Arizona's 4th congressional district

U.S. House district for Arizona

Arizona's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Arizona. Republican Paul Gosar is the representative.

Arizona's 4th congressional district
Arizona's 4th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
  Paul Gosar
RPrescott
Population (2019)825,763[1]
Median household
income
$55,040[2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+21[3]

Presidential election results

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Year Office Results
2000 President Gore 63 - 35%
2004 President Kerry 62 - 38%
2008 President Obama 66 - 33%
2012 President Romney 67 - 31%
2016 President Trump 68 - 28%
2020 President Trump 68 - 31%

List of representatives

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Member Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history District location & Counties[4][5][6]
 
John Bertrand Conlan
Republican January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1977
93rd
94th
Elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
1973–1983
E Arizona, including parts of Metro Phoenix: Apache, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Navajo, Maricopa (part), Pinal (part)
 
Eldon Rudd
Republican January 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1987
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
Elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Retired.
1983–1993
E Arizona, including parts of Metro Phoenix: Apache, Navajo, Gila (part), Graham (part), Maricopa (part)
 
Jon Kyl
Republican January 3, 1987 –
January 3, 1995
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
Elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
1993–2003
Maricopa (part / Parts of Metro Phoenix)
 
John Shadegg
Republican January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 2003
104th
105th
106th
107th
Elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Redistricted to the 3rd district.
 
Ed Pastor
Democratic January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2013
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
Redistricted from the 2nd district.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the 7th district.
2003–2013
Maricopa (part / Parts of Metro Phoenix)
 
Parts of Metro Phoenix
 
Paul Gosar
Republican January 3, 2013 –
present
113th
114th
115th
116th
Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
2013–present
 
Northwest Arizona: Gila (part), La Paz, Maricopa (part), Mohave (part), Yavapai (part), Yuma (part).

Recent election results

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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
Arizona’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Pastor (Incumbent) 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
Arizona’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Pastor (Incumbent) 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
Arizona’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Pastor (Incumbent) 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
Arizona’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ed Pastor (Incumbent) 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
Arizona’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar (Incumbent) 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%
Republican gain from Democratic
Arizona’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar (Incumbent) 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
Arizona’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar (Incumbent) 203,487 71.5%
Democratic Mikel Weisser 81,296 28.5%
Majority 122,191 43%
Total votes 284,783 100%
Republican hold
Arizona’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar (Incumbent) 188,842 68.1%
Democratic David Brill 84,521 30.5%
Majority 104,321 37.6%
Total votes 277,035 100%
Republican hold
Arizona’s 4th Congressional District House Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Gosar (incumbent) 278,002 69.7
Democratic Delina DiSanto 120,484 30.2
Write-in 137 0.0
Total votes 398,623 100.0
Republican hold

References

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  1. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  2. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  4. Martis, Kenneth C., The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, 1789-1983. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1982.
  5. Martis, Kenneth C., The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1989.
  6. Congressional Directory: Browse 105th Congress Archived February 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine