2025 Arizona's 7th congressional district special election
A special election will be held on September 23, 2025, to fill Arizona's 7th congressional district for the remainder of the 119th United States Congress . Primary elections were held on July 15. The seat became vacant following the death of incumbent Democrat Raúl Grijalva on March 13, 2025.[ 1] It is considered a safely Democratic district.[ 2]
Background
Incumbent Raúl Grijalva died in office on March 13, 2025, from complications from cancer treatment at age 77 after being diagnosed with lung cancer on April 2, 2024.[ 1]
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.[ 3] 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 .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Grijalva won the Democratic primary on July 15, and will face 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
Ron Barber , former U.S. representative from Arizona's 8th congressional district (2012–2015)[ 22]
Greg Casar , U.S. representative from Texas's 35th congressional district (2023–present)[ 23]
Veronica Escobar , U.S. representative from Texas's 16th congressional district (2019–present)[ 24]
Maxwell Frost , U.S. representative from Florida's 10th congressional district (2023–present)[ 23]
Gabby Giffords , former U.S. representative from Arizona's 8th congressional district (2007–2012)[ 4]
Pramila Jayapal , U.S. representative from Washington's 7th congressional district (2017–present)[ 23]
Ann Kirkpatrick , former U.S. representative from Arizona's 2nd congressional district (2009–2011, 2013–2017, 2019–2023)[ 22]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , U.S. representative from New York's 14th congressional district (2019–present)[ 25]
Linda Sánchez , U.S. representative from California's 38th congressional district (2003–present)[ 26]
Nydia Velázquez , U.S. representative from New York's 7th congressional district (1993–present)[ 24]
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
Polling
Debates
Results
Results by county
Results by county[ 54]
Town
Foxx
Grijalva
Harris
Hernández Jr.
Malvido Jr.
Total
Cochise
646
22.17%
1,888
64.79%
35
1.20%
326
11.19%
19
0.65%
2,914
Maricopa
1,122
21.69%
2,739
52.95%
109
2.11%
1,167
22.56%
36
0.70%
5,173
Pima
10,880
23.93%
27,923
61.42%
622
1.37%
5,512
12.12%
525
1.16%
45,462
Pinal
31
14.90%
120
57.69%
7
3.37%
45
21.64%
5
2.40%
208
Santa Cruz
696
15.08%
3,087
66.88%
68
1.47%
717
15.53%
48
1.04%
4,616
Yuma
703
15.50%
2,922
64.40%
84
1.85%
774
17.06%
54
1.19%
4,537
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Daniel Butierez, painting contractor and nominee for this district in 2024 [ 55]
Eliminated in primary
Jorge Rivas, restaurant owner[ 56]
Jimmy Rodriguez, businessman[ 56]
Endorsements
Debates
2025 Arizona's 7th congressional district special election Republican primary debate
No.
Date
Host
Moderator
Link
Republican
Republican
Republican
Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn
Butierez
Rivas
Rodriguez
1
May 29, 2025
KAET [ 57]
Ted Simons
[ 58]
P
P
A
2
June 9, 2025
Arizona Public Media [ 51]
Steve Goldstein, Nohelani Graf
[ 59]
P
P
P
Results
Results by county[ 60]
Town
Butierez
Rivas
Rodriguez
Total
Cochise
446
51.86%
303
35.23%
111
12.91%
860
Maricopa
824
46.29%
603
33.88%
353
19.83%
1,780
Pima
7,309
62.15%
2,871
24.41%
1,580
13.44%
11,760
Pinal
170
60.71%
78
27.86%
32
11.43%
280
Santa Cruz
936
68.22%
282
20.55%
154
11.22%
1,372
Yuma
1,434
64.89%
457
20.68%
319
14.43%
2,210
Green primary
Candidates
Declared
Eduardo Quintana, former chair of the Pima County Green Party and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2024 (write-in) [ 11]
Gary Swing, organic produce clerk and perennial candidate (write-in) [ 61]
Results
Libertarian primary
Candidates
Declared
Andy Fernandez (write-in) [ 11]
Results
No Labels primary
Candidates
Declared
Results
Write-in candidates
Declared
General election
Predictions
Results
Notes
^ Key: A – all adults RV – registered voters LV – likely voters V – unclear
^ Malvido with 3%; Harris with 0%
^ Harris and Malvido with 1%
Partisan clients
^ a b Poll sponsored by Foxx's campaign
^ Poll sponsored by Grijalva's campaign
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