Former Paradise Valley Mayor Vernon Parker took the lead in early election results Tuesday night in the Republican party’s race to be on the November ballot for Congressional District 9.

The son of former Vice President Dan Quayle won a tough battle against a Democratic challenger on Tuesday to represent Arizona's 3rd Congressional District.

Jim McDermott is as silly a congressman as has come down the pike in an age.

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, whose congressional campaign took a hit when he disclosed that he was gay amid allegations that he threatened a former Mexican boyfriend with deportation, dropped out Friday, opting to run for re-election as sheriff instead.

Former U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon declared victory in his battle against former state House Speaker Kirk Adams for the East Valley’s Fifth Congressional District.

PHOENIX (AP) — In Arizona's brand-new 9th Congressional District, three Democrats and seven Republicans are vying to win the upcoming primary so they can move on to what could turn out to be a nasty fight for the seat, given that it's one of few toss-up races in the state and the field is so wide.

Joyce Walther of Tempe said she was not very familiar with the candidates in Arizona’s recently-formed U.S. Congressional District 9.

The Chandler Chamber of Commerce is inviting prospective voters to attend a candidate forum for the upcoming U.S. Congressional District 9 race. The forum is scheduled for Monday at the Chandler City Council Chambers, 88 E. Chicago Street.

After a somewhat-controversial redistricting process Ahwatukee Foothills has been included in a newly formed Congressional District, and now the race is on to see who will represent it in 2013.

After a somewhat-controversial redistricting process Ahwatukee Foothills has been included in a newly formed Congressional District, and now the race is on to see who will represent it in 2013.

Former Republican state Sen. Chuck Gray has withdrawn from the race for Arizona’s 6th Congressional District, endorsing former U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon. Gray made the announcement Tuesday, citing the new Congressional district lines that are proposed for the 2012 election. 

Ann Kirkpatrick resigned Tuesday from the Arizona House to run for a congressional seat, joining an increasingly deep field of Democratic candidates vying to succeed embattled Republican incumbent Rep. Rick Renzi in the state’s 1st Congressional District.

Arizona's congressional delegation is heading for a major realignment in the fall, with replacements for Reps. Rick Renzi and John Shadegg at a minimum, and possible successors for Sen. John McCain, and Reps. Harry Mitchell and Gabrielle Giffords, too.

So how close did Arizona come to a 10th congressional seat?

TEMPE --  A divided Independent Redistricting Commission late Tuesday adopted a plan for the state's nine congressional districts that Republicans contend is not only politically unfair but unnecessarily splits up communities with common interests.

TEMPE --  A divided Independent Redistricting Commission late Tuesday adopted a plan for the state's nine congressional districts that Republicans contend is not only politically unfair but unnecessarily splits up communities with common interests.

TEMPE --  A divided Independent Redistricting Commission late Tuesday adopted a plan for the state's nine congressional districts that Republicans contend is not only politically unfair but unnecessarily splits up communities with common interests.

Arizona Corporation Commission member Jeff Hatch-Miller is dropping out of the crowded Republican primary race for the GOP nomination in Arizona’s 5th Congressional District.

Former Democratic state Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has been elected to represent a new Phoenix-area congressional district, emerging victorious after a bitterly fought race that featured millions of dollars in attack ads.

Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick defeated Republican Sydney Hay for the open seat in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, giving U.S. House Democrats a 5-3 edge in Arizona, their first majority in decades.

The East Valley Chambers of Commerce will host a debate in Mesa on Tuesday with the Republican candidates for Congressional District 5. Former U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon and former state House Speaker Kirk Adams will face questions about immigration, health care, tax policy, government regulation, economic and industrial development.

Voters changed the balance of Arizona's congressional delegation from heavily Democratic to majority Republican on Tuesday.