United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, 2016

United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona, 2016

← 2014 November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08) 2018 →
Arizona's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 5 4 Seats won 5 4 Seat change Popular vote 1,264,378 1,034,687 Percentage 52.47% 42.94% Swing 0.58% 5.52%
Popular vote by congressional district. As this is a first-past-the-post election, seat totals are not determined by total popular vote in the state, but instead by results in each congressional district.

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.

Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick was re-elected to a second term in 2014 with 52% of the vote. She ran for the U.S. Senate in 2016 but lost to incumbent John McCain.

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.

Republican Martha McSally defeated Democratic incumbent Ron Barber in 2014 with 50% of the vote.

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.

McSally defeated Democratic opponent Matt Heinz by a margin of 57 to 43 percent in the general election.