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.[1] She was re-elected in 2014 with 52% of the vote.
Democratic primaryedit
Candidatesedit
Nomineeedit
Tom O'Halleran, former Republican state senator and independent candidate for state senate in 2014[2]
Eliminated in primaryedit
Miguel Olivas, former Republican congressional aide, Democratic candidate for this seat in 2012 and Libertarian candidate for 3rd district in 2014[3]
David Gowan, Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives,[16] suspended his campaign and endorsed Kiehne[21]
Declinededit
David Tenney, director of the Arizona Residential Utility Consumer Office and former Navajo County Supervisor[7][22]
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[7][23]
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
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.[45][46]
Candidatesedit
Nomineeedit
Matt Heinz, former state representative and candidate for 8th district in 2012[47]
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.
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.[113][114]
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.
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.
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External linksedit
U.S. House elections in Arizona, 2016 at Ballotpedia