Adelita Grijalva

Adelita Grijalva grew up in Tucson joining her parents at marches for farmworkers and migrant rights, sometimes while she was still being pushed in a stroller.¹ She lives in Tucson with her husband, Sol, and their three children, in the community where her family has long been involved in public life.²

After graduating from Pueblo High School and the University of Arizona, Grijalva worked at Pima County Teen Court for more than 25 years.² The program uses restorative juvenile diversion, and she has described how that work brought her into contact with the effects of school discipline on young people's lives.¹

She joined the Tucson Unified school board in 2002 and later served on the Pima County Board of Supervisors, becoming its first Latina chair.² Her congressional biography highlights work expanding preschool access, investing in affordable housing and protecting open space before she won the 2025 special election for her late father Raúl's House seat.²³

Grijalva faces Republican Daniel Butierez again in the Seventh District.³ She supports Medicare for All, more affordable housing and child care assistance, and replacing ICE with a different approach to immigration enforcement that protects civil liberties and expands the capacity of immigration courts.³