Population (2015) 761,488 Cook PVI D+8 | Median income 40,734 | |
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Current Representative Raúl Grijalva (D–Tucson) Distribution 88.8% urban
11.2% rural Ethnicity 16.2% White
4.5% Black
1.6% Asian
61.6% Hispanic
0.2% Native American
15.9% other | ||
Arizona's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district that contains the southwestern portions of the state, sharing the border of Mexico from Nogales to the California border. Most of the district's population lives in the western third of Tucson. It is currently represented by Democrat Raúl Grijalva.
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From 2003 to 2013, the district contained most of the northern portion of Phoenix as well as some of its northern suburbs. Most of that territory is now the 6th District. Most of the territory currently in the 3rd had been the 7th District.
Competitiveness
From 2003 to 2013, most of the district's population was in middle-to-upper class areas in the northern part of Phoenix. Like the metropolitan area in general, the 3rd district leaned Republican, although the southern parts of the district in east-central Phoenix and Paradise Valley were more competitive between the parties.
George W. Bush received 58% of the vote in this district in 2004. John McCain took in 56.47% of the vote in the district in 2008 while Barack Obama received 42.34%.
List of representatives
Arizona began sending a third member to the House after the 1960 Census.
Living former Members
As of April 2015, there are two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 3rd congressional district that are currently living. The most recent representative to die was Sam Steiger (1967-1977) on September 26, 2012. The most recently serving representative to die was Bob Stump (1977-2003) on June 20, 2003.