WATCH: Rep. Adelita Grijalva has been officially sworn in
Rep. Adelita Grijalva has been officially sworn in—and is the first Latina to represent Arizona in Congress.
Rep. Adelita Grijalva has been officially sworn in—and is the first Latina to represent Arizona in Congress.
A number of seats are up for grabs in Arizona with less than a year to go to election day.
Weeks after she was elected to serve in Congress, Adelita Grijalva was finally sworn into office—but over 800,000 Arizonans were without constituent services since September.
Democrat Adelita Grijalva was sworn in as the newest member of Congress on Wednesday, more than seven weeks after she won a special election in Arizona to fill the House seat last held by her late father.
SNAP benefits still have not been distributed, even though the Trump administration agreed to partially fund the program by court order.
House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted that Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva already has all the access of any House member—but she can't yet vote on the floor or file a bill.
US House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to seat Arizona's Adelita Grijalva, who won her election a month ago.
It’s been weeks since Adelita Grijalva was elected to Congress, but she still hasn’t been sworn into office, leaving many southern Arizonans without representation.
On Tuesday, Arizona officially certified the results of Democrat Adelita Grijalva’s landslide win in a special election to Congress. Over 800,000 Arizonans are without representation since March.
Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva arrived at the US Capitol on Tuesday expecting to be sworn in. Instead—a week after winning a special election—she was left waiting.