[Adelita] Grijalva describes herself as an “unapologetic progressive voice who will stand up and fight back” against the Trump administration. She’s picked up the backing of progressive icons such as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly, Arizona’s two more moderate Democratic senators.  

Grijalva has the support of “the entire movement ecosystem of Arizona, including unions and other groups,” said Matthew Marquez, the Arizona campaigns director for the left-leaning Working Families Party, which has endorsed the former Pima County supervisor. 

“She’s committed to building something new and fresh … but also building on the good work that her dad did for so long while he was in Congress,” Marquez added.

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