 1993
Karan English	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	Elected in 1992. Lost re-election.	1993–2003 NE Arizona, including parts of Metro Phoenix: Apache, Gila, Greenlee, Coconino (part), Graham (part), Maricopa (part), Navajo (part), Pinal (part)
J. D. Hayworth	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003	104th 105th 106th 107th	First elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 5th district.
Jeff Flake	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2013	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 1st district. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired to run for U.S. senator.	2003–2013 Parts of Metro Phoenix: Maricopa (part), Pinal (part)
David Schweikert	Republican	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Redistricted from the 5th district. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 1st district.	2013–present
Juan Ciscomani	Republican	January 3, 2023 –		Redistricted from the 3rd district. Elected in 2022.	2023–present:

Recent election results

2002

Arizona’s 6th Congressional District House Election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Flake	103,094	65.94
	Democratic	Deborah Thomas	49,355	31.57
	Libertarian	Andy Wagner	3,888	2.49
Majority			53,739	34.37
Total votes			156,337	100.00
	Republican hold

2004

Arizona’s 6th Congressional District House Election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Flake (Incumbent)	202,882	79.38
	Libertarian	Craig Stritar	52,695	20.62
Majority			150,187	58.76
Total votes			255,577	100.00
	Republican hold

2006

Arizona’s 6th Congressional District House Election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Flake (Incumbent)	152,201	74.80
	Libertarian	Jason M. Blair	51,285	25.20
Majority			100,916	49.60
Total votes			203,486	100.00
	Republican hold

2008

Arizona’s 6th Congressional District House Election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Flake (Incumbent)	208,582	62.42
	Democratic	Rebecca Schneider	115,457	34.55
	Libertarian	Rick Biondi	10,137	3.03
Majority			93,125	27.87
Total votes			334,176	100.00
	Republican hold

2010

Arizona’s 6th Congressional District House Election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Flake (Incumbent)	165,649	66.42
	Democratic	Rebecca Schneider	72,615	29.12
	Libertarian	Darell Tapp	7,712	3.09
	Green	Richard Grayson	3,407	1.37
Majority			93,034	37.30
Total votes			249,383	100.00
	Republican hold

2012

Arizona’s 6th Congressional District House Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Schweikert (Incumbent)	179,706	61.30
	Democratic	Matt Jette	97,666	33.31
	Libertarian	Jack Anderson	10,167	3.47
	Green	Mark Salazar	5,637	1.92
Majority			82,040	27.99
Total votes			293,176	100.00
	Republican hold

2014

Arizona’s 6th Congressional District House Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Schweikert (Incumbent)	129,578	64.86
	Democratic	John Williamson	70,198	35.14
Majority			58,380	29.82
Total votes			199,776	100.00
	Republican hold

2016

Arizona’s 6th Congressional District House Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Schweikert (Incumbent)	201,578	62.13%
	Democratic	John Williamson	122,866	37.87%
Majority			78,712	24.26%
Total votes			324,444	100
	Republican hold

2018

Arizona’s 6th Congressional District House Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Schweikert (Incumbent)	173,140	55.19%
	Democratic	Anita Malik	140,559	44.81%
Majority			32,581	10.38%
Total votes			313,699	100
	Republican hold

2020

Arizona’s 6th Congressional District House Election, 2020

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Schweikert (incumbent)	217,783	52.2
	Democratic	Hiral Tipirneni	199,644	47.8
Total votes			417,427	100.0
	Republican hold

Notes

Arizona will hold their Primary Elections on August 2, 2022.[8] Due to redistricting, the Congressional District numbers in Arizona have changed for the 2022 Election Cycle. Through this process, the district numbers have changed the following ways:[9]

·       Arizona's 1st Congressional District will become Arizona's 2nd Congressional District

·       Arizona's 2nd Congressional District will become Arizona's 6th Congressional District

·       Arizona's 3rd Congressional District will become Arizona's 7th Congressional District

·       Arizona's 4th Congressional District will become Arizona's 9th Congressional District

·       Arizona's 5th Congressional District will remain Arizona's 5th Congressional District

·       Arizona's 6th Congressional District will become Arizona's 1st Congressional District

·       Arizona's 7th Congressional District will become Arizona's 3rd Congressional District

·       Arizona's 8th Congressional District will remain Arizona's 8th Congressional District

·       Arizona's 9th Congressional District will become Arizona's 4th Congressional District

There are currently 45 declared candidates for Arizona's new 6th Congressional District for the 2022 Election Cycle.[9]

2022 Arizona's New 6th Congressional District Primary Elections
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Avery Anderson	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Iman-Utopia Bah	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Andres Cano +	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Kristen Engel	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Catherine Euler	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Steve Farley +	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Amy Fitch	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Rosanna Gabaldon +	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Matt Heinz +	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Daniel Hernandez	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Kasey Hopper	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Casey Mellen	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Brett Murphy	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Douglas Nance	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Regina Romero +	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Victoria Steele +	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Avery Thornton	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Ginger Sykes Torres	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Marcos Urrea	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Bruce Wheeler +	TBD	TBD
Democratic	Delina DiSanto	TBD	TBD
Republican	Jason Bacon	TBD	TBD
Republican	Mike Boyd	TBD	TBD
Republican	Steve Christy +	TBD	TBD
Republican	Juan Ciscomani	TBD	TBD
Republican	Troy Davis	TBD	TBD
Republican	Lawrence DeVoto	TBD	TBD
Republican	Mae Ella Flanders	TBD	TBD
Republican	Lucretia Free	TBD	TBD
Republican	David Gowan +	TBD	TBD
Republican	Chris Hindle	TBD	TBD
Republican	Douglas Lowell	TBD	TBD
Republican	Lea Marquez-Peterson +	TBD	TBD
Republican	Brandon Martin	TBD	TBD
Republican	Young Mayberry	TBD	TBD
Republican	Marissa Mitchell	TBD	TBD
Republican	George Sakellarakis	TBD	TBD
Republican	Brandon Schlass	TBD	TBD
Republican	T.J. Shope +	TBD	TBD
Republican	Gabe Tapia	TBD	TBD
Republican	Eric Thoutt	TBD	TBD
Republican	Kelly Townsend	TBD	TBD
Republican	Kathleen Winn	TBD	TBD
Independent	William Foster	TBD	TBD
Independent	Christopher Hale	TBD	TBD

The incumbent office holder is denoted by an *. Any rumored candidates are denoted by an +.

See also

• Arizona's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

Specific

General

1. Demographic information at census.gov
2. 2004 Election data at CNN.com
3. 2002 Election data from CBSNews.com
4. 2000 Election data from CNN.com
5. 1998 Election data from CNN.com

External links

• Maps of Congressional Districts first in effect for the 2002 election
• Tentative Final Congressional Maps for the 2012 election
• Rose Institute of State and Local Government, "Arizona: 2010 Redistricting Changes: Sixth District", Redistricting by State, Claremont, CA: Claremont McKenna College, archived from the original on September 15, 2020

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