House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., makes a closing statement at a House hearing in 2020. (Bonnie Cash-Pool/Getty Images)
"From working as a vaquero to serving the people in the halls of Congress in a single generation. That’s the promise of this country, and that’s the legacy that’s helped shape me," she added. "This is the America that I want to raise my three beautiful children in. But today, that idea of America is under a serious threat," the Democrat added, saying that President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and a "gang of billionaires" are taking aim at the "most sacred rights" in the country.
Grijalva quickly reached the signature threshold necessary to make the Democratic primary ballot within the day. The primary election is on July 15, and the general election is on Sept. 23.
TRUMP NOMINATES FORMER ARIZONA ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR US AMBASSADOR TO SERBIA
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes speaks following Tuesday's ruling from Arizona's high court upholding a 160-year-old abortion ban, at an event in Tucson, Arizona, on April 12, 2024. (Reuters/Rebecca Noble)
Secretary of State Adrian Fontes was mulling a bid for the seat, but decided against it and expressed plans to run for re-election instead.
"I will continue to defend America as Arizona’s Secretary of State," Fontes said in a statement on March 26.
The district itself spans much of the southern border of the Grand Canyon State.
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