US EditionArizona sues Speaker Mike Johnson demanding swearing in of Adelita Grijalva
Arizona's attorney general argues the delay disenfranchises 813,000 residents and violates the Constitution amid a dispute over releasing Jeffrey Epstein files.
- On Tuesday, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed suit to force Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, who won a special election nearly one month ago.
- Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to seat Adelita Grijalva despite election certification last Tuesday and repeated requests from her and House Democrats.
- Without being sworn in, Adelita Grijalva cannot access office phones, email, or allowance, leaving 813,000 residents of Arizona's 7th Congressional District without representation.
- Mayes wrote that 'for weeks, the speaker has stonewalled, delayed and twisted himself into knots trying to justify what is, at its core, a brazen act of voter disenfranchisement', as the legal fight escalates and Johnson says he will seat Grijalva once the House reopens.
- Democrats say Grijalva would be the deciding 218th signature on the bipartisan discharge petition to release Jeffrey Epstein files, which could alter House majority dynamics in coming weeks.
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House speaker’s refusal to seat Arizona representative is supported by history and law
The U.S. Capitol is seen on Nov, 5, 2025. Tom Brenner/Getty ImagesAdelita Grijalva won a special election in Arizona on Sept. 23, 2025, becoming the newest member of Congress and the state’s first Latina representative. Yet, despite the Arizona secretary of state’s formal certification of Grijalva, a Democrat, as the winner of that election, Rep.-elect Grijalva has not been sworn into office. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, who by law is …
Rep-Elect Adelita Grijalva and AZ AG Sue Speaker Johnson, House of Representatives
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) filed a federal lawsuit on Oct. 21 against the U.S. House of Representatives, seeking to compel the swearing of Grijalva following her victory in a special election for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District. The suit, lodged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, names House Speaker Mike Johnson as a defendant alongside the House of Representatives instit…
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