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Arizona’s 7th District

U.S. House · AZ-7

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

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 37.3 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 68.6%

    Adelita Grijalva, incumbent

  • Republican 31.4%

    Daniel Butierez

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
AZ-7 68.6%31.4%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+14.1 44.2%−12.9

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over51.7% (± 0.7)

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

Adelita Grijalva · Democrat

Primary results

Held July 21, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Adelita Grijalva 100.0% 59,304 votes
Republican primary Daniel Butierez 100.0% 21,934 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Adelita Grijalva

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Daniel Butierez

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 26.9 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 37.3 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • AZ-3 Democrat, safe seat
  • AZ-4 Democrat, safe seat
  • AZ-5 Republican, competitive
  • AZ-8 Republican, toss-up
  • AZ-1 Democrat, toss-up
  • AZ-6 Democrat, toss-up

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