U.S. House

Arizona
District 1

Election day: November 3, 2026

Three candidates are on the U.S. House ballot in Arizona's District 1.

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-up

Ratings checked October 1, 2026

Updated October 10, 2026

At a glance

A quick look at the candidates

One stated goal, one checked action and the top committee funding for each candidate. Read the detailed guide for the rest.

What the funding line covers

Funding shows up to the two largest listed committee categories, without individual-donor conduit entries.

Record checked Oct 10, 2026. Money dates are shown separately.

Amish Shah

Democratic

One stated goal Protect Social Security and Medicare, reverse Medicaid cuts and lower prescription drug prices.

One checked action Mar 23, 2021. His first bill became law: HB 2622, on non-retaliation policies at health care institutions. Eleven more of his bills followed by 2023.

Campaign cash $401,745 on Jul 1, 2026, principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees: $56,300; PAC - Qualified: $50,500.

Through July 1, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

Money from political committees in the 2025-26 cycle, through July 1, 2026 (FEC lines 11B, 11C and 12). The rows sum to 202,549.81 dollars. Donations from individuals, including through ActBlue or WinRed, are not counted here.

Thomas "Jay" Feely IV

Republican

One stated goal Finish the border wall and support mass deportations of violent offenders.

One checked action No official action is listed in this desk. The detailed guide explains the gap.

Campaign cash $794,475 on Jul 1, 2026, principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees: $590,025; Leadership PACs: $166,500.

Through July 1, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

Money from political committees in the 2025-26 cycle, through July 1, 2026 (FEC lines 11B, 11C and 12). The rows sum to 917,024.74 dollars. Donations from individuals, including through ActBlue or WinRed, are not counted here.

Monica Alponte

Libertarian

One stated goal Never vote to authorize or fund military action without a formal declaration of war.

One checked action No official action is listed in this desk. The detailed guide explains the gap.

Campaign cash $634 on Jul 1, 2026, principal committee only.

Listed committee funding No committee funding breakdown is included here.

Through July 1, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

There is no table because her campaign reported no money from political committees through July 1, 2026. Most of its $8,941.37 came from individuals.

Who is running?

Printed ballot candidates

Amish ShahDemocratic
Thomas "Jay" Feely IVRepublican
Monica AlponteLibertarian

Certified write-ins are listed separately by the election authority.

Source: Maricopa County official sample ballot, November 3, 2026 general election (precinct 0728 San Victor), as posted by the City of Scottsdale

Checked October 1, 2026

Read the detailed guide, goals, actions and campaign funding

Voter guide

The candidates, side by side

Goals come from each campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

How this guide is built

Background comes from government or official office records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so. Goals are summarized from each campaign's own platform page and stay attributed to the campaign. The record lines are official votes, sponsorships, and filings with the government source attached. Money is shown as filed, by the type the FEC records for the contributing committee, and is not evidence of why any position was taken. Money rows are itemized receipts from political committees; transfers from joint fundraising committees and the conduit entries for earmarked individual contributions sit on their own rows; other memo entries, reimbursements, and receipts from organizations that are not political committees are excluded; each candidate's note gives the filings it covers, and some notes also compare the rows with the campaign's own FEC summary.

Amish Shah

Background

An emergency physician. He served in the Arizona House for District 24 from 2019 and District 5 from 2023, and resigned on February 1, 2024.
His legislature biography says he studied at Northwestern, earned a public health master's at Berkeley, and taught at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, where he led the New York Jets airway management team.
His campaign says he flew himself to treat patients in underserved parts of Arizona and still practices medicine in the district.

What they say they want to do

Protect Social Security and Medicare, reverse Medicaid cuts and lower prescription drug prices.
Codify Roe v. Wade.
Roll back tariffs he says are raising the price of groceries and gas.
Fight for Arizona's share of the Colorado River and work to stop data centers being built in the district.
Combat partisan gerrymandering and get dark money out of politics.

What the official record shows

Mar 23, 2021 His first bill became law: HB 2622, on non-retaliation policies at health care institutions. Eleven more of his bills followed by 2023.
Jun 28, 2021 Voted Yes on SB 1844, a law that cut income tax for families saving in 529 college or ABLE disability accounts. It passed 41-17; all 17 No votes were Democrats.
Feb 9, 2022 His bill to ban declawing cats (HB 2224) cleared the Government and Elections Committee 10-3; it went no further, like his five other declawing bills.
Feb 24, 2022 Voted No on HB 2811, which would have made prescribing abortion medication, including mifepristone, a felony. It failed 28-31.
May 10, 2023 Voted No on SB 1734, the 2023 tax bill that created a $250-per-child family tax rebate. It passed 46-13.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 2 committees	$56,300
PAC - Qualified 12 committees	$50,500
Membership Organization PACs 13 committees	$45,250
Trade Association PACs 7 committees	$31,500
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 2 committees	$7,500
Labor Organization PACs 1 committee	$5,000
Leadership PACs 2 committees	$4,500
Committees the FEC records no type for 3 committees	$2,000

Source: Federal Election Commission

Thomas "Jay" Feely IV

Background

Holds no public office. His campaign says he played football at Michigan, then 14 NFL seasons for six teams from 2001 to 2014.
It says he served on the NFL Players Association executive committee for over a decade, then won five Emmy Awards as a CBS analyst.
He and his wife founded the Feely Family Foundation in 2012, and he sat on the Gilbert Christian School board from 2016 to 2020.
His campaign says he sits on the boards of StrongWatch and Klein Tools.

What they say they want to do

Finish the border wall and support mass deportations of violent offenders.
Expand the Trump-era tax cuts, cut red tape and bring down inflation.
Write into law that boys may not compete in girls' and women's sports.
Stand with Israel and fight antisemitism on college campuses.
Unleash oil, natural gas and “clean coal” for energy independence.

What the official record shows

He has never held public office, so there are no votes, bills or official decisions to list. The school board he names is a private school's; the desk did not search for its records.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 4 committees	$590,025
Leadership PACs 45 committees	$166,500
PAC - Qualified 13 committees	$57,500
House 23 committees	$54,000
Trade Association PACs 4 committees	$13,500
Membership Organization PACs 2 committees	$12,500
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 1 committee	$10,000
Corporation PACs 4 committees	$7,000
Party committees 1 committee	$5,000
PAC - Nonqualified 1 committee	$1,000

Source: Federal Election Commission

Monica Alponte

Background

Holds no public office. Her campaign describes her as a retired business owner, writer and former political TV talk show co-host.
She was raised in a military family and has lived in Arizona for 25 years.
She says she has spent a decade on HOA reform, homeowner advocacy, road safety and animal rescue.

What they say they want to do

Never vote to authorize or fund military action without a formal declaration of war.
End all foreign military and economic aid.
Abolish the IRS and end the Federal Reserve's monopoly on currency.
Overturn Citizens United and end foreign lobbying.
Cosponsor and vote for a term limits amendment: three House terms and two Senate terms.

