Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against the U.S. House of Representatives. The action is aimed at House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for his refusal to administer the oath of office to Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.), who was victorious in a special election in September to replace her father, the late Rep. Raúl Grijalva.
“Speaker Mike Johnson is actively stripping the people of Arizona of one of their seats in Congress and disenfranchising the voters of Arizona’s seventh Congressional district in the process,” Mayes said in a statement.
