Lawsuit seeks to force swearing in of US Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva of Arizona
October 21, 2025
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit that seeks to get Democrat Adelita Grijalva sworn in as the state’s newest member of Congress after House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to seat her for a month since winning the post. The Democratic attorney general filed the lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of Grijalva. It asks a judge to let other people who are authorized to administer the oath swear in Grijalva if Johnson has not done so. Grijalva won a Sept. 23 election to fill the post previously held by her father, Democrat Raúl Grijalva, who died in March. Johnson said Adelita Grijalva will be sworn in when the House returns to session.