What the official record shows

She has never held public office, so there are no votes, bills or official decisions to list. The desk did not search HOA or other records for the advocacy work she describes.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

There is no table because her campaign reported no money from political committees through July 1, 2026. Most of its $8,941.37 came from individuals.

Source: Federal Election Commission

Race outlook

How an approved rating source sees this race

Categories are ordered judgments, not win probabilities. A rating appears only when that publisher allows the use.

Sabato's Crystal BallToss-up
Sabato's Crystal Ball assessed this Sep 29, 2026; checked Oct 1, 2026.

Sabato's Crystal Ball allows this rating to be used with credit, so their name and date stay on the row. A Stated Record comparison is added only when two or more approved ratings are current. The rule is in Methodology.

What to know

The race in context

Amish Shah won the Democratic nomination for the open 1st District seat and will face Republican nominee Jay Feely in November, KJZZ reported.
As of Oct 1, 2026.

Latest record

Updates to this race desk.

Public statementPublished Oct 10, 2026

Feely's account of his businesses checked

In the October 7 Clean Elections debate, Jay Feely said he owns two private companies and started health companies. His financial disclosure lists stakes and board seats in companies, including a private hand-tool company, and an investment in a health company. It does not show that he founded any of them. Amish Shah's debate claims about his votes were already on his record cards.

Named in this record: Thomas "Jay" Feely IV, Amish Shah

Candidate records

The field, without the campaign gloss

Current public roles come from government sources. Campaign-finance IDs come from the FEC.

Democratic

Amish Shah

Holds no public office. An emergency physician who served in the Arizona House from 2019 until he resigned on February 1, 2024.

FEC candidate: H4AZ01194
Principal committee: C00836502

Public profiles

X @DrAmishShahLinked by the campaign site. A profile link is not a complete historical archive.
Facebook AmishShahMDLinked by the campaign site.
Instagram @dr.amishshahLinked by the campaign site.

Republican

Thomas "Jay" Feely IV

Holds no public office. His campaign describes him as a former NFL kicker and CBS football analyst.

FEC candidate: H6AZ05190
Principal committee: C00903088

Public profiles

X @jayfeelyLinked by the campaign site.
Facebook: not foundNo Facebook account is linked from his campaign's home, biography or issues pages.
Instagram: not foundNo Instagram account is linked from his campaign's home, biography or issues pages.

Libertarian

Monica Alponte

Holds no public office. Her campaign describes her as a retired business owner, writer and former TV talk show co-host.

FEC candidate: H6AZ01488
Principal committee: C00945287

Public profiles

X @MonicaAlponteAZLinked by the campaign site.
Instagram @monicaalponteazLinked by the campaign site.
Facebook: not foundNo Facebook account is linked from her campaign site.

Profile links show what is public now, not a complete archive. Each was confirmed through the campaign site unless a note says otherwise.

Would combat partisan gerrymandering, eliminate dark money, and stop politicians enriching themselves in office. His campaign says he takes no corporate PAC money.

Thomas "Jay" Feely IV

Says too many in Congress serve “lobbyists and party bosses”, and that he would be a voice for the Valley, not the D.C. establishment.

Monica Alponte

Would overturn Citizens United and end foreign lobbying; pledges to take no money from AIPAC or foreign lobbies and to back House and Senate term limits.

Words and record

Where statements meet official action

Each card sets one thing a candidate says beside their own official record, with one label from a fixed list and its limit. No card says why someone did something.

How the cards work

The number of cards varies with what each candidate's official record supports, and every card carries the same required parts: what they say, what the official record shows, one label from the fixed list, and its limit. Each card is labeled narrowly, by rule. A single vote, sponsorship, or filing can match one claim without proving a candidate's whole record.

Amish Shah

More bills signed than any Arizona Democrat in a decade

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he had more bills signed into law than any Arizona Democrat in the last decade.

What the record shows · Apr 18, 2023

Twelve bills he introduced became law in 2021-2023, the most of any Arizona Democrat as lead sponsor since 2013; counting co-prime sponsors, four Democrats had more from 2016 on.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says he had more bills signed into law than any Arizona Democrat in the last decade.

“He had more bills signed into law than any Arizona Democrat in the last decade.”

In their own words, dated

“I've had more bills signed into law than any other member of my party in over a decade.”
Sep 27, 2023

What the record shows · Apr 18, 2023

12 bills he introduced became law: 4 in 2021, 5 in 2022 and 3 in 2023, each with him as the only prime sponsor. Counting each enacted bill's lead sponsor, no Arizona Democrat had more from 2013 to 2026; the next was Alma Hernandez with 9. Arizona also credits co-prime sponsors. Counted that way, four Democrats had more from 2016 on (Mark Cardenas, Catherine Miranda, David Bradley and Barbara McGuire), mostly from the 2016 session; from 2017 on, none did.

Limit: This counts the lead sponsor. If co-prime sponsors count and 2016 is in his decade, four Democrats had more. Two of the 12 were rewritten on a different subject before they passed (HB 2633 in 2021, HB 2635 in 2022). A count measures volume, not importance.

Amish Shah

Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says that as a state representative he led efforts to crack down on puppy mills, end cat declawing and halt the sale of kangaroo parts.

What the record shows · Feb 1, 2024

He introduced bills on cat declawing and pet-store sales year after year from 2020 to 2024, and a kangaroo parts bill in 2023; none became law.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says that as a state representative he led efforts to crack down on puppy mills, end cat declawing and halt the sale of kangaroo parts.

“As a State Representative, Dr. Shah led efforts to crack down on puppy mills, end the unwarranted mutilation of cats through declawing”

What the record shows · Feb 1, 2024

He was prime sponsor of a bill to ban cat declawing in every year from 2020 to 2024, six in all; one cleared a committee 10-3 in 2022. He was prime sponsor five times, 2020 to 2024, of a bill repealing the state law that stops cities banning pet-store sales based on where dogs and cats come from. In 2023 he alone introduced a bill making it a misdemeanor to sell kangaroo parts in Arizona. None became law.

Limit: He led these bills in the sense of introducing them, again and again. None passed, so none changed the law. The kangaroo bill covered Arizona only, not the whole country as the campaign's wording suggests.

Amish Shah

Protecting access to mifepristone

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says he worked across the aisle in the Legislature to protect access to the abortion drug mifepristone.

What the record shows · Feb 24, 2022

In 2022 he and three Republicans voted against HB 2811, which would have made prescribing abortion pills a felony; it failed 28-31.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says he worked across the aisle in the Legislature to protect access to the abortion drug mifepristone.

“worked across the aisle in the Arizona State Legislature to protect access to the abortion drug mifepristone”

What the record shows · Feb 24, 2022

HB 2811 of 2022 would have made it a class 3 felony to prescribe, dispense or sell an abortion medication, defined to include mifepristone. It failed on the House floor 28-31 on February 24, 2022. He voted No, and so did three Republicans: Regina Cobb, Joanne Osborne and Michelle Udall. In 2021 he voted against SB 1457, which became law and bans providing abortion pills by courier or mail; it passed the House 31-29 on party lines.

Limit: The votes are on the record; his part in persuading anyone is not. The campaign does not name a bill. Of the two, only the HB 2811 vote was across party lines.

