Adelita Grijalva announces run for her late father's Congressional seat

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Adelita Grijalva announced on Monday that she will be running for the Congressional seat (CD7) left vacant by her father, the late Raúl Grijalva.

Grijalva died earlier this month after a yearlong battle with lung cancer.

He had served as a U.S. Congressman, for Arizona districts 3 and 7, since 2003. He died before he could finish his final term.


In a statement issued via news release, Grijalva said she was running for Congress, "because Southern Arizona deserves bold leadership that will fight for working families and stand up to Donald Trump."

https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/adelita-grijalva-announces-run-for-her-late-fathers-congressional-seat

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1. In addition to her most recent role serving on the Pima County Board of Supervisors,

In addition to her most recent role serving on the Pima County Board of Supervisors, Adelita worked with the Pima County Teen Court for more than two decades and served on the Tucson Unified School District governing board.

She was first elected to the Board of Supervisors in 2020.

A news release from Adelita's Congressional team said she planned to resign from her Board seat, effective Friday, April 4.

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2. I was hoping she would run for his seat!

Very happy to see her announcement today! Thank you.


https://www.adelitaforcongress.com/

Great video of her making her "pitch" to replace her father in CD 7!
(Just scroll down to view)

https://www.adelitaforcongress.com/