The 2002 congressional elections in Arizona were elections for Arizona's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred along with congressional elections nationwide on November 5, 2002. Arizona has eight seats, as apportioned during the 2000 United States census and thus gaining two since the previous election. Democrats and Republicans each gained a seat as result, with Republicans having six seats and Democrats having two seats.

Overview Statewide PartyCandidatesVotesSeats %+/– %Republican8681,92257.096 175.00Democratic8472,13539.532 125.00Libertarian840,3083.3700.0Write-in2350.0000.0Total261,194,400100.08 2100.0

By district Results of the 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona by district:

DistrictRepublicanDemocraticOthersTotalResult Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %District 1 85,967 49.21% 79,730 45.64% 8,990 5.15% 174,687 100.0% Republican WinDistrict 2 100,359 59.92% 61,217 36.55% 5,926 3.54% 167,502 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 3 104,847 67.32% 47,173 30.29% 3,731 2.40% 155,751 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 4 18,381 27.82% 44,517 67.38% 3,167 4.79% 66,065 100.0% Democratic WinDistrict 5 103,870 61.17% 61,559 36.25% 4,383 2.58% 169,812 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 6 103,094 65.94% 49,355 31.57% 3,888 2.49% 156,337 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 7 38,474 37.06% 61,256 59.00% 4,088 3.94% 103,818 100.0% Democratic holdDistrict 8 126,930 63.33% 67,328 33.59% 6,170 3.08% 200,428 100.0% Republican holdTotal 681,922 57.09% 472,135 39.53% 40,343 3.38% 1,194,400 100.0%

District 1

The new 1st district contained much of North and East Arizona including: Apache County, Gila County, Graham County, Greenlee County, Yavapai County, and parts of Coconino County, Navajo County, and Pinal County.

Republican primary Results Insurance executive Rick Renzi defeated five other Republicans including Sydney Hay to win the nomination.

Democratic primary Results Businessman George Cordova upset Stephen Udall and Fred DuVal to win the Democratic nomination.

Libertarian primary Results

General Election Polling Poll sourceDate(s)administeredSamplesizeMargin of errorRickRenzi (R)GeorgeCordova (D)EdwinPorr (L)UndecidedNorthern Arizona UniversityNorthern Arizona University October 17–20, 2002 600 (LV) ±4.1% 48% 36% 4% 12%Northern Arizona UniversityNorthern Arizona University September 12–14, 2002 803 (LV) ±3.5% 37% 37% 3% 23%

Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball November 4, 2002 New York Times October 14, 2002

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District 2

After redistricting much of the old 3rd district was reconfigured to be the new 2nd. This consisted of parts of Metro Phoenix, extending to North West Arizona, plus the Hopi Reservation including: Mohave County and parts of Coconino County, La Paz County, Maricopa County and Navajo County. Incumbent Republican Bob Stump, who had represented the district since 1977, did not run for re-election. He was re-elected with 65.7% of the vote in 2000.

Republican primary Candidates Stump endorsed his longtime chief of staff Lisa Atkins to replace him. In total seven Republicans ran in the September 10 Primary, including Oilman and former state representative Trent Franks.

Results Franks narrowly defeated Atkins 28–26%, a difference of just 797 votes.

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General Election Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball November 4, 2002 New York Times October 14, 2002

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District 3

After redistricting much of the old 4th district was reconfigured to be the new 3rd. This consisted solely of parts of Metro Phoenix, including Glendale. Incumbent Republican John Shadegg, who had represented the district since 1995, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 64.0% of the vote in 2000.

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General Election Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball November 4, 2002 New York Times October 14, 2002

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District 4

The new 4th district contained heavily Latino portions of inner Phoenix. This district was the only safe Democratic district in the Phoenix area. Ed Pastor the incumbent from the old 2nd district (which had been renumbered the 7th), had seen his home in Phoenix drawn into the new 4th and so opted to seek re-election there.

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General Election Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball November 4, 2002 New York Times October 14, 2002

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District 5

After redistricting much of the old 6th district was reconfigured to be the new 5th. This consisted solely of parts of Metro Phoenix, including all of Tempe and Scottsdale and portions of Chandler, Mesa and the Ahwatukee section of Phoenix. Although Republicans outnumbered Democrats by about 40,000 voters, the 5th district was considered far less conservative than other suburban Phoenix districts. Incumbent Republican J.D. Hayworth, who had represented the district since 1995, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 61.4% of the vote in 2000.

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General Election Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball November 4, 2002 New York Times October 14, 2002

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District 6

After redistricting much of the old 1st district was reconfigured to be the new 6th. It included parts of Mesa, Chandler and all of Gilbert as well as the fast-growing town of Queen Creek. It also contained the city of Apache Junction in Pinal County. Incumbent Republican Jeff Flake, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election. He was elected with 53.6% of the vote in 2000.

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General Election Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball November 4, 2002 New York Times October 14, 2002

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District 7

After redistricting much of the old 2nd district was reconfigured to be the new 7th. This consisted of South Western Arizona, including Yuma and parts of Tucson, La Paz Maricopa, Pima, Pinal and Santa Cruz. Incumbent Democrat Ed Pastor, who had represented the district since 1991, ran for re-election in the 4th district leaving the 7th as an open seat. He was re-elected with 68.5% of the vote in 2000.

Democratic primary Former Pima County supervisor Raúl Grijalva defeated seven other Democrats, including state senator Elaine Richardson & former state senator Jaime Gutierrez.

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General Election Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball November 4, 2002 New York Times October 14, 2002

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District 8

After redistricting much of the old 5th district was reconfigured to be the new 8th. This consisted of Southeastern Arizona including all of Cochise County and parts of Pima, Pinal and Santa Cruz counties. Incumbent Republican Jim Kolbe, who had represented the district since 1985, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 60.2% of the vote in 2000.

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General Election Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball November 4, 2002 New York Times October 14, 2002

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