Amish Shah

Cutting taxes for middle-class families

No assessment

What they say

His campaign says that in the State House he cut taxes for middle-class families.

What the record shows · May 10, 2023

He voted for a 2021 law cutting state income tax on 529 and ABLE savings, and against four budget tax bills from 2019 to 2023, two with child credits or rebates; his campaign names no bill.

Read the full check

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says that in the State House he cut taxes for middle-class families.

“In the State House, Amish cut taxes for middle-class families”

What the record shows · May 10, 2023

In 2021 he voted for SB 1844, which became law and cut state income tax for families saving for college (529 accounts) or for a disabled family member (ABLE accounts). It passed the House 41-17; all 17 No votes were Democrats. He voted No on the main tax bills of the 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 budgets, including the 2019 law that created a $100 credit for each child under 17 and the 2023 law that gave families a $250 rebate for each child. In 2020 he voted Yes on a bill updating the state's link to the federal tax code, which passed 60-0. No tax-cut bill he sponsored became law.

Why there is no assessment here

Which bill he means is not established: the campaign names none, and no statement by Shah naming one was found. He voted for one 2021 tax cut for families, against most of his party, but against four budget tax bills, two of which gave families credits or rebates for children.

Limit: A No on a whole tax bill can be a vote against other parts of it; this card does not test why he voted as he did. Whether a 529 or ABLE deduction is a middle-class tax cut is a judgment the record cannot make.

Amish Shah

No corporate PAC money

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he does not accept contributions from corporate PACs.

What the record shows · Jul 1, 2026

His campaign took $202,549.81 from political committees from January 2025 to July 1, 2026, and none came from a committee the FEC classes as a corporation's PAC.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says he does not accept contributions from corporate PACs.

“doesn't accept contributions from corporate PACs”

What the record shows · Jul 1, 2026

From January 2025 to July 1, 2026 his campaign took 202,549.81 dollars from political committees. None came from a committee the FEC classes as a corporation's PAC. The largest groups were joint fundraising transfers, medical society and other trade or membership PACs, and unaffiliated PACs.

Limit: This uses the FEC's own label for each donor committee. Trade-association PACs, $31,500 this cycle, are funded by people tied to member companies. In his 2024 race the FEC labelled $7,000 from three donors as corporation PACs: a surgeons' society, the NEA teachers' union fund and Feminist Majority PAC. His largest PAC gifts include $10,000 from USACS PAC, which shares its name with an emergency-medicine company; the FEC lists no company connected to it.

Monica Alponte

No money from AIPAC or foreign lobbies

Matches stated direction

What they say

She pledges not to take money from AIPAC or foreign lobbies.

What the record shows · Jul 1, 2026

Through July 1, 2026 her campaign reported no money from any political committee; its $8,941.37 in receipts came from individuals and from her.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

She pledges not to take money from AIPAC or foreign lobbies.

“I will not take money from AIPAC nor foreign lobbies”

What the record shows · Jul 1, 2026

Through July 1, 2026 her campaign reported no money from any political committee. Its $8,941.37 in receipts came from individuals and from her.

Limit: A pledge about the future, tested against filings through July 1 only. Filings do not show whether any individual donor works for or with a lobby.

Amish Shah

Fentanyl and border security votes

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says that in the State House he worked across the aisle on public safety, including curbing the flow of illegal and dangerous drugs like fentanyl.

What the record shows · Jun 13, 2023

In 2022 he was the only Democrat to vote for a law setting a nine-gram fentanyl threshold, and in 2023 he voted against three fentanyl bills the governor later vetoed.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says that in the State House he worked across the aisle on public safety, including curbing the flow of illegal and dangerous drugs like fentanyl.

“curbing the flow of illegal and dangerous drugs like fentanyl”

In their own words, dated

“In the State House, he worked across party lines to increase funding for border security and was the only Democrat who voted for tighter fentanyl laws to ensure that more traffickers face felony charges (HB2253, 6/22).”
Oct 31, 2024

What the record shows · Jun 13, 2023

On June 23, 2022 he was the only Democrat to vote for the final version of HB 2253, which passed the House 32-22 and became law. It set a nine-gram threshold for fentanyl in Arizona's drug law. The same day he voted for the budget bill, HB 2862, which passed 49-9 and appropriated $209,205,000 from the state's border security fund. He voted against HB 2317, which sent $335 million of state tax revenue into that fund for a border fence and border technology; it passed 31-27 and became law. In 2023 he voted against three fentanyl bills that the governor later vetoed: SB 1027, HB 2469 and HB 2802.

Limit: Possessing fentanyl for sale was already a felony in any amount; the nine-gram line decides when a seller cannot get probation. The campaign's 2026 page names no bill.

Amish Shah

Colorado River and drought votes

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says that in Congress he will fight for Arizona's fair share of the Colorado River and bring federal money to help communities withstand drought.

What the record shows · Jun 24, 2022

In 2019 he voted for both measures letting Arizona join the Colorado River drought plan, and in 2022 for a $1 billion water fund; nearly every House member voted the same way.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says that in Congress he will fight for Arizona's fair share of the Colorado River and bring federal money to help communities withstand drought.

“fight for Arizona’s fair share of the Colorado River”

What the record shows · Jun 24, 2022

On January 31, 2019 he voted for both measures that let Arizona sign the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan. SJR 1001 authorized the agreements and passed the House 60-0. SB 1227 set up a fund to pay Arizona water users to leave Colorado River water in Lake Mead, to lower the chance of cuts to the state's share; it passed 59-0. Both were signed that day. In 2022 he voted for SB 1740, which set aside $1 billion over three years for a new long-term water augmentation fund. It passed the House 48-1 and became law. The 2023 budget, which he voted against, cut $143.8 million from the fund's second payment.

Limit: Nearly every House member voted the same way on all three. Arizona's share of the river comes from a Supreme Court decree, not from these state votes.

Amish Shah

Data centers

Not comparable yet

What they say

His campaign says he will work to stop data centers from being built in the district.

What the record shows · Apr 11, 2023

As a state lawmaker he voted in 2021 to widen Arizona's tax breaks for data center equipment; neither that law nor a 2023 follow-up decided where data centers could be built.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

His campaign says he will work to stop data centers from being built in the district.

“he will work to stop data centers from being built in our district”

What the record shows · Apr 11, 2023

In 2021 he voted for HB 2649, which widened Arizona's tax breaks for computer data centers to cover the installation, repair and maintenance of their equipment. It passed the House 41-17, then 46-13 on final passage, and became law. In 2023 he voted for SB 1274, which changed the refund rules in that law; it passed 47-10.

Limit: Neither bill decided where data centers could be built. His pledge is about the district and what he would do in Congress.

Thomas "Jay" Feely IV

His businesses

Matches stated direction

What they say

In the October 7 Clean Elections debate, Feely said he is a business owner with two private companies, one in Scottsdale and one in manufacturing, and that he started a couple of companies in the health industry.

