this Republican-leaning district (Cook PVI: R+4) in the northeastern Phoenix suburbs that gave George W. Bush 54% of the vote in 2004. The largely Republican nature of this district made a tough 2008 race certain, though Mitchell, who has a government complex in Tempe named after him, had won a lot of tough elections in the past. Maricopa County Treasurer David Schweikert won the Republican primary against Susan Bitter Smith, former State Representative Laura Knaperek, State Representative Mark Anderson, Jim Ogsbury and Lee Gentry. Libertarian Warren Severin also ran. CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Leans Democratic'. Race ranking and details from CQ Politics Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets Results Incumbent Harry Mitchell held his seat with about 53% of the votes. District 6 This district has been represented since 2001 by Republican Jeff Flake (campaign website), who is perhaps best known for his opposition to pork barrel projects and advocacy for earmark reform since 2001. He was challenged by Democrat Rebecca Schneider (campaign website) and Libertarian Rick Biondi. Richard Grayson, an Apache Junction resident who ran as a write-in candidate in Florida's 4th congressional district in 2004, filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for this seat as a Democrat, as did trucking-firm account manager Chris Gramazio. Schneider, a library supervisor from Mesa, also filed and ended up defeating Gramazio in the Democratic primary. There was no Democratic candidate in this heavily Republican district in 2004 or 2006. George W. Bush won with 64% here in 2004. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Republican'. Race ranking and details from CQ Politics Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets Results Incumbent Jeff Flake held his seat with about 62% of the votes. District 7 This district has been represented by Democrat Raúl Grijalva since 2003. He was challenged by Republican Joseph Sweeney and Libertarian Raymond Patrick Petrulsky. Republican Milton Chewning (campaign website), who previously ran for this seat in 2006, lost to Sweeney in the primary. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'. Race ranking and details from CQ Politics Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets Results Incumbent Raúl Grijalva held his seat with about 63% of the votes. District 8 Gabby Giffords was reelected for a second term. Her challenger was Republican State Senate President Tim Bee. Libertarian Paul Davis and Independent Derek Tidball (campaign website) also ran. CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Leans Democratic'. Giffords defeated conservative Republican Randy Graf