Arizona's 4th congressional district

Arizona's 4th congressional district
Arizona's 4th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Paul Gosar (R–Prescott)
Area 199 mi2
Distribution 99.5% urban, 0.5% rural
Population (2000) 641,329
Median income $30,624
Ethnicity 88.6% White, 2.0% Black, 1.0% Asian, 19.1% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI R+20[1]

Arizona's 4th congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of Arizona. It stretches from the periphery of Phoenix to contain much of the rural western and northwestern portion of the state.

It is currently represented by Republican Paul Gosar.

The current 4th was created after the 2010 census from portions of the old 1st, 2nd, 5th and 5th districts. Prior to 2013, the 4th District was a majority-Latino district located entirely in Maricopa County; most of that area is now the 7th District.

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History

George W. Bush received 62% of the vote in this district in 2004. John McCain also swept the district in 2008 taking in 65.73% of the vote while Barack Obama received 33.02%. It was Obama's worst (and McCain's best) performance in Arizona.

Voting

Election results from statewide races
Year Office Results
2012 President Romney 67 - 31%
2008 President McCain 66 - 33%
2004 President Bush 62 - 38%
2000 President Bush 63 - 35%

List of representatives

Arizona began sending a fourth member to the House after the 1970 Census.

Representative Party Years Congress(es) Counties[2][3][4] Description Electoral history
John Bertrand Conlan Republican January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1977		 93rd
94th		 Apache, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Navajo, Maricopa (part), Pinal (part) E Arizona, including parts of Metro Phoenix Retired to run for U.S. Senator
Eldon D. Rudd Republican January 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1983		 95th
96th
97th		 Retired
January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1987		 98th
99th		 Apache, Navajo, Gila (part), Graham (part), Maricopa (part)
Jon Kyl Republican January 3, 1987 –
January 3, 1993		 100th
101st
102nd		 Retired to run for U.S. Senator
January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1995		 103rd Maricopa (part) Parts of Metro Phoenix
John B. Shadegg Republican January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 2003		 104th
105th
106th
107th		 Redistricted to the 3rd district
Ed Pastor Democratic January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2013		 108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
Parts of Metro Phoenix		 Redistricted to the 7th district
Paul Gosar Republican January 3, 2013 –
present		 113th
114th		 Gila (part), La Paz, Maricopa (part), Mohave (part), Yavapai (part), Yuma (part). NW Arizona Redistricted from the 1st district, Incumbent

Recent election results

2002

Arizona’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ed Pastor 44,517 67.38%
Republican Jonathan Barnert 18,381 27.82%
Libertarian Amy Gibbons 3,167 4.79%
Majority 26,136 39.56%
Total votes 66,065 100.00
Democratic hold

2004

Arizona’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ed Pastor* 77,150 70.12%
Republican Don Karg 28,238 25.66%
Libertarian Gary Fallon 4,639 4.22%
Majority 48,912 44.46%
Total votes 110,027 100.00
Democratic hold

2006

Arizona’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ed Pastor* 56,464 72.52%
Republican Don Karg 18,627 23.92%
Libertarian Ronald Harders 2,770 3.56%
Majority 37,837 48.60%
Total votes 77,861 100.00
Democratic hold

2008

Arizona’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ed Pastor* 89,721 72.11%
Republican Don Karg 26,435 21.25%
Green Rebecca DeWitt 4,464 3.59%
Libertarian Joe Cobb 3,807 3.06%
Majority 63,286 50.86%
Total votes 124,427 100.00
Democratic hold

2010

Arizona’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ed Pastor* 61,524 66.94%
Republican Janet Contreras 25,300 27.53%
Libertarian Joe Cobb 2,718 2.96%
Green Rebecca DeWitt 2,365 2.57%
Majority 36,224 39.41%
Total votes 91,907 100.00
Democratic hold

2012

Arizona’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Paul Gosar* 162,907 66.83%
Democratic Johnnie Robinson 69,154 28.37%
Libertarian Joe Pamelia 9,306 3.82%
Americans Elect Richard Grayson 2,393 0.98%
Majority 93,753 38.46%
Total votes 243,760 100.00

2014

Arizona’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Paul Gosar* 122,560 70.0%
Democratic Mikel Weisser 45,179 25.8%
Libertarian Chris Rike 7,440 4.2%
Majority 77,381 34.2%
Total votes 175,179 100.00
Republican hold

Source: "STATE OF ARIZONA OFFICIAL CANVASS 2014 General Election - November 4, 2014" (PDF). Arizona Secretary of State. December 1, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2015. 

Living former Members

As of April 2015, there are four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 4th congressional district that are currently living.

Representative Term in office Date of birth (and age)
John Bertrand Conlan 1973 - 1977 September 17, 1930
Jon Kyl 1987 - 1995 April 25, 1942
John Shadegg 1995 - 2003 October 22, 1949
Ed Pastor 2003 - 2013 June 28, 1943

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
  2. ↑ Martis, Kenneth C., The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, 1789-1983. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1982.
  3. ↑ Martis, Kenneth C., The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1989.
  4. ↑ Congressional Directory: Browse 105th Congress

Coordinates: 34°35′27″N 113°12′16″W / 34.59083°N 113.20444°W / 34.59083; -113.20444

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