What the record shows · Aug 19, 2026

His financial disclosure lists stakes and board seats in companies, including a private hand-tool company, and an investment in a health company; it does not show he founded any.

Read the full check

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

What the record shows · Aug 19, 2026

His candidate financial disclosure, filed August 19, 2026, lists him as a board member and shareholder of Klein Tools, a private hand-tool company, and of Zah Group Inc, and as a board member of StrongWatch. It lists him as an angel investor in Gevity, a private daily-health company, and as manager of four LLCs that own rental property.

Limit: The form shows what he held in 2025 and 2026, not where the companies are based or who started them. Its one health company is listed as an angel investment.

Campaign finance

FEC snapshot through Jul 1, 2026

Principal campaign committees only. Receipts and disbursements are the election-cycle-to-date figures, Column B on each filing's summary page; cash on hand and debt are period-end figures. All are carried by reports covering the same period. Money is not a score of candidate quality or voter support.

Candidate	Cycle receipts	Cycle disbursements	Cash on hand	Debt owed
Amish ShahC00836502	$539,738	$845,093	$401,745	$210,070
Thomas "Jay" Feely IVC00903088	$727,974	$1,187,677	$794,475	$330,000
Monica AlponteC00945287	$906	$872	$634	$871

Read the filing details

Amish Shah: Pre-Primary 2026, coverage Apr 1, 2026 to Jul 1, 2026, received Jul 9, 2026, file 1989705, image 202607099874846113.

Thomas "Jay" Feely IV: Pre-Primary 2026, coverage Apr 1, 2026 to Jul 1, 2026, received Jul 9, 2026, file 1989615, image 202607099874840169.

Monica Alponte: Pre-Primary 2026, coverage Apr 1, 2026 to Jul 1, 2026, received Jul 2, 2026, file 1987711, image 202607029874737747.

Retrieved from OpenFEC on Oct 1, 2026. FEC amendments can revise these committee-reported figures.

Chronology

How the field took shape

Mar 23, 2021
Shah's first bill becomes law
The Governor signs HB 2622, on non-retaliation policies at health care institutions. His prior authorization bill, HB 2621, follows the next day. Twelve of his bills became law from 2021 to 2023.
Jun 28, 2021
Shah votes for a family savings tax cut
SB 1844, which cut income tax for families saving in 529 college or ABLE disability accounts, passes the House 41-17. Shah votes Yes; all 17 No votes are Democrats.
Feb 24, 2022
Abortion medication bill fails
HB 2811, which would have made prescribing abortion medication including mifepristone a felony, fails 28-31. Shah and three Republicans vote No.
May 10, 2023
Shah votes against the 2023 tax bill
SB 1734, which created a $250-per-child family tax rebate, passes the House 46-13. Shah votes No.
Feb 1, 2024
Shah resigns from the Legislature
He leaves the Arizona House. Charles Lucking is appointed to his seat on February 14.
Jul 9, 2026
Campaigns report through July 1
All three campaigns' pre-primary reports cover April 1 to July 1, 2026. Alponte's was filed July 2, Shah's and Feely's July 9.
Jul 21, 2026
Primary results
Feely wins the Republican primary with 43,709 votes, Shah the Democratic primary with 29,002, and Alponte the Libertarian primary with 289.
Sep 3, 2026
County sample ballot published
Maricopa County's sample ballot for November 3, in a PDF created September 3, prints Shah, Feely and Alponte for this seat, with one write-in line.

The details

Election facts. Original sources.

Election date: November 3, 2026
Added: October 2026
Ballot source updated: Official sample ballot dated September 3, 2026; reviewed October 1, 2026.
Candidate field: Printed candidates checked against official election records.

Coverage

What this page includes, and what is not yet included.

As of Oct 17, 2026. Only what passed a source check is listed. How coverage works.

BallotIncluded
3 printed candidates, checked October 1, 2026 against the official election record.
Race outlookIncluded
1 of 1 specialist rating is current as of Oct 17, 2026.
Reported contextIncluded
1 dated development with original reporting attached.
Words and recordIncluded
10 statement-to-action comparisons across 3 candidate records, each with a stated limitation.
Campaign financeIncluded
FEC filing snapshots for 3 principal campaign committees, with a common coverage cutoff.
PollingNot yet
No published poll has been reviewed for this race yet.

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Sources102 source records

Snapshot as of Oct 17, 2026. The live page may have changed: https://statedrecord.com/races/arizona-us-house-01-2026

