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U.S. House · November 3, 2026

Who's running in Arizona's 3rd congressional district

3 candidates are on the ballot. Below is what each one says they stand for, what they have actually done in office or in public life, and the arguments published for and against them — each quoted from a named source rather than summarised by us.

Candidates
3
Incumbent
Yassamin Ansari
Parties
Democratic · No Labels · Green
State primary
Aug 4

Candidates appear in ballot order. We do not rank them, score them, or recommend one — here is how this is put together, and here is what the office actually does.

3 candidates · ballot order · Yassamin Ansari currently holds this seat

Medium confidenceMedium confidenceThe candidate's stated positions and basic record are documented, but coverage is thin — often little independent reporting, or criticism from only one side.What would raise it: More independent reporting, a documented voting record, or published criticism from a named opponent would raise this.

What they say they stand for

Their own words. Claims, not verified facts.

  • Climate policy, the field she worked in at the United Nations before local office.
  • Abortion rights.
  • Refusing money from AIPAC and Democratic Majority for Israel, which she now declines.
  • Describing Israel's conduct in Gaza as genocide and opposing further military aid.
  • Housing and heat resilience in Phoenix, from her city council work.

What they’ve actually done

Documented record from official sources.

  • U.S. Representative for the 3rd District since January 2025; elected in 2024 with 70.9%.
  • Phoenix city councilmember from 2021 to 2024; previously worked on climate policy at the United Nations.
  • Won the 2024 Democratic primary by 39 votes, with backing from Democratic Majority for Israel and outside pro-Israel spending.
  • Has since said she will not accept backing from AIPAC or Democratic Majority for Israel, declined an AIPAC trip to Israel, and calls Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide.
  • Won the July 21, 2026 Democratic primary against Sandy Cano-Bravo.

Arguments in favor

  • Planned Parenthood Action Fund, End Citizens United, Giffords, the AAPI Victory Fund and the Center for Freethought Equality endorsed her, and she won renomination comfortably after a 39-vote primary win two years earlier.

    — Endorsements from the organisations named; July 2026 primary result

  • She gave up the pro-Israel funding that helped elect her rather than keep it while changing position — declining an AIPAC trip and saying she will no longer take the group's backing.

    — Yassamin Ansari's own statements, reported by Jewish Insider

Arguments against

  • Arizona Jewish and pro-Israel leaders who backed her in 2024 say they regret it: they had understood her to have staked out a moderate position on Middle East policy, and Jewish Insider reported in July 2026 that they see her subsequent turn as a reversal of what she ran on.

    — Arizona Jewish and pro-Israel community leaders, reported by Jewish Insider, July 2026

What we couldn’t verify

  • No National Republican Congressional Committee material naming Ansari was found, and no Republican qualified for the printed ballot against her, so there is no organised opposition campaign in this race.
  • She drew a Democratic primary opponent, Sandy Cano-Bravo, but no published statement of that opponent's case against her could be found.
  • Her response to the criticism from her 2024 backers was not found beyond her own explanation of why she declined the AIPAC trip.
Their campaign site ↗Sources:en.wikipedia.orgyassaminforcongress.comjewishinsider.comballotpedia.orgjewishinsider.com

What they say they stand for

Their own words. Claims, not verified facts.

  • Education policy, drawn from teaching physics and computer programming.
  • A politics outside the two major parties, which is the No Labels Party's organising premise.
  • Science and technology in federal policymaking.

What they’ve actually done

Documented record from official sources.

  • Teacher; holds a BS in physics and astronomy from the University of Arizona, awarded 2008.
  • Has taught physics and computer programming in schools, online and to homeschooled students.
  • Won the July 21, 2026 No Labels Party primary for this district unopposed.
  • Has not held elected office.

Arguments in favor

We found none published about this candidate in the sources reviewed.

Arguments against

We found none published about this candidate in the sources reviewed.

What we couldn’t verify

  • No published criticism of Aversa by name could be found — not from the incumbent's campaign, not from a party committee, and not in Phoenix news coverage — and no published case for him beyond his own campaign site and voter-guide entries. Because no case against him exists on the record, none is presented for him either.
  • The No Labels Party regained Arizona ballot access for 2026; how its national organisation relates to its Arizona candidates was not established from the sources found.
  • No fundraising figures or endorsements for his campaign were found.
Their campaign site ↗Sources:en.wikipedia.orgaversa.voteazvoterguide.comaxios.com

What they say they stand for

Their own words. Claims, not verified facts.

  • Fighting corruption in government.
  • Accountability in the courts.
  • Strengthening the working and middle classes.
  • Redirecting military spending toward domestic employment — "build jobs, not bombs."
  • Disability advocacy.

What they’ve actually done

Documented record from official sources.

  • Public school teacher, small business owner and disability advocate.
  • Won the July 21, 2026 Green Party primary for this district as a write-in candidate.
  • Ballot Access News reports he moved from the Democratic Party to the Green Party in about February 2026 after being discouraged by Democratic leadership, then filed using signatures he had already collected.
  • Has not held elected office.

Arguments in favor

We found none published about this candidate in the sources reviewed.

Arguments against

  • Ballot Access News, writing about the Arizona Green Party's recurring problem with "insincere candidates," gives Redkey as its example — a recent Democrat who took the party's ballot line with signatures gathered under another banner, and whose positions on Middle East policy and remarks about Jewish ancestry critics say contradict the party's values.

    — Ballot Access News, April 2026, citing Arizona Green Party critics

What we couldn’t verify

  • Sources disagree on which district he is running in: Wikipedia places him as the Green nominee in the 3rd District, while his Federal Election Commission filing and Ballotpedia list him in the 1st. This file follows Wikipedia's account of the 3rd District primary result; a voter should check the printed ballot.
  • No published case for Redkey beyond his own campaign site could be found, and no response from him to the Ballot Access News criticism.
  • No fundraising figures or endorsements were found.
Their campaign site ↗Sources:en.wikipedia.orgdavidredkey4congress.comballot-access.orgballotpedia.org

Positions and criticism are quoted from the named sources, not our assessments. This is built to help you start getting informed — confirm the official candidate list with your election authority before you vote.

Arizona held its primaries on July 21, 2026. Three candidates are printed on the November ballot: Democratic incumbent Yassamin Ansari, No Labels Party candidate Alan Aversa and Green Party candidate David Redkey. No Republican qualified for the printed ballot; Jacob Parkman won the Republican nomination as a write-in and appears in November only as a write-in option. The district is majority Latino and covers downtown and western Phoenix. Ansari won it with 70.9% in 2024 and every forecaster rates it safe or solid Democratic.

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