Arizona's 2nd congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Arizona
district number = 2

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representative = Trent Franks
party = Republican
english area =20,219
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percent urban = 89
percent rural = 11
population = 641,329
population year = 2000
median income = 42,432
percent white = 85.5
percent black = 2.2
percent asian = 1.7
percent native american = 2.2
percent hispanic = 14.2
percent other race = 6
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cpvi = R+9

Arizona's 2nd congressional district contains the northwestern corner of the state, and some of the western suburbs of Phoenix. The odd shape of the district is indicative of the use of gerrymandering in its construction. The unusual division was not, however, drawn to favor politicians. Owing to historic tensions between the Hopi and the Navajo, and since tribal boundary disputes are a Federal matter, it was thought inappropriate that both tribes should be represented by the same U.S. House of Representatives member. Since the Hopi reservation is completely surrounded by the Navajo reservation, and in order to comply with current Arizona redistricting laws, some means of connection was required that avoided including large portions of Navajo land, hence the narrow riverine connection.

Competitiveness

The district covers all of Peoria and Surprise and portions of Glendale in Maricopa County along with all of Mohave County and the Hopi Nation in Navajo and Coconino counties. However, the great majority of its population lives in the strongly Republican northern and northwestern suburbs of Phoenix, making this a fairly safe Republican seat.

Recent results

Prior to 2002, nearly all of the territory now in the 2nd District was the 3rd District. Most of what was the 2nd District prior to 2002 is now the 7th District.

2006

2000

Footnotes

# before 1951, Arizona's districts were elected at-large
# Stewart Udall resigned to take job as Secretary of the Interior in the Kennedy administration
# Mo Udall resigned due to failing health
# Pastor subsequently represented Arizona's ushr|Arizona|4|fourth district

References

# [http://fastfacts.census.gov/servlet/CWSFacts?_event=ChangeGeoContext&geo_id=50000US0402&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US04%7C50000US0403&_street=&_county=&_cd=50000US0402&_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/2004//pages/results/states/AZ/index.html 2004 Election data from CNN.com]
# [http://www.election.cbsnews.com/campaign2002/state/state_az.shtml 2002 Election data from CBSNews.com]
# [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/results/ 2000 Election data from CNN.com]
# [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/AZ/H/02/index.html 1998 Election data from CNN.com]