How we use sources

Maricopa County official sample ballot, November 3, 2026 general election (precinct 0728 San Victor), as posted by the City of Scottsdale (document)
Official sample ballot, November 3, 2026 general election, precinct 0728 San Victor
Maricopa County (posted by the City of Scottsdale) · Published Sep 3, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Maricopa County's own ballot, stamped SAMPLE, PDF created 2026-09-03. Prints SHAH, AMISH (DEM); FEELY IV, THOMAS "JAY" (REP); ALPONTE, MONICA (LBT) and one write-in line for U.S. Representative in Congress, District 1. The Secretary of State and county election sites block scripts; this copy was read from the City of Scottsdale's site.
official election record
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Separate write-in record (document)
Write-in and withdrawn candidates, 2026 general election
Arizona Secretary of State · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026
Read in the owner's browser because the site blocks scripts. Revised September 9, 2026. Lists Dev Gupta (IND) and Gage Dylan Thunder (NON) as District 1 write-ins.
official election record
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Sabato's Crystal Ball ratingshttps://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2026-house/
For: Election facts, ratings and race context
KJZZhttps://www.kjzz.org/elections/2026-07-22/amish-shah-wins-the-democratic-nomination-in-arizonas-1st-congressional-district
For: Election facts, ratings and race context
Journal of the House of Representatives, 2024 (56th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session) (document)
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The House roster note reads: Amish Shah resigned on February 1, 2024; Charles Lucking was appointed on February 14, 2024 to fill the vacancy in Legislative District 5.
official legislative record
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Amish Shah: background, goals, record and money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Amish for Arizona, homehttps://www.amishforarizona.com/
Amish for Arizona · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Captured 2026-10-01, identified by its "Paid for by Amish for Arizona" line, the site the FEC lists for his committee. Links his X, Facebook and Instagram accounts.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Money and power in Washington; Amish Shah: No corporate PAC money
Jay Feely for Congress, meet Jayhttps://www.jayfeelyforcongress.com/meet-jay
Feely for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Captured 2026-10-01; 612 words. His biography.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Thomas "Jay" Feely IV: background, goals, record and money; Health care, abortion and seniors
Jay Feely for Congress, homehttps://www.jayfeelyforcongress.com/
Feely for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Captured 2026-10-01, identified by its "Paid for by Feely for Congress" line, the site the FEC lists for his committee. Links an X account and a YouTube channel only.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles
Monica Alponte for Congress, homehttps://monicaalponteaz.com/
Monica Alponte for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Captured 2026-10-01, identified by its "Paid for by Monica Alponte for Congress" line, the site the FEC lists for her committee. Her platform, biography and pledges are all on this one page. Links X, Instagram and YouTube accounts.
candidate statement
For: Candidate roles and profiles; Monica Alponte: background, goals, record and money; Costs, taxes and the economy; The border and public safety; Health care, abortion and seniors; Water and growth; War, Israel and foreign aid; Money and power in Washington; Monica Alponte: No money from AIPAC or foreign lobbies
Rep. Amish Shah, member page, 2019 sessionhttps://www.azleg.gov/House/House-member/?legislature=54&session=121&legislator=1908
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The legislature's page for his 2019 session: party, district (24), biography, and every bill listing him as prime sponsor (P) or cosponsor (C).
official office record
For: Amish Shah: background, goals, record and money
Rep. Amish Shah, member page, 2023 sessionhttps://www.azleg.gov/House/House-member/?legislature=56&session=127&legislator=2197
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The legislature's page for his 2023 session: party, district (5), biography, and every bill listing him as prime sponsor (P) or cosponsor (C).
official office record
For: Amish Shah: background, goals, record and money
Rep. Amish Shah, member page, 2024 sessionhttps://www.azleg.gov/House/House-member/?legislature=56&session=128&legislator=2197
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The legislature's page for his 2024 session: party, district (5), biography, and every bill listing him as prime sponsor (P) or cosponsor (C).
official office record
For: Amish Shah: background, goals, record and money
Amish for Arizona, abouthttps://www.amishforarizona.com/about
Amish for Arizona · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Captured 2026-10-01; 425 words.
candidate statement
For: Amish Shah: background, goals, record and money; War, Israel and foreign aid; Amish Shah: More bills signed than any Arizona Democrat in a decade
Amish for Arizona, issueshttps://www.amishforarizona.com/issues
Amish for Arizona · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Captured 2026-10-01; about 1,200 words under eight headings.
candidate statement
For: Amish Shah: background, goals, record and money; Costs, taxes and the economy; The border and public safety; Health care, abortion and seniors; Water and growth; War, Israel and foreign aid; Money and power in Washington; Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts; Amish Shah: Protecting access to mifepristone; Amish Shah: Cutting taxes for middle-class families; Amish Shah: Fentanyl and border security votes; Amish Shah: Colorado River and drought votes; Amish Shah: Data centers
HB2622 (2021), nonretaliation policies; health care institutionshttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75266?SessionId=123
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Signed by the Governor 2021-03-23, Laws 2021 chapter 89. His 2021 member page lists him as its prime sponsor.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: background, goals, record and money; Amish Shah: More bills signed than any Arizona Democrat in a decade; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
SB 1844 (2021): taxes; 529 contributions; ABLE contributionshttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76185?SessionId=123
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Passed the House 41-17 on 2021-06-28; Shah voted Yes. All 17 No votes were Democrats; 11 Democrats voted Yes. Signed 2021-06-30, Laws 2021 chapter 395.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: background, goals, record and money; Amish Shah: Cutting taxes for middle-class families; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Laws 2021, chapter 395 (SB 1844)https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/laws/0395.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Makes the 529 college-savings subtraction ($2,000 single, $4,000 joint) apply per beneficiary, and adds a subtraction of the same size per beneficiary for contributions to ABLE disability savings accounts (A.R.S. 43-1022).
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: background, goals, record and money; Amish Shah: Cutting taxes for middle-class families; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
HB2224 (2022), cat declawing; prohibition; exceptionshttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76679?SessionId=125
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
He is its prime sponsor. Final disposition: Held in Rules. The Government and Elections Committee recommended it 10-3 on 2022-02-09; it was then held in Rules.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: background, goals, record and money; Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts
HB2811 (2022), unlawful abortion medication; offensehttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77880?SessionId=125
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Introduced by Representative Parker. Failed on House third reading 2022-02-24, 28 to 31. Shah voted No, as did Republicans Cobb, Osborne and Udall.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: background, goals, record and money; Amish Shah: Protecting access to mifepristone; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
HB 2811 (2022), introduced texthttps://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2R/bills/HB2811P.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Would have made it a class 3 felony to manufacture, distribute, prescribe, dispense, sell or transfer an abortion medication, defined to include RU-486 and mifepristone.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: background, goals, record and money; Amish Shah: Protecting access to mifepristone
SB1734 (2023), taxation; 2023-2024https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/79720?SessionId=127
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The 2023 budget's tax bill. Passed the House 46-13 on 2023-05-10; Shah voted No. Signed 2023-05-11, Laws 2023 chapter 147.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: background, goals, record and money; Amish Shah: Cutting taxes for middle-class families; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Laws 2023, chapter 147 (SB 1734), taxation; 2023-2024https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1R/laws/0147.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Creates the Arizona families tax rebate: $250 for each dependent under 17 claimed on a 2021 full-year resident return, up to three dependents.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: background, goals, record and money; Amish Shah: Cutting taxes for middle-class families; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
AMISH FOR ARIZONA, itemized receipts from political committeeshttps://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00836502&two_year_transaction_period=2026&is_individual=false
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on 2026-10-01: lines 11B, 11C and 12 for 2025-26, through 2026-07-01, reconciled to the filed totals with no difference. No line-11C contributor is a committee the FEC classes as a corporation's PAC.
fec filing
For: Amish Shah: background, goals, record and money; Amish Shah: No corporate PAC money
