Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva’s victory in Arizona is now official. This was certified by the state and the Arizona Attorney General was done with Johnson’s games.
Grijalvia said in a statement that the election certification “simply confirms what voters clearly said 21 days ago: We won this election decisively by more than 40,000 votes.”
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She also thanked Arizona officials, Gov. Katie Hobbs, Attorney General Kris Mayes and Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, for “fulfilling their duties and standing up for the more than 800,000 Arizonans who currently have no voice in Congress.”
Attorney General Mayes, for his part, sent Johnson a letter of demand.
Mayes wrote:
On behalf of the State of Arizona, I demand that the Honorable Adelita Grijalva be sworn in as Representative of Arizona’s Seventh Congressional District and be authorized to assume her seat without further delay. Failure to seat Ms. Grijalva immediately or provide a reasonable explanation as to when she will be seated will result in legal action.
The unique democratic function of the House of Representatives makes it particularly egregious to thwart the will of voters in choosing their representative. A member of the House of Representatives occupies the only directly elected proportional office in the federal government, and “it is particularly essential that [the House] should have immediate dependence and intimate sympathy with the people. Federalist No. 52 (James Madison). From this status comes the sole power of the House to issue certain consequential questions, such as revenue bills. See, for example, The Federalist Nos. 58 (James Madison) (income); 65, 66, 81 (Alexander Hamilton) (impeachment).
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