The arizona delegation

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Arizona is a moderately-sized congressional delegation with two first-term senators, two freshman members of the House, one retiring congresswoman, and one other House member running for a Senate seat.

Of the 11 members in the 2022-2023 class, only two are female, and nine are male, with four having minority representation through the end of the year.  Three are lawyers, several are business people, one has a doctorate, five have a Master’s degree, and one has a dental degree.

Arizona State University has conferred six degrees - the highest received by any delegation member, while the University of Arizona has conferred three degrees.

Two members of the Arizona congressional delegation are former combat veterans, one having served five tours of combat as a Navy SEAL and the other in combat as a Marine.

The average tenure for the delegation is four terms, assuming everyone completes their service through the end of 2024. The longest-serving member has been in Congress for 11 terms.

When you look at these profiles, we have given each a letter grade for their effort this Congress, based on various factors, which you will find in What Is Thomas Looking For? These letter grades are probably pretty familiar to you if you have ever been a school student (we hope the answer to that is we all have!)

If you see a meager score for a particular member, it will probably be due to one or two key factors: ethics challenges or anti-democratic behavior.

• Republicans have been hit hard on their lack of pushback on former President Trump and their support of election denying in the 2020 presidential campaign. The unanswered soaring deficit on their watch, the dismantling of allied relationships around the globe, and opposition to funding anti-authoritarian initiatives. The denial of climate change weighs heavily on us as well. We make no secret that transparency and Government in the Sunshine are important to us, and we further argue that some have been awful stewards of this category. For example, four of the 11 Arizona delegation members voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election results the same evening as Trump supporters stormed the United States Capitol.

• Democrats have been hit hard for their lack of progress on key matters because they control the United States Senate and have a razor-close margin in the U.S. House of Representatives. They have not been, in our opinion, innovative or necessarily insistent on finding rational, reasonable solutions to the problems plaguing the American public today. We want to see more and better.

• Both have been dinged for being too partisan and not collaborative where evident. In our opinion, being too doctrinaire or an obstructionist to good government in the 21st century does not get one a good grade from Thomas.

We also indicate what we believe might be the outcome of these Members’ 2024 elections today. The majority of House members were re-elected in 2022. One of the two United States Senators is up for re-election this season.

Our prospect ratings fall into three categories:

• Safe Bet - which means what it means. These members of Congress are running strong and look to be overwhelming prospects for re-election at this time. However, we reserve the right to re-categorize their chances if necessary.

• It’s A Race - means this race is too close to call, and we can not reasonably predict who will win this seat.

• Nudging - means the seat is leaning one way or another for this candidate. We have just a small number of current members of Congress in this category. Stay tuned!

So, would you like to meet these fascinating Arizonans? If so, keep reading on!

what is thomas looking for?

There is one true vulnerable race for Thomas to watch in Arizona for 2024, and several of the seats are nudging one way or the other and worth tracking:

• AZS1 - Krysten Sinema (Incumbent Independent open seat)

• AZ01 - David Schweikert (Incumbent Republican nudging Republican)

• AZ04 - Greg Stanton (Incumbent Democrat nudging Democrat)

• AZ06 - Juan Ciscomani (Incumbent Republican nudging Republican)

the senators

United States Senator krysten sinema (I)

Arizona’s senior senator, Krysten Sinema, was a Democrat until December 2022 and is now an Independent who has decided not to run for re-election in 2024.  The one-term Senator is a former social worker who graduated from Brigham Young University and has two master’s degrees, a doctorate, and a law degree from Arizona State University.  She serves on the Appropriations Committee; the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee; the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee; the Veterans’ Affairs Committee; and the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.

Thomas Take: Not Running for Re-Election in 2024 - (Open Seat) - It’s A Race

Thomas Rank: B

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United states senator mark kelly (D)

Arizona’s junior senator is serving his first term in the U.S. Senate. A former Navy combat Captain and Space Shuttle commander who flew in space on four missions, Kelly serves on the Armed Services Committee; the Energy and Natural Resources Committee; the Environment and Public Works Committee; and the Aging Committee.  He is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy and has a graduate degree from the Naval Postgraduate School.  He is married to former Congresswoman Gabbie Giffords and is the father of two.

Thomas Take: Not up for re-election in 2024

Thomas Rank: A

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the representatives