Richard Grayson

Richard Grayson is the Green Party nominee for the Arizona House of Representatives in Legislative District 7. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he holds a bachelor's degree from Brooklyn College, master's degrees from the College of Staten Island and Brooklyn College, and a law degree from the University of Florida. According to Ballotpedia, he has worked as a writer, college professor, law school administrator and staff attorney. He has run numerous long-shot campaigns for Congress in several states, including as the Democratic nominee for Wyoming's at-large U.S. House seat in 2014, when he received 22.9% of the vote. In 2026 he also filed for Arizona's 5th Congressional District but did not appear on the ballot, and he lost the Green Party primary for U.S. Senate in Alaska. He won the LD7 Green Party primary as a write-in candidate and faces Republicans Walt Blackman, the incumbent, and David Cook Sr. and Democrat Samuel Martin in the November 3, 2026 general election for the district's two House seats.