Jay Feely for Congress, issueshttps://www.jayfeelyforcongress.com/issues
Feely for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Captured 2026-10-01; about 900 words under eight headings.
candidate statement
For: Thomas "Jay" Feely IV: background, goals, record and money; Costs, taxes and the economy; The border and public safety; Health care, abortion and seniors; Water and growth; War, Israel and foreign aid; Money and power in Washington
Candidates for U.S. House, Arizona District 1, 2026https://www.fec.gov/data/candidates/house/?state=AZ&district=01&election_year=2026
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Read from OpenFEC on 2026-10-01: Shah H4AZ01194, Feely H6AZ05190 (registered as THOMAS JAMES FEELY), Alponte H6AZ01488. Neither write-in named by Ballotpedia is on the list.
fec filing
For: Thomas "Jay" Feely IV: background, goals, record and money; Monica Alponte: background, goals, record and money
FEELY FOR CONGRESS, itemized receipts from political committeeshttps://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00903088&two_year_transaction_period=2026&is_individual=false
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on 2026-10-01: lines 11B, 11C and 12 for 2025-26, through 2026-07-01, reconciled to the filed totals with no difference.
fec filing
For: Thomas "Jay" Feely IV: background, goals, record and money
MONICA ALPONTE FOR CONGRESS, committee filingshttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00945287/?cycle=2026
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Read from OpenFEC on 2026-10-01. Through 2026-07-01 the committee reports $8,941.37 in receipts: $7,285.00 from individuals, $285.16 from the candidate and $1,371.21 in loans from her. Lines 11B, 11C and 12 are zero; money.py found no rows to read.
fec filing
MONICA ALPONTE FOR CONGRESS, pre-primary report 2026
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Read from OpenFEC on 2026-10-01. Unamended pre-primary report covering 2026-04-01 to 2026-07-01, file number 1987711, beginning image 202607029874737747, received 2026-07-02. Cash on hand and debt are period-end figures. Committee C00945287; Pre-Primary 2026; coverage 2026-04-01 to 2026-07-01; received 2026-07-02; file 1987711; image 202607029874737747.
fec filing
For: Monica Alponte: background, goals, record and money; Monica Alponte: No money from AIPAC or foreign lobbies; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Campaign finance
Amish for Arizona, awardshttps://www.amishforarizona.com/awards
Amish for Arizona · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Captured 2026-10-01. A post dated September 27, 2023 reads: "I've had more bills signed into law than any other member of my party in over a decade."
candidate statement
For: Amish Shah: More bills signed than any Arizona Democrat in a decade
HB2621 (2021), prior authorization; uniform request formshttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75263?SessionId=123
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Signed by the Governor 2021-03-24, Laws 2021 chapter 115. His 2021 member page lists him as its prime sponsor.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: More bills signed than any Arizona Democrat in a decade; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
HB2624 (2021), public officials; entities; civil liabilityhttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75269?SessionId=123
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Signed by the Governor 2021-05-05, Laws 2021 chapter 324. His 2021 member page lists him as its prime sponsor.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: More bills signed than any Arizona Democrat in a decade
HB2633 (2021), long-term care services; allowed practitionerhttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75298?SessionId=123
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Signed by the Governor 2021-04-20, Laws 2021 chapter 265. His 2021 member page lists him as its prime sponsor.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: More bills signed than any Arizona Democrat in a decade
HB2429 (2022), health professional wellness programs; confidentialityhttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76894?SessionId=125
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Signed by the Governor 2022-05-09, Laws 2022 chapter 224. His 2022 member page lists him as its prime sponsor.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: More bills signed than any Arizona Democrat in a decade
HB2431 (2022), emergency medical services; patient transporthttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76896?SessionId=125
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Signed by the Governor 2022-06-06, Laws 2022 chapter 274. His 2022 member page lists him as its prime sponsor.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: More bills signed than any Arizona Democrat in a decade
HB2433 (2022), HIV testing; consent; repealhttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76898?SessionId=125
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Signed by the Governor 2022-05-20, Laws 2022 chapter 246. His 2022 member page lists him as its prime sponsor.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: More bills signed than any Arizona Democrat in a decade
HB2434 (2022), surgical smoke evacuation; requirementshttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76899?SessionId=125
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Signed by the Governor 2022-03-24, Laws 2022 chapter 57. His 2022 member page lists him as its prime sponsor.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: More bills signed than any Arizona Democrat in a decade
HB2635 (2022), breast implant surgery; informed consenthttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77467?SessionId=125
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Signed by the Governor 2022-06-13, Laws 2022 chapter 297. His 2022 member page lists him as its prime sponsor.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: More bills signed than any Arizona Democrat in a decade
HB2339 (2023), prisoners; medical records; family accesshttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78454?SessionId=127
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Signed by the Governor 2023-04-17, Laws 2023 chapter 62. His 2023 member page lists him as its prime sponsor.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: More bills signed than any Arizona Democrat in a decade
HB2346 (2023), outpatient treatment centers; exemptionhttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78464?SessionId=127
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Signed by the Governor 2023-04-18, Laws 2023 chapter 89. His 2023 member page lists him as its prime sponsor.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: More bills signed than any Arizona Democrat in a decade
HB2564 (2023), hospitals; physicians; dispensing opioidshttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/79411?SessionId=127
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Signed by the Governor 2023-04-12, Laws 2023 chapter 42. His 2023 member page lists him as its prime sponsor.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: More bills signed than any Arizona Democrat in a decade
Arizona Legislature bill sponsor records, 2013-2026https://apps.azleg.gov/api/BillSponsor/?id=79411
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The legislature's own data service, read 2026-10-01. For all 4,175 bills given a chapter number (enacted) in the sessions of 2013 to 2026 (BillStatus lists), the BillSponsor record names each sponsor, their party, whether they are a prime sponsor or cosponsor, and the order they signed. Lead sponsor = the first-signing prime sponsor. Counted by sponsor_counts.py; every response is cached under cache/sponsors.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: More bills signed than any Arizona Democrat in a decade
HB2537 (2020), cat declawing; prohibition; exceptionshttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/73239?SessionId=122
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
He is its prime sponsor. Final disposition: Held in Committees.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts
HB2626 (2021), cat declawing; prohibition; exceptionshttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75271?SessionId=123
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
He is its prime sponsor. Final disposition: Held in Committees.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts
HB2335 (2023), cat declawing; prohibition; exceptionshttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78440?SessionId=127
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
He is its prime sponsor. Final disposition: Held in Committees.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts
HB2738 (2023), prohibition; cat declawing; exceptionshttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/79590?SessionId=127
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
He is its prime sponsor. Final disposition: Held in Committees.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts
HB2516 (2024), prohibition; cat declawing; exceptionshttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80380?SessionId=128
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
He is its prime sponsor. Final disposition: Held in Committees.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts
HB2531 (2020), pet dealers; state preemption; repealhttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/73183?SessionId=122
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
He is its prime sponsor. Final disposition: Held in Rules.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts
HB2635 (2021), pet dealers; state preemption; repealhttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75300?SessionId=123
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
He is its prime sponsor. Final disposition: Held in Committees.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts
HB2225 (2022), pet dealers; state preemption; repealhttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76680?SessionId=125
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
He is its prime sponsor. Final disposition: Held in Rules.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts
HB2340 (2023), pet dealers; state preemption; repealhttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78455?SessionId=127
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
He is its prime sponsor. Final disposition: Held in Committees.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts
