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Arizona’s 6th District

U.S. House · AZ-6

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a 80% chance of winning, with an average lead of 7.6 points.

Competitive. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 39%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 52.9%

    JoAnna Mendoza

  • Republican 47.0%

    Juan Ciscomani, incumbent

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican Other
AZ-6 52.9%47.0%0.2%
National averageUnited States 54.5%−1.6 44.2%+2.7 1.2%−1.1

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

3 polls, 4 scenarios

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over21.2% (± 0.5)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Juan Ciscomani · Republican

Primary results

Held July 21, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary JoAnna Mendoza 100.0% 78,310 votes
Republican primary Juan Ciscomani 100.0% 76,481 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Juan Ciscomani

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    JoAnna Mendoza

    source
  • Other Challenger

    Dickerson, Trevor

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Other Challenger

    Peters, Jereme Lance

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 2.5 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 7.6 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • AZ-5 Republican, competitive
  • AZ-4 Democrat, safe seat
  • AZ-1 Democrat, toss-up
  • AZ-3 Democrat, safe seat
  • AZ-8 Republican, toss-up
  • AZ-7 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated