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Paul A. Gosar

U.S. House · AZ-9 · Republicans · since 2025

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Biography

Overview

Paul Gosar is a Republican U.S. Representative from Arizona's 9th congressional district, serving since 2011. He is a former dentist who practiced in Flagstaff, Arizona from 1989 to 2010 and was named "Dentist of the Year" by the Arizona Dental Association in 2001. Gosar was first elected to Congress in 2010, defeating Democratic incumbent Ann Kirkpatrick with 49.7% of the vote. He has represented three different districts: Arizona's 1st (2011–2013), 4th (2013–2023), and 9th (2019–present). In November 2021, Gosar was formally censured by the House and stripped of committee assignments after posting an edited video depicting him in combat with figures resembling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and President Biden. He was reinstated to committees after Republicans regained the House majority in 2022.

Career

Gosar sponsored the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and co-sponsored the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. He has introduced multiple bills addressing immigration enforcement, including the Criminal Alien Removal Clarification Act and proposals for a 10-year immigration moratorium. He led the challenge to Arizona's electoral votes on January 6, 2021, alongside Senator Ted Cruz, and voted to reject Arizona's electoral results that night. In 2015, he introduced articles of impeachment against EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, though the effort found no support. He has introduced bills affecting Arizona lands, including the Northern Arizona Protection Act and Southern Arizona Protection Act. Gosar sponsored legislation in 2020 proposing to feature former President Donald Trump on redesigned $500 bills. He voted against the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.

Prior political experience

Gosar was first elected in 2010, defeating Democratic incumbent Ann Kirkpatrick in Arizona's 1st district with 49.7% of the vote. In 2012, he won his second term in the newly created 4th district with 67% of the vote. He won reelection in 2014 with 70%, in 2016 with 71%, in 2018 with 68.2%, and in 2020 with 69.7%. In 2022, he was reelected unopposed in Arizona's 9th district after redistricting. In 2024, he won with 65.3% of the vote against Democrat Quacy Smith. In multiple election cycles (2018 and 2020), six of his nine siblings endorsed his Democratic opponents in campaign advertisements.

Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ideology

Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)

Liberal
Conservative
119th Congress+0.704

Secondary axis (DW-NOMINATE dim 2)(?)

−1
+1
-0.522
Source: Voteview DW-NOMINATE · 336 scored votes

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Officeholding history

TermSeatTerm datesTerminationPredecessorSuccessor
2ndU.S. House AZ-92025–presentIn progressPaul A. Gosar—
1stU.S. House AZ-92023–2025Term endedGreg StantonPaul A. Gosar
5thU.S. House AZ-42021–2023Term endedPaul A. GosarGreg Stanton
4thU.S. House AZ-42019–2021Term endedPaul A. GosarPaul A. Gosar
3rdU.S. House AZ-42017–2019Term endedPaul A. GosarPaul A. Gosar
2ndU.S. House AZ-42015–2017Term endedPaul A. GosarPaul A. Gosar
1stU.S. House AZ-42013–2015Term ended—Paul A. Gosar
1stU.S. House AZ-12011–2013Term ended—David Schweikert

Committee assignments

Current term legislation

Bills sponsored this term10

Bills cosponsored this term10

Elections

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