HB2515 (2024), pet dealers; state preemption; repealhttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80379?SessionId=128
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
He is its prime sponsor. Final disposition: Held in Committees.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts
HB 2515 (2024), introduced texthttps://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HB2515P.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Introduced by Shah with four Democratic cosponsors. Its one section repeals A.R.S. 44-1799.11.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts
A.R.S. 44-1799.11, pet dealer regulation; state preemptionhttps://www.azleg.gov/ars/44/01799-11.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The statute his pet-dealer bills would repeal. It bars any local ordinance that prohibits a pet store selling dogs or cats based on where the animal came from.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts
HB 2516 (2024), introduced texthttps://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/2R/bills/HB2516P.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Introduced by Shah with cosponsors from both parties, including Republican Representatives Bliss and Gress and Senator Kavanagh. Defines declawing and adds a new section on it to the veterinary chapter.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts
HB2741 (2023), unlawful kangaroo exchangehttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/79593?SessionId=127
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
He is its prime sponsor. Final disposition: Held in Committees.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts
HB 2741 (2023), introduced texthttps://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1R/bills/HB2741P.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Introduced by Representative Shah alone. Would make it a class 1 misdemeanor to buy, sell or exchange for a commercial purpose any part of a dead kangaroo, in Arizona.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts
Rep. Amish Shah, member page, 2020 sessionhttps://www.azleg.gov/House/House-member/?legislature=54&session=122&legislator=1908
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The legislature's page for his 2020 session: party, district (24), biography, and every bill listing him as prime sponsor (P) or cosponsor (C).
official office record
For: Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts
Rep. Amish Shah, member page, 2022 sessionhttps://www.azleg.gov/House/House-member/?legislature=55&session=125&legislator=2048
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The legislature's page for his 2022 session: party, district (24), biography, and every bill listing him as prime sponsor (P) or cosponsor (C).
official office record
For: Amish Shah: Puppy mills, cat declawing and kangaroo parts
SB 1457 (2021): abortion; unborn child; genetic abnormalityhttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75512?SessionId=123
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Passed the House 31-29 on third reading (2021-04-01) and final reading (2021-04-22), every Democrat voting No and every Republican Yes; Shah voted No both times. Signed 2021-04-27, Laws 2021 chapter 286.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Protecting access to mifepristone
Laws 2021, chapter 286 (SB 1457)https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/laws/0286.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Adds A.R.S. 36-2160: no manufacturer, supplier, physician or other person may provide an abortion-inducing drug by courier, delivery or mail service.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Protecting access to mifepristone
HB 2757 (2019): tax provisions; omnibushttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/72436?SessionId=121
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The 2019 tax omnibus. Passed the House 31-29 on 2019-05-24; Shah voted No, with every House Democrat. Signed 2019-05-31, Laws 2019 chapter 273.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Cutting taxes for middle-class families
Laws 2019, chapter 273 (HB 2757)https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/laws/0273.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Creates A.R.S. 43-1073.01, the dependent tax credit: $100 for each dependent under 17 and $25 for each older dependent, for incomes under $200,000 single or $400,000 joint.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Cutting taxes for middle-class families
SB1828 (2021), omnibus; taxationhttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76142?SessionId=123
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The 2021 tax omnibus. Passed the House 31-29 on 2021-06-24; Shah voted No. Signed 2021-06-30, Laws 2021 chapter 412.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Cutting taxes for middle-class families
HB2871 (2022), tax; revisions; distributions; 2022-2023https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77994?SessionId=125
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The 2022 budget's tax bill. Passed the House 37-21 on 2022-06-23; Shah voted No. Signed 2022-06-28, Laws 2022 chapter 321.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Cutting taxes for middle-class families
HB2494 (2020), internal revenue code; conformityhttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/73157?SessionId=122
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Updated the state's conformity to the federal tax code. Passed the House 60-0 on 2020-02-19; Shah voted Yes. Signed 2020-03-24.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Cutting taxes for middle-class families
Rep. Amish Shah, member page, 2021 sessionhttps://www.azleg.gov/House/House-member/?legislature=55&session=123&legislator=2048
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The legislature's page for his 2021 session: party, district (24), biography, and every bill listing him as prime sponsor (P) or cosponsor (C).
official office record
For: Amish Shah: Cutting taxes for middle-class families
AMISH FOR ARIZONA, pre-primary report 2026https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00836502/?cycle=2026
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Read from OpenFEC on 2026-10-01. Unamended pre-primary report covering 2026-04-01 to 2026-07-01, file number 1989705, beginning image 202607099874846113, received 2026-07-09. Cash on hand and debt are period-end figures. Committee C00836502; Pre-Primary 2026; coverage 2026-04-01 to 2026-07-01; received 2026-07-09; file 1989705; image 202607099874846113.
fec filing
For: Amish Shah: No corporate PAC money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Campaign finance
AMISH FOR ARIZONA, itemized receipts from political committees, 2023-24https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00836502&two_year_transaction_period=2024&is_individual=false
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Read with tools/fec-money/money.py on 2026-10-01, reconciled. The FEC classes three contributors, $7,000 in all, as corporation PACs: EyePAC of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery ($1,000), the NEA Fund for Children and Public Education ($5,000) and Feminist Majority PAC ($1,000), all received in September and October 2024.
fec filing
For: Amish Shah: No corporate PAC money
USACS PAC (C00544957): committee record and gifts to Shahhttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00544957/
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Read from OpenFEC on 2026-10-01 (cache/usacs-committee.json): a qualified, unauthorized PAC in Canton, Ohio; connected organisation NONE; organisation type blank; email at usacs.com, the domain of US Acute Care Solutions, an emergency and hospital medicine company. Gave Shah two $5,000 contributions dated 2025-06-26 (line 11C, file 1903407).
fec filing
For: Amish Shah: No corporate PAC money
Amish for Arizona, issues (2024 campaign site, archived)https://web.archive.org/web/20241031051126/https://www.amishforarizona.com/issues
Amish for Arizona · Published Oct 31, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His 2024 issues page as archived on 2024-10-31. Under border security it says he was the only Democrat who voted for tighter fentanyl laws (HB2253) and helped raise border funding by over $200m (HB2862).
candidate statement
For: Amish Shah: Fentanyl and border security votes
HB 2253 (2022): threshold amount; fentanylhttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76716?SessionId=125
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Rewritten from an asbestos bill. Final House passage 32-22 on 2022-06-23; Shah was the only Democrat voting Yes. Signed 2022-07-06, Laws 2022 chapter 371.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Fentanyl and border security votes
Laws 2022, chapter 371 (HB 2253)https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2R/laws/0371.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Adds a threshold amount for fentanyl to A.R.S. 13-3401: nine grams of fentanyl or fentanyl mimetic substances.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Fentanyl and border security votes
HB 2862 (2022): general appropriations act; 2022-2023https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77992?SessionId=125
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The 2022-23 state budget. Passed the House 49-9 on 2022-06-23; Shah voted Yes. Laws 2022 chapter 313.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Fentanyl and border security votes
Laws 2022, chapter 313 (HB 2862)https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2R/laws/0313.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Section 110 appropriates $209,205,000 from the border security fund to the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs for 2022-23.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Fentanyl and border security votes
HB 2317 (2022): revenue distribution; border securityhttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76820?SessionId=125
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Introduced by Representative Kavanagh. Final House passage 31-27 on 2022-06-23; Shah voted No. Signed 2022-06-30, Laws 2022 chapter 334.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Fentanyl and border security votes
Laws 2022, chapter 334 (HB 2317)https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2R/laws/0334.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sends $335,000,000 of state tax revenue to the border security fund in 2022-23, to build and maintain a physical border fence and buy border security technology.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Fentanyl and border security votes
