Who They Are: Congress
Pima County's representation in the United States Congress: two senators elected statewide to six-year terms, and the two House members whose districts cover the Tucson metro. District 7 takes in the western third of Tucson and runs along the border; District 6 takes in the rest of the city, the Catalina Foothills, Oro Valley, Marana, Green Valley and Vail. Both House seats are on the Nov. 3, 2026, ballot.
Also: Pima County · Tucson · Oro Valley · Marana · Arizona Legislature
U.S. Senate2 people
Two senators elected statewide to six-year terms, staggered so one seat comes up every two or four years. Neither Arizona seat is on the 2026 ballot.
U.S. House of Representatives2 people
Two-year terms, every seat on every even-year ballot. Two of Arizona's nine districts cover Pima County.
What's changing
- Adelita Grijalva, District 7: On the Nov. 3 ballot against Republican Daniel Butierez, a rematch of the 2025 special election.
- Juan Ciscomani, District 6: On the Nov. 3 ballot against Democrat JoAnna Mendoza, who was unopposed in the July primary. Seeking a third term; the Cook Political Report rates the race a toss-up.
Where the pay figures come from
Each figure on the chart is the annual base pay for the seat, from the statute, charter section, resolution or reported contract linked here. Click any person for the same citation on their card.
- U.S. Senate: $174,000 a year, by statute since 2009. 2 U.S.C. § 4501 (Ethics Reform Act of 1989); annual adjustment blocked by Congress every year since 2009 (uscode.house.gov).
- U.S. House of Representatives: $174,000 a year, by statute since 2009. 2 U.S.C. § 4501 (Ethics Reform Act of 1989); annual adjustment blocked by Congress every year since 2009 (uscode.house.gov).
Seats and terms come from each government's own pages and election canvasses; pay figures link to their sources above; each person's list of reports is drawn from What They Decided. Tell us what's wrong or missing: nicholas@tucsondailybrief.com.
Who They Are was researched and written by Nicholas De Leon with Claude Fable 5.1 from the official pages, election canvasses, statutes and contracts linked on each chart; the reports naming each person are matched by code from What They Decided, and no model wrote any of it. Last updated 10:31 AM MST on October 5, 2026. Read more about how this is made.
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