Decision Desk HQ · DDHQ · Called Nov. 4, 2026, 7:39 p.m. CST (8:39 p.m. EST); returns updated at the same displayed time. More than 95% of expected votes reported. Current 120th Congressional District land area clipped to the Census shoreline. Only AZ-01 is blue; diagonal stripes mark the called Republican-to-Democratic flip. Pale Arizona provides context.
Democrat Amish Shah defeated Republican Jay Feely in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. The result flips the Maricopa County seat from Republican to Democratic control.
DDHQ’s unofficial returns showed Shah with 167,807 votes, or 52.49%, and Feely with 145,313, or 45.45%. Libertarian Monica Alponte received 6,578 votes, or 2.06%. DDHQ called the race with more than 95% of the expected vote reported; the totals remain unofficial.