SB 1027 (2023): carfentanil; fentanyl; minors; penaltieshttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78079?SessionId=127
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Passed the House 35-24 on 2023-04-04; Shah voted No. Vetoed 2023-04-11.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Fentanyl and border security votes
HB 2469 (2023): fentanyl; border; public health crisishttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78576?SessionId=127
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Final House passage 31-27 on 2023-05-15; Shah voted No. Vetoed 2023-05-19.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Fentanyl and border security votes
HB 2469 (2023), Senate fact sheet as vetoedhttps://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1R/summary/S.2469HHS_ASVETOED.DOCX.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The Senate's summary as vetoed: declares fentanyl trafficking across the border a public health crisis, calls the federal failure to secure the border an unlawful invasion, and requires state law to be read to protect Arizona against that invasion.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Fentanyl and border security votes
HB 2802 (2023): fentanyl sales; manufacture; sentencing; testinghttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/79664?SessionId=127
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Final House passage 31-26 on 2023-06-13; Shah voted No. Vetoed 2023-06-20.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Fentanyl and border security votes
SJR 1001 (2019): Colorado River drought contingency planhttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71777?SessionId=121
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Passed the House 60-0 on 2019-01-31; Shah voted Yes. Signed the same day.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Colorado River and drought votes
SJR 1001 (2019), Senate engrossed texthttps://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/bills/SJR1001S.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Authorizes the director of water resources to sign the Colorado River drought contingency plan agreements. Recites that Arizona's river rights come from the Supreme Court's decree in Arizona v. California.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Colorado River and drought votes
SB 1227 (2019): Colorado River drought contingency amendmentshttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/71807?SessionId=121
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Passed the House 59-0 on 2019-01-31; Shah voted Yes. Signed the same day, Laws 2019 chapter 1.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Colorado River and drought votes
Laws 2019, chapter 1 (SB 1227)https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/54leg/1R/laws/0001.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Creates the Arizona system conservation fund, which pays Arizona's Colorado River users to forgo water so it stays in Lake Mead and lowers the chance of cuts to the state's allocation.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Colorado River and drought votes
SB 1740 (2022): water infrastructure financing; supply; augmentationhttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78015?SessionId=125
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Passed the House 48-1 on 2022-06-24; Shah voted Yes. Signed 2022-07-06, Laws 2022 chapter 366.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Colorado River and drought votes
Laws 2022, chapter 366 (SB 1740)https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2R/laws/0366.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Sections 31 to 33 put $334,000,000, $333,000,000 and $333,000,000 into the new long-term water augmentation fund over fiscal years 2022-23 to 2024-25.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Colorado River and drought votes
Laws 2023, chapter 133 (SB 1720)https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1R/laws/0133.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The 2023-24 budget. Section 111 cuts the fiscal 2023-24 payment to the long-term water augmentation fund by $143,800,000. Shah voted No in the House (47-12, 2023-05-10).
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Colorado River and drought votes
HB 2649 (2021): computer data centers; tax incentiveshttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75304?SessionId=123
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Introduced by Representative Toma. Passed the House 41-17 on 2021-02-24 and 46-13 on final passage 2021-04-14; Shah voted Yes both times. Signed 2021-04-20, Laws 2021 chapter 266.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Data centers
Laws 2021, chapter 266 (HB 2649)https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/laws/0266.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Amends the computer data center tax relief program in A.R.S. 41-1519 and the related sales and use tax deductions.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Data centers
HB 2649 (2021), House summary as transmitted to the governorhttps://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/summary/H.HB2649_041421_TRANSMITTED.DOCX.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The House's summary: redefines data center tax relief to include the use, installation, assembly, repair or maintenance of data center equipment.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Data centers
SB 1274 (2023): computer data centers; TPT; refundhttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/78907?SessionId=127
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Passed the House 47-10 on 2023-04-11; Shah voted Yes. Signed 2023-04-18, Laws 2023 chapter 68.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Data centers
Laws 2023, chapter 68 (SB 1274)https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/56leg/1R/laws/0068.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Amends the refund section of Laws 2021, chapter 266, the 2021 data center tax law.
official legislative record
For: Amish Shah: Data centers
Clean Elections CD1 debate: Feely on his businesses, 3:09https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au6-jiQ9eDw&t=189s
Arizona Clean Elections Commission and Arizona Media Association · Published Oct 7, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
3:09-3:19. Paraphrased from the host video's captions, read October 10; no second transcript, so no exact quote.
candidate statement
Clean Elections AZ-01 debate, 3:09
For: Thomas "Jay" Feely IV: His businesses; Feely's account of his businesses checked
Thomas James Feely, candidate financial disclosure report, 2026 (document)
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Published Aug 19, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026
Filing 10077197, his AZ01 candidate report filed August 19, 2026, covering January 1, 2025 to May 20, 2026. Schedule A lists Klein Tools Inc (private, board member and shareholder, $5,000,001-$25,000,000) and Gevity, Inc (private, angel investor, daily-health subscription company). Schedule E lists board seats at Klein Tools, Zah Group Inc and StrongWatch, manager of four Family 49 LLCs holding rental property, and President/CEO of the Feely Family Foundation. It gives no locations for the operating companies and no founding roles. sha256 c546940ef71b2c65285ef4009d274e5e36b25d0936184edd6a818613722a3637.
official office record
Jay Feely, candidate financial disclosure, August 19, 2026
For: Thomas "Jay" Feely IV: His businesses; Feely's account of his businesses checked
FEELY FOR CONGRESS, pre-primary report 2026https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00903088/?cycle=2026
Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Read from OpenFEC on 2026-10-01. Unamended pre-primary report covering 2026-04-01 to 2026-07-01, file number 1989615, beginning image 202607099874840169, received 2026-07-09. Cash on hand and debt are period-end figures. Committee C00903088; Pre-Primary 2026; coverage 2026-04-01 to 2026-07-01; received 2026-07-09; file 1989615; image 202607099874840169.
fec filing
For: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; Campaign finance
Official canvass, 2026 primary election (document)
Arizona Secretary of State · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026
Read in the owner's browser because the site blocks scripts. Page 1 gives each District 1 candidate's primary total.
official election record
For: Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology
Amish for Arizona, bills (2024 campaign site, archived)https://web.archive.org/web/20241107021133/https://www.amishforarizona.com/bills
Amish for Arizona · Published Nov 7, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
His 2024 site as archived on 2024-11-07; the page now returns 404. Says he had three bills signed in 2023, "bringing my total to 12 bills during my five-year tenure".
candidate statement
For: Race desk evidence
HB 2838 (2021): income tax; partnerships; S corporationshttps://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/76039?SessionId=123
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Lets partnerships and S corporations elect to pay state income tax at the entity level. Final House passage 44-14 on 2021-06-30; Shah voted Yes. Signed 2021-07-09, Laws 2021 chapter 425.
official legislative record
For: Race desk evidence
David Schweikert, member profilehttps://clerk.house.gov/members/S001183
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
The Clerk of the House lists him as the Republican member for Arizona's 1st district. He is not on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat (maricopa-sample-ballot).
official office record
For: Race desk evidence
A.R.S. 13-3408, narcotic drugs; classificationhttps://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/03408.htm
Arizona State Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026
Possessing a narcotic drug for sale is a class 2 felony in any amount. At or above the threshold amount, a person convicted is not eligible for probation.
official legislative record
For: Race desk evidence
Our claim page: Feely's businesseshttps://statedrecord.com/claims/arizona-us-house-01-2026/feely-business-holdings
For: Feely's account of his businesses checked
Our claim page: Shah's fentanyl and border voteshttps://statedrecord.com/claims/arizona-us-house-01-2026/shah-fentanyl-border
For: Feely's account of his businesses checked

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