Adelita Grijalva — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as U.S. Representative for Arizona's 7th congressional district since November 12, 2025
Served as a member of the Pima County Board of Supervisors for District 5 from 2021 to 2025
Served on the Tucson Unified School District Governing Board from 2002 to 2022
Graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1995
Was the youngest woman ever elected to the Tucson Unified School District Governing Board in 2002
Received Advocate of the Year from the Arizona School Counselors Association in 2008
Successfully pushed for the Pima County Board to open meetings with a land acknowledgement

Adelita S. Grijalva is an American politician who has served as the U.S.

Representative for Arizona's 7th congressional district since November 12, 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she was elected to the U.S.

House of Representatives in a special election on September 23, 2025, to succeed her father, former U.S. representative Raúl Grijalva.

Her swearing-in was delayed for seven weeks until November 12, 2025, due to a federal government shutdown.