United States congressional delegations from Arizona

[2] Before becoming a state, the Arizona Territory elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1864 to 1912.

[11] The current dean, or longest-serving member, of the Arizona delegation is Democratic Representative Raúl Grijalva of the 7th district, who has served in the House since 2003.

[24] Both senators Barry Goldwater and John McCain have been nominated as the Republican candidate for president, in 1964 and 2008 respectively.

[30] Currently, Arizona is represented in the Senate by Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly.

[31] Democratic (D) Independent (I) Republican (R) 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,[36] his brother, Mo Udall, who came in second in the 1976 Democratic Party presidential primaries,[37] and John Jacob Rhodes, who served as House Minority Leader for the Republican Party during the Watergate scandal.

[38] Each district uses a popular vote to elect a member of Arizona's delegation in the House of Representatives.

Since 2013, Arizona has had nine congressional districts drawn according to the results of the 2010 United States Census.

[2] Democratic (D) Independent (I) Republican (R) Unionist (U) Following statehood on February 14, 1912,[1] Arizona had one seat in the House.

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Map of Arizona's nine congressional districts for the United States House of Representatives since 2022
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Carl Hayden , the longest-serving senator from Arizona, with a 56-year tenure [ 32 ]
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Barry Goldwater , Arizona senator who was the 1964 Republican presidential nominee [ 25 ]
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John McCain , Arizona senator who was the 2008 Republican presidential nominee [ 26 ]
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Kyrsten Sinema , Arizona senator and the first openly bisexual member of Congress [ 24 ]
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Isabella Greenway , the first female member of the House from Arizona [ 5 ]
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John Jacob Rhodes , representative from Arizona who served as House Minority Leader for the Republican Party during the Watergate scandal [ 38 ]
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Gabby Giffords , representative from Arizona who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her service in Congress and subsequent gun control advocacy after an assassination attempt ended her career in Congress [ 42 ] [ 43 ]