Raul Grijalva
Bio | Raul Grijalva is an American Democratic politician who earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona. Grijalva currently represents Arizona’s 3rd congressional district in the House, a position he has held since 2013 after spending a decade representing Arizona’s 7th congressional district. |
Status and Position | Current US House of Representatives of Arizona |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Democrat, Arizona |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 House of Representatives Election AZ-03 | AZ-03 | Yes | Running | N/A |
Campaign Financing | In 2020 he raised $1 million in campaign funds. |
Voting Rights | No known stance on voting rights. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | For | He voted in favor of the Affordable Care Act. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raúl_Grijalva |
| Socialized Healthcare | Unknown | No known stance on socialized healthcare. |
| Private Healthcare | Unknown | No known stance on private healthcare. |
| LGBT Rights | For | He supports the equal treatment of individuals regardless of their identity. He supported President Biden in ending Trump's transgender troops ban. Source: https://grijalva.house.gov/rep-grijalva-statement-president-biden-ending-trump-s-transgender-troop-ban/ |
| Taxes | For | He supports the enforcement of taxation measures. In 2008, he voted to amend the internal revenue code to require reporting to the IRS of payments of $600 or more made to corporations. Furthermore, he voted in favor of increasing penalties for failure to file correct tax return information. Source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/5804?s=7&r=7 |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | No known stance on flat tax rate. In 2008, he voted to amend the internal revenue code to require reporting to the IRS of payments of $600 or more made to corporations. Furthermore, he voted in favor of increasing penalties for failure to file correct tax return information. Source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/5804?s=7&r=7 |
| Abortion | For | He is pro-choice. He voted against the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raúl_Grijalva |
| Gun Control | For | He supports increasing restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. He also supports increasing the enforcement of existing restrictions on the possession of guns. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raúl_Grijalva |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | No known stance on assissted suicide. He also supports increasing the enforcement of existing restrictions on the possession of guns. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raúl_Grijalva |
| Government Interference | Unknown | No known stance on government interference. |
| Planned Parenthood | Unknown | No known stance on Planned Parenthood. |
| Welfare | For | He supports allocating a portion of tax money to help the homeless. In 2008, he voted to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment, to provide assisstance to homeless veterans. Source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/5823?s=1&r=6 |
| Welfare | Unknown | No known stance on Stem Cell Research. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | No known stance on the death penalty. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | No known stance on mandatory prison sentencing. |
| Military Spending | Against | He called for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raúl_Grijalva |
| War on Terrorism | Against | He frequently called for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, and supports the wider implementation of the National Solidarity Program as a way to improve Afghans' economic and education infrastructure. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raúl_Grijalva |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | Against | He critized Obama for failing to consult Congress on the military intervention in Libya. He voted to stop the Libyan war. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raúl_Grijalva |
| United Nations power | Unknown | No known stance on United Nations Powers. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | No known stance on nationalism. |
| Free Markets | Unknown | No known stance on free markets. |
| Brexit | Unknown | No known stance on Brexit. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | No known stance on Affirmative Action. |
| Government Spending | For | He supports government spending on education. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raúl_Grijalva |
| Charter Schools | For | He voted in favor of two bills that would enhance educational opportunities, including the Success in the Middle Act and the Graduation for All Act. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raúl_Grijalva |
| Common Core | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Clean Energy | For | He believes that climate change is a threat to our environment. As the ranking Democratic member of the United States House Committee on Natural Resources, Grijalva sent letters to institutions employing scientists who do not believe in climate change to declare if they are receiving funding from fossil fuel companies. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raúl_Grijalva |
| Religious Freedom | Unknown | No known stance on religious freedom. |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | No known stance on the separation of the church from state. |
| Slavery Reparations | For | He voted in favor of a