Arizona's 1st congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Arizona
district number = 1


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representative = Rick Renzi
party = Republican
english area =58,608
metric area =
percent urban = 55.4
percent rural = 44.6
population = 641,329
population year = 2000
median income = 32,979
percent white = 65.8
percent black = 1.3
percent asian = 0.5
percent native american = 22.6
percent hispanic = 16.4
percent other race = 7.5
percent blue collar =
percent white collar =
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cpvi = R+2

Arizona's 1st congressional district is the tenth largest congressional district in the nation. It is represented by Rick Renzi, a Republican. A large and mostly rural district, it includes most of the state outside the Phoenix and Tucson metropolitan areas.

The district was created after Arizona gained two districts in the 2000 census; the old 1st was renumbered the 6th. Another area of district one, containing the North Indian Bend Wash Superfund Site that EPA first documented in 1981, became part of what is now District 5. George W. Bush received 54% of the vote in this district in 2004.

Competitiveness

The district consists of mainly rural areas with Pinal County, Eastern Arizona around Show Low and Graham County consisting of Pinto Democrats (conservative Democrats) who usually decide the election. Conservative Republicans have a base in Yavapai County (Prescott and surrounding areas) while Democrats do well around Flagstaff and the Navajo Nation.

Historical representation

2002

References

* [http://fastfacts.census.gov/servlet/CWSFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=50000US0401&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US04%7C50000US0402&_street=&_county=&_cd=50000US0401&_cityTown=&_state=04000US04&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=500&_content=&_keyword=&_industry= Demographic data from census.gov]
* [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/AZ/H/01/index.html 1998 election data from CNN.com]
* [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/results/ 2000 election data from CNN.com]
* [http://www.election.cbsnews.com/campaign2002/state/state_az.shtml 2002 Election Data from CBSNews]
* [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004//pages/results/states/AZ/index.html 2004 Election Data from CNN.com]