Representative-Elect Adelita Grijalva issues statement on certification of election results
WASHINGTON (KYMA) - Representative-Elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued a statement Tuesday regarding Arizona officials certifying the results of the Special General Election.
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes held a canvass event to certify the results of the election.
"Today's certification simply confirms what the voters made clear 21 days ago: We won this election decisively by more than 40,000 votes. I want to thank Governor Hobbs, Attorney General Mayes, and Secretary Fontes for fulfilling their duties and standing up for the more than 800,000 Arizonans who currently do not have a voice in Congress. They did their jobs, now it's time for Speaker Johnson to do his."
Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
According to a press release obtained by KYMA, Attorney General Mayes wrote a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson "demanding that Grijalva be sworn in immediately."
"I also want to thank Attorney General Mayes for her letter; I will continue to be in close contact with her as we explore legal options if the Speaker continues to drag his feet," Grijalva shared.
Last week, Grijalva wrote a letter to Speaker Johnson to request a swearing in date.
"Speaker Johnson has exhausted every excuse to delay my swearing-in. I am simply asking him to abide by the same precedent he set when he swore in his Republican colleagues within 24 hours of their special elections and during pro forma sessions earlier this year. Any further delay reveals his true motive: Speaker Johnson is stalling because he knows I will be the 218th signature on the discharge petition to release the Epstein files."
Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
Grijalva also said she will be joining her Democratic colleagues in Washington this week to demand Republicans to "come to the negotiating table to end the government shutdown and swear her in."
"The cost of his obstruction is the silencing of over 800,000 Southern Arizonans who deserve to have a voice in Congress. It is also robbing them of the essential constituent services they count on every day, especially during this Republican government shutdown," Grijalva remarked in her statement.
Grijalva defeated Republican candidate Daniel Butierez during the September 23 Special General Election, and is expected to fill the seat left vacant by her father, the late Congressman Raul Grijalva.
