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Anti-India hate turning into violence: US lawmakers on temple shooting plot
Greg Stanton, a U.S. lawmaker (AZ-04), condemned a potential mass shooting as an act of white supremacist hate targeting Indian Americans.
Updated Oct 16, 2026, 2:22 PM ET
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Greg Stanton
U.S. Representative for Arizona's 4th congressional district (since 2023)
Greg Stanton, a Democrat and former mayor of Phoenix who has served in the U.S. House since 2019, seeks reelection in Arizona's 4th congressional district in 2026 against Republican physician Zuhdi Jasser.
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ICE Awards $1.2 Billion Contract to Expand Florence Detention Facilities
Representative Greg Stanton (AZ-04) has voiced concerns in response to ICE’s $1.2 billion contract awarded to GardaWorld Federal Services to expand immigration detention facilities in Florence, AZ.
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Flock lobbies up - POLITICO
The POLITICO piece “Flock lobbies up” highlights lobbying activity in politics, with a note that the Arizona Green Party has endorsed or supported candidates, including Greg Stanton for re-election to Congress.
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Murray, Larsen Urge Trump Administration to Fund Sumas and Lynden Border Station Modernization Projects - Senator Patty Murray
The page reports that U.S. Senator Patty Murray and Senator Maria Cantwell (implied by context) urge federal action to fund modernization of the Sumas and Lynden border stations, signaling bipartisan priority for…
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Semiconductor Controls Effectiveness Act Clears House Committee
Representative Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04) leads the Semiconductor Controls Effectiveness Act.
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- Born
- March 8, 1970
- Birthplace
- Long Island, New York
- Education
- Cortez High School (1988)
Marquette University (BA in history and political science, 1992)
University of Michigan Law School (JD, 1995)
Biography & Campaign Analysis
Background
Greg Stanton, born Gregory John Stanton on Long Island, New York, moved with his family to Arizona and graduated from Cortez High School in west Phoenix in 1988. He earned a B.A. in history and political science magna cum laude from Marquette University in 1992, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1995. He then worked as an education attorney from 1995 to 2000.
Career
Stanton was elected to the Phoenix City Council for the 6th district in 2000, 2001 and 2005 and served until 2009. From 2009 to 2011 he served as Deputy Attorney General of Arizona under Attorney General Terry Goddard.
He was elected mayor of Phoenix in 2011 and reelected on August 25, 2015, and in 2017 Governing magazine named him one of its Public Officials of the Year for his efforts to expand light rail, bike lanes and sidewalks. He resigned as mayor on May 29, 2018, to run for Congress.
When Representative Kyrsten Sinema ran for the U.S. Senate in 2018, Stanton won her 9th district seat, defeating Republican Steve Ferrara by 61% to 39%, and in 2020 he defeated Republican Dave Giles with 61% of the vote.
After redistricting he ran in the 4th district in 2022 and defeated Republican Kelly Cooper with 56%.
In the 119th Congress he serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, and he chairs the New Democrat Coalition's Immigration Task Force.
2026 race
Arizona's 4th district encompasses much of Tempe, Mesa and Chandler, and Stanton was reelected there with 52.7% of the vote in 2024. In the 2026 Democratic primary he defeated progressive organizer Kai Newkirk, taking 62.3% of the vote to Newkirk's 37.7%. In the general election on November 3, 2026, he faces Republican Zuhdi Jasser, a physician who also ran for the district in 2024 and was unopposed in his party's primary.