Arizona Politics

Election Night: Arizona House Results

Arizona has spoken, and those who will continue to represent the Grand Canyon State, and those new members who will join them, have been decided as called by NBC.

Among those reelected include Representatives Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) of District 7, defeating Republican challenger Daniel Butierez with 66.6% of the vote to Butierez's 33.4% when the race was called, and Paul Gosar (R-AZ) of District 9, who defeated Democratic challenger Quacy Smith with 64.2% of the vote to Smith's 35.8% at the time of the race being called.

District 5's Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ) was called during the night, currently sitting on a 59.4% victory over his Democratic opponent Katrina Schaffner, who earned 40.6% of the vote.

New members include Yassamin Ansari (D) for District 3, who held the distinction of winning with the largest margin of victory with 73.3% of the vote to Republican challenger Jeff Zink's 24.7% at the time the race was called for her. Abe Hamadeh (R), who ran to replace Representative Debbie Lesko (R-AZ) in District 8, had his race called with 55.9%  of the vote to his Democratic challenger Greg Whitten's 44.1%.

Current results as tallied by NBC can be viewed below, and will be updated as more races are called:

District 1:

Representative David Schweikert (R-AZ): 50.8%

Amish Shah (D): 49.2%

District 2:

Representative Eli Crane (R-AZ): 53.6%

Jonathan Nez (D): 46.4%

**UDPATE:** Rep. Crane's reelection has been called with 53.7% of the vote

District 3:

Yassamin Ansari (D): 70.3%

Jeff Zink (R): 27.3%

District 4:

Representative Greg Stanton (D-AZ): 53.3%

Kelly Cooper (R): 45.1%

District 5:

Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ): 59.4%

Katrina Schaffner (D): 40.6%

District 6:

Kirsten Engel (D): 49.8%

Representative Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ): 48.1%

District 7:

Representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ): 63.9%

Daniel Butierez (R): 36.1%

District 8:

Abe Hamadeh (R): 55.4%

Greg Whitten (D): 44.6%

**UPDATE:** Hamadeh's race has been called at 55.9% to Whitten's 44.1%

District 9:

Representative Paul Gosar (R-AZ): 66.4%

Quacy Smith (D): 33.6%

This is a developing story, all results will be updated when races are called.

Grayson Bakich

Grayson Bakich is a Florida and Arizona legislative correspondent for The Floridian and Cactus Politics, specializing in national and state-level politics. With three years' experience covering federal Florida, and Arizona politics, they have been cited by NewsBreak, SGT Report, Lucianne.com, and Cause Action. Email: grayson@dnm.news

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