2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona

The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona were held on November 8, 2016, to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Arizona, one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on August 30.

By district
Results of the 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona by district:

District 1
Incumbent Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick, who had represented the district since 2013, and previously between 2009 and 2011, ran for the U.S. Senate seat held by John McCain. She was re-elected in 2014 with 52% of the vote.

Nominee

 * Tom O'Halleran, former Republican state senator and independent candidate for state senate in 2014

Eliminated in primary

 * Miguel Olivas, former Republican congressional aide, Democratic candidate for this seat in 2012 and Libertarian candidate for 3rd district in 2014

Withdrawn

 * James Maloney, small business owner

Declined

 * Ann Kirkpatrick, incumbent U.S. Representative
 * Fred DuVal, former chairman of the Arizona Board of Regents and nominee for governor in 2014
 * Catherine Miranda, state senator
 * Liz Archuleta, chair of the Coconino County Board of Supervisors
 * Brad Carlyon, Navajo County Attorney
 * Chris Deschene, former state representative, nominee for secretary of state in 2010, and candidate for President of the Navajo Nation in 2014
 * Barbara McGuire, state senator

Republican primary
On the Republican side, rancher and candidate for the seat in 2014 Gary Kiehne ran again. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu also ran in the primary.

Nominee

 * Paul Babeu, Pinal County Sheriff

Eliminated in primary

 * Ken Bennett, former secretary of state, former president of the Arizona Senate, and candidate for governor in 2014
 * Gary Kiehne, rancher, businessman and candidate in 2014
 * Shawn Redd, businessman
 * Wendy Rogers, former air force officer and nominee for the 9th district in 2014

Withdrawn

 * Carlyle Begay, state senator, (endorsed Babeu)
 * David Gowan, Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, (endorsed Kiehne) (remained on ballot)

Declined

 * David Tenney, director of the Arizona Residential Utility Consumer Office and former Navajo County Supervisor
 * Andy Tobin, director of the Arizona Department of Weights and Measures, former Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives and nominee for this seat in 2014

District 2
Incumbent Republican Martha McSally, who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election. She defeated Democratic incumbent Ron Barber in 2014 with 50% of the vote

Nominee

 * Martha McSally, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary
State Representative Bruce Wheeler had formed an exploratory committee to run for the Democratic nomination, but decided not to run after having surgery to repair a torn retina.

Nominee

 * Matt Heinz, former state representative and candidate for 8th district in 2012

Eliminated in primary

 * Victoria Steele, state representative

Declined

 * Ron Barber, former U.S. Representative
 * David Bradley, state senator
 * Fred DuVal, former chairman of the Arizona Board of Regents and nominee for governor in 2014
 * Steve Farley, state senator
 * Randall Friese, state representative
 * Steve Kozachik, Tucson City Councilman
 * Nan Walden, businesswoman, attorney and former chief of staff to Senator Bill Bradley
 * Bruce Wheeler, state representative
 * Paula Aboud, former state senator
 * Mark Kelly, retired astronaut and husband of former U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords

District 3
Incumbent Democrat Raúl Grijalva who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2014 with 55.7% of the vote.

Nominee

 * Raúl Grijalva, incumbent U.S. Representative

Declined

 * James Villarreal, Senior Propulsion Engineer at Raytheon and University of Arizona instructor

Declined

 * Edna San Miguel, artist and former teacher

General election
Grijalva faced only Libertarian write-in candidate Mike Ross in the general election. The Arizona secretary of state reported no results for Ross.

District 4
Incumbent Republican Paul Gosar, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected to a third term in 2014 with 70% of the vote.

Nominee

 * Paul Gosar, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Ray Strauss, Buckeye City Councilman

Nominee

 * Mikel Weisser, homeless shelter administrator, candidate for this seat in 2012 and nominee in 2014

District 5
Incumbent Republican Matt Salmon, who had represented the district since 2013, and previously between 1995 and 2001, did not run for reelection.

Nominee

 * Andy Biggs, president of the Arizona Senate

Eliminated in primary

 * Christine Jones, former executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for GoDaddy, and candidate in the 2014 Arizona gubernatorial election
 * Justin Olson, state representative
 * Don Stapley, former Maricopa County Supervisor

Withdrawn

 * Bryan Martyn, former Pinal County Supervisor and state parks director

Declined

 * Matt Salmon, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

 * Talia Fuentes, applied biologist

Eliminated in primary

 * Kinsey Remaklus, real estate investor

Candidates

 * Randall Sand, small business owner
 * Randall Sand is/was a fake political persona created by Jake Hoffman of Rally Forge. The fake politician persona was Randall Sand, who described himself on his campaign website as an Independent Candidate for Arizona's Fifth Congressional District. His Twitter Page similarly lists him as a "Former Independent Congressional write-in candidate." Sand's Facebook presence used a photo of film director Derrick Acosta, and posted a doctored image of a Derrick Acosta interview. The Page also shared several doctored images of news story headlines purporting to be from local press featuring Randall Sand; however, the articles do not appear to exist on the newspaper sites.

District 6
Incumbent Republican David Schweikert, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2014 with 65% of the vote.

Nominee

 * David Schweikert, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Russ Wittenberg

Nominee

 * W. John Williamson, candidate for this seat in 2012 and nominee in 2014

Eliminated in primary

 * Brian Sinuk

District 7
Incumbent Democrat Ruben Gallego, who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election. He was first elected to this district in 2014 with 75% of the vote.

Nominee

 * Ruben Gallego, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

 * Eve Nunez

District 8
Incumbent Republican Trent Franks, who had represented the district since 2003, ran for re-election. He was re-elected in 2014 with 75% of the vote.

Nominee

 * Trent Franks, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Clair Van Steenwyk

Candidates

 * Joe DeVivo (write-in)

DeVivo did not receive enough write-in votes to qualify for nomination.

Candidates

 * Mark Salazar (write-in)

Salazar qualified by receiving enough write-in votes.

District 9
Incumbent Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.

Nominee

 * Kyrsten Sinema, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary
John Agra was favored to win the Republican nomination.

Nominee

 * Dave Giles, engineer and business consultant

Eliminated in primary

 * John Agra, attorney

Withdrawn

 * Ross Groen, retired marine. Withdrew to run for Arizona House of Representatives district 25.