Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Dem wins AZ House seat, narrowing GOP's slim House majority

Voters in southern Arizona have elected a new member of Congress, Democrat Adelita Grijalva. She easily won a special election to finish the term of her father, Congressman Raul Grijalva, who died in March. She will become Arizona's first Latina congressional representative. Her win also narrows the slim majority Republicans currently hold in the House. They can only lose two votes and still pass legislation.

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... MARTIN: So what do we know about how she might be able to have an immediate impact, even though she's a freshman, and, you know, freshmen aren't generally known to have much of an impact? But how could she?

GILES: Right. Almost immediately, her presence in Washington, it could have a significant impact on a bipartisan effort to force the disclosure of investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein. Last night in a victory speech after her win in Tucson, Grijalva reiterated that she'll support a maneuver known as a discharge petition that would sidestep House Speaker Mike Johnson and force a vote on the House floor on the release of Epstein records. Grijalva said that's because voters elected her to hold the Trump administration accountable. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-09-24 01:55 PM

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