Raúl Grijalva

US Representative for Arizona's 3rd district, a former political radical who became a Democratic stalwart of Arizona’s congressional delegation and who was one of the most left-leaning lawmakers on Capitol Hill, representing a majority Hispanic district, died on Thursday March 13 2025 in Tucson. He was 77. Born in Tucson, AZ, February 19, 1948; B.A., University of Arizona, Tucson, 1986; Tucson, AZ, Unified School Board, 1974-1986; supervisor, Pima County, AZ, 1989-2002; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eighth and to the succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2003-2025 ). His father, Raul, came to the United States under the Bracero program, a midcentury agreement between the U.S. and Mexico that allowed Mexicans to work as farm laborers; his mother, Rafaela, was from the copper mining town of Ajo, Ariz., and spoke no English. His survivors include his wife, Ramona, and their three daughters, Adelita, Raquel and Marisa. He lived in Tucson.