9th Congressional Constituency of Arizona

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9. Arizona's Congressional District
Arizona's 9th Congressional District (as of January 3, 2013)
Arizona's 9th Congressional District (as of January 3, 2013)
Current representative   Kyrsten Sinema ( D –Phoenix)
Population (2015) 777.123
Race or ethnicity 77.2% White, 4.9%  Black , 5.0% Asian, 2.9%  Hispanic , 2.7% Native American, 6.1% Other
Cook PVI D + 4

The 9th Congressional Constituency of Arizona is a constituency for the election to the United States House of Representatives that was created after the 2010 United States Census because the US state of Arizona gained one seat to the previous eight due to the increase in the population. The first election to win the seat was the 2012 United States House of Representatives election , and the constituency's first MP, Kyrsten Sinema , took office when the 113th Congress convened in January 2013.

Geographic and demographic framework data

The constituency is entirely within Maricopa County and has emerged both geographically and demographically from the old 5th Congressional constituency of Arizona ; 60 percent of the area of ​​the 9th congressional electoral district was previously part of the old 5th congressional electoral district. Within the constituency boundaries are the southern outskirts of the metropolis of Phoenix, including Ahwatukee and Tempe and parts of Scottsdale , Mesa and Chandler .

At the time of the 2012 election , there were 344,770 registered voters, of whom 118,077 (34.2%) registered Republicans , 107,123 (31.1%) registered Democrats , 3,232 (0.9%) registered Libertarian Party voters, and 761 (0, 2%) were registered voters of the Green Party . 115,531 voters (33.5%) were registered as independent voters. The district is not considered a party stronghold; his Cook Partisan Voting Index is +4 (D = democratic).

Presidential election results

Results
year Ballot Result
2012 president Obama 51-47%
2016 president Clinton 55-38%

Congressional election results

Election to the United States House of Representatives 2012 : Arizona District 9
Political party candidate be right %
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema 121,881 48.66%
Republican Vernon B. Parker 111,630 44.56%
Libertarian Powell Gammill 16,620 6.63%
Write-in Write-ins 363 0.14%
head Start 10,251 4.10%
Overall votes 250.494 100.00
Democratic gain in the new constituency
Election to the United States House of Representatives 2014 : Arizona District 9
Political party Candidates be right %
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema 88,609 55%
Republican Wendy Rogers 67,841 41%
Libertarian Powell Gammill 5,612 4%
Democratic hold
2016 United States House Election : Arizona District 9
Political party candidate be right %
Democratic Kyrsten Sinema 169.055 61%
Republican Dave Giles 108,350 39%
Democratic hold

Since then, Sinema has also won the 2014 and 2016 elections and is therefore also a member of the current 115th Congress . She has announced that she will not apply again for this seat in the upcoming 2018 , but will run to succeed Republican Jeff Flakes in the United States Senate , so that this Congressional constituency will be represented by another person by January 3, 2019 at the latest.

Republicans consider this constituency to be one of their best opportunities to win a seat in the 2018 election following the elector's withdrawal. Several candidates ran for election as early as September 2017, including 2016 candidate Dave Giles and former Navy officer and doctor Steve Ferrara. On the Democratic side, the mayor of Phoenix , Greg Stanton , announced his candidacy; he is considered a favorite to win the 2018 election. In the 2016 presidential election , Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton had a 17 percent lead over Donald Trump ; Obama won here by four percentage points in 2008 and 2012. However, the political orientation of the electorate is largely balanced; 33 percent are registered as Democrats, 31 percent as Republicans, and 35 percent as Independents.

List of MPs for the Congressional District

Based on the results of the 2010 Census, Arizona sent a ninth Congressman to the United States House of Representatives for the first time in the 2012 congressional election, which therefore had an impact on the composition of the 113th Congress for the first time .

Representative Political party Terms of office congress Cutting of the constituency Election history
Kyrstensinema.jpg Kyrsten Sinema Democratic January 3, 2013 - 113 , 114 , 115 Portions of Phoenix , including Ahwatukee and Tempe , West Mesa , and Chandler . first choice 2012

supporting documents

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ^ Partisan Voting Index - Districts of the 115th Congress ( English ) The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  3. ^ Census 2010 shows Red states gaining congressional districts. In: The Washington Post , March 29, 2013.
  4. ^ Arizona Redistricting: Commission releases draft map. In: Daily Kos , November 4, 2011 (English).
  5. ^ Arizona Secretary of State: State of Arizona Registration Report. Retrieved on March 29, 2013 (English; PDF; 49 kB) ( Memento from February 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ).
  6. ↑ Ronald J. Hansen: Rep. Kyrsten Sinema enters Senate race, hoping to unseat Jeff Flake. In: AZCentral.com , September 28, 2017 (English).
  7. ^ Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton announces run for Congress. In: KTAR.com , October 5, 2017 (English); David Wasserman: House: Ratings Changes in 12 Districts as Democrats Gain Momentum. In: The Cook Political Report , October 13, 2017.
  8. ↑ Bridget Bowman: Republicans Eye Sinema's Arizona House Seat. In: Roll Call , September 29, 2017 (English).

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