2025 Arizona's 7th congressional district special election

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2025 Arizona's 7th congressional district special election
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Arizona's 7th congressional district
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Nominee Adelita Grijalva Daniel Butierez
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote70,14829,944
Percentage68.92%29.42%
2025 Arizona's 7th congressional district special election results map by county.svg
2025 Arizona's 7th congressional district special election by precinct.svg
Grijalva:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     90%+
Butierez:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     90%+
Tie:     50%
U.S. Representative before election

Raúl Grijalva
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Adelita Grijalva
Democratic

A special election was held on September 23, 2025, to fill Arizona's 7th congressional district for the remainder of the 119th United States Congress. The result was certified by the Arizona Secretary of State, Adrian Fontes, on October 14. [1]

Contents

This followed the July 15, 2025, primary election which results were certified by Fontes 16 days later on July 31.

The seat became vacant following the death of incumbent Democrat Raúl Grijalva on March 13, 2025. [2] It is considered a safely Democratic district. [3]

The election was won by former Pima County supervisor Adelita Grijalva, Raúl Grijalva's daughter. [4] Grijalva won by 39%, a significant overperformance from Kamala Harris's 22% victory in the district in the 2024 presidential election. [5]

Background

Incumbent Congressman Raúl Grijalva was diagnosed with lung cancer on April 2, 2024, and died in office on March 13, 2025, from complications from cancer treatments at age 77. [2]

Writing for The Arizona Republic in May, Laura Gersony noted that the "leading candidates" were Daniel Hernández Jr., Adelita Grijalva, and Deja Foxx; further noting that Hernández held an initial lead in fundraising stemming from supporters of Israel and that Grijalva would likely benefit from some of the campaign infrastructure built by her father. [6] Grijalva received the endorsement of both of Arizona's U.S. Senators, Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, and a number of Democratic political organizations, including EMILY's List and Giffords. [7] [8] [9]

Grijalva won the Democratic primary on July 15, and faced Republican painting contractor Daniel Butierez.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Deja Foxx
U.S. representatives
Individuals
Organizations
Adelita Grijalva
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Tribal nations
Daniel Hernández Jr.
Executive branch officials
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Notable individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Declined to endorse
Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Deja
Foxx		Adelita
Grijalva		Daniel
Hernández		OtherUndecided
Change Research (D) [A] June 26–29, 2025540 (LV)± 4.5%35%43%9%3% [b] 11%
Change Research (D) [A] May 13–16, 2025530 (LV)± 4.4%10%41%16%2% [c] 32%
Public Policy Polling (D) [B] April 7–8, 2025527 (LV)± 4.3%5%49%11%–35%

Debates

2025 Arizona's 7th congressional district special election Democratic primary debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
FoxxGrijalvaHarrisHernándezMalvido
1May 27, 2025 KAET [50] Ted Simons [51] PPPPP
2June 10, 2025 Arizona Public Media [52] Steve Goldstein, Nohelani Graf [53] PPPPP

Results

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Results by county
Grijalva
  50–60%
  60–70%
±%

By county

County [75] Adelita Grijalva
Democratic		Daniel Butierez
Republican		Various candidates
Other parties		MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%
Cochise (part)3,32771.06%1,27727.27%781.67%2,05043.78%4,682
Maricopa (part)6,22167.80%2,80030.52%1541.68%3,42137.29%9,175
Pima (part)49,99270.26%19,98228.08%1,1801.66%30,01042.18%71,154
Pinal (part)27536.67%46061.33%152.00%-185-24.67%750
Santa Cruz 4,91269.70%2,04729.05%881.25%2,86540.66%7,047
Yuma (part)5,42160.45%3,37837.67%1691.88%2,04322.78%8,968
Totals70,14868.92%29,94429.42%1,6841.66%40,20439.50%101,776

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ Malvido with 3%; Harris with 0%
  3. ↑ Harris and Malvido with 1%
Partisan clients
  1. 1 2 Poll sponsored by Foxx's campaign
  2. ↑ Poll sponsored by Grijalva's campaign

References

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