The Winner

If you live in Arizona’s 4th Congressional District, Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) will keep representing you after winning a fifth term. The Associated Press called the race for Stanton at 8:10 p.m. Arizona time on election night, Tuesday, Nov. 3. ​

Stanton has 159,203 votes (62.4%) to 89,782 (35.2%) for Republican Zuhdi Jasser, a margin of about 27 points, with an estimated 99% of votes counted, according to Associated Press election results. No Labels Party candidate Tisha Benoit has 2.3%, and Stanton returns to a House where Democrats will hold the majority.

The Race

Jasser, a Phoenix physician and Navy veteran, ran unopposed in the July 21 Republican primary, while Stanton beat Kai Newkirk 62.3% to 37.7% for the Democratic nomination, according to Ballotpedia’s race page. Cook Political Report and Inside Elections rated the race Solid Democratic, and Sabato’s Crystal Ball rated it Safe Democratic.

Stanton’s margin was far wider than in 2024, when he beat Republican Kelly Cooper 52.7% to 45.5% under the same district lines, according to Ballotpedia’s 2024 race results. Jasser also ran that year but lost the Republican primary to Cooper.

The district takes in Tempe and parts of Mesa, Chandler and Phoenix, including all of Ahwatukee, according to FOX 10 Phoenix. About 804,700 people live there, and residents are 61.2% white, 26.5% Hispanic, 5.8% Asian and 5.3% Black.

The median household income is $82,600, and the median age is 35. Of adults, 39.2% hold at least a bachelor’s degree, unemployment is 4.6% and 12% of residents live below the poverty line.

What’s Next

Stanton’s new term begins Sunday, Jan. 3. He serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure and Foreign Affairs committees and the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and he is the top Democrat on a transportation subcommittee on economic development and emergency management, according to his AllCiv committee profile. Democrats will chair those committees in the new Congress.

The day after the election, Stanton told KTAR News that Democrats should start by lowering prices, including eliminating the administration’s tariffs, which he said Congress rather than the president should set. He also said he wants to use the War Powers Resolution and the House’s control of spending to push to end the conflict with Iran.

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