The 2004 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 2, 2004. Arizona has eight seats, as apportioned during the 2000 United States census. Republicans held six of the eight seats and Democrats held two. This would be the last time until 2022 that Republicans would win six House seats in Arizona.

Overview Statewide PartyCandidatesVotesSeats %+/– %Republican81,127,59160.25675.00Democratic6597,52631.93225.00Libertarian8146,3167.8200.0Write-in1120.0000.0Total231,871,445100.08100.0

By district Results of the 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona by district:

DistrictRepublicanDemocraticLibertarianOthersTotalResult Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %District 1 148,315 58.54% 91,776 36.22% 13,260 5.23% 0 0.00% 253,351 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 2 165,260 59.17% 107,406 38.46% 6,625 2.37% 12 0.00% 279,303 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 3 181,012 80.10% 0 0.00% 44,962 19.90% 0 0.00% 225,974 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 4 28,238 25.66% 77,150 70.12% 4,639 4.22% 0 0.00% 110,027 100.0% Democratic holdDistrict 5 159,455 59.50% 102,363 38.19% 6,189 2.31% 0 0.00% 268,007 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 6 202,882 79.38% 0 0.00% 52,695 20.62% 0 0.00% 255,577 100.0% Republican holdDistrict 7 59,066 33.67% 108,868 62.06% 7,503 4.28% 0 0.00% 175,437 100.0% Democratic holdDistrict 8 183,363 60.36% 109,963 36.20% 10,443 3.44% 0 0.00% 303,769 100.0% Republican holdTotal 1,127,591 60.25% 597,526 31.93% 146,316 7.82% 12 0.00% 1,871,445 100.0%

District 1

Incumbent Republican Rick Renzi, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election. He was elected with 49.2% of the vote in 2002.

Republican primary Candidates Nominee Rick Renzi, incumbent U.S. Representative

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Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Paul Babbitt, Coconino County Supervisor, former Mayor of Flagstaff and brother of former Governor Bruce Babbitt

Eliminated in primary Bob Donahue, businessman

Withdrawn George Cordova, businessman and nominee for this seat in 2002 Diane Prescott, lawyer, businesswoman and candidate for this seat in 2002<ref name="heir"/

Declined Fred DuVal, former Clinton administration official and candidate for this seat in 2002 Steve Udall, former Apache County Attorney and candidate for this seat in 2002

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Libertarian primary Candidates Nominee John Crocket

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General election Campaign As one of the few competitive races in nation, both sides spent heavily in the general election.

Endorsements

Polling Poll sourceDate(s)administeredSamplesizeMargin of errorRickRenzi (R)PaulBabbitt (D)JohnCrocket (L)UndecidedNorthern Arizona UniversityNorthern Arizona University October 15–17, 2004 411 (LV) ±4.9% 53% 30% 3% 14%Babbitt for Congress (D–Babbitt)Babbitt for Congress (D–Babbitt) September 15, 2004 ? (LV) ±% 41% 34% 3% 22%Northern Arizona UniversityNorthern Arizona University September 10–13, 2004 410 (LV) ±4.9% 51% 40% 1% 8%Northern Arizona UniversityNorthern Arizona University April 7–11, 2004 611 (LV) ±4.0% 49% 38% 1% 12%

Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report October 29, 2004 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 1, 2004

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District 2

Incumbent Republican Trent Franks, who had represented the district since 2002, ran for re-election. He was elected with 59.9% of the vote in 2002.

Republican primary Franks was challenged by broadcasting executive Rick Murphy.

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Democratic primary Results

Libertarian primary Results

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report October 29, 2004 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 1, 2004

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District 3

Incumbent Republican John Shadegg, who had represented the district since 1994, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 67.3% of the vote in 2002.

Republican primary Results

Democratic primary No Democrats filed.

Libertarian primary Results

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report October 29, 2004 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 1, 2004

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District 4

Incumbent Democrat Ed Pastor, who had represented the district since 1991, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 67.4% of the vote in 2002.

Democratic primary Results

Republican primary Results

Libertarian primary Results

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report October 29, 2004 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 1, 2004

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District 5

Incumbent Republican J. D. Hayworth, who had represented the district since 1994, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 60.1% of the vote in 2002.

Republican primary Results

Democratic primary Results

Libertarian primary Results

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report October 29, 2004 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 1, 2004

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District 6

Incumbent Republican Jeff Flake, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election. He was elected with 65.9% of the vote in 2002.

Republican primary Former state senator Stan Barnes ran against Flake.

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Democratic primary No Democrats filed.

Libertarian primary Results

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report October 29, 2004 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 1, 2004

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District 7

Incumbent Democrat Raúl Grijalva, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election. He was elected with 59.0% of the vote in 2002.

Democratic primary Results

Republican primary Results

Libertarian primary Results

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report October 29, 2004 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 1, 2004

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District 8

Incumbent Republican Jim Kolbe, who had represented the district since 1984, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 63.3% of the vote in 2002.

Republican primary Kolbe faced a serious primary challenge for the first time since winning the seat in 1984 from state representative Randy Graf. Graf ran well to Kolbe's right, with a message to "get tough" on illegal immigration, a "hot button" issue, especially for residents living along Arizona's border with Mexico, which has become a major crossing point for smuggling. He also aligned himself with U.S. Representatives Tom Tancredo of Colorado and Steve King of Iowa, who proposed enhanced border security. Graf was also a senior advisor for Proposition 200, an initiative passed by Arizona voters in 2004 to prevent welfare and voter fraud. He was also anti-abortion, against same-sex marriage, in favor of continued U.S. support for Israel, and in favor of tort reforms and medical care choice as a way of lowering health insurance rates.

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Democratic primary Results

Libertarian primary Results

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report October 29, 2004 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 1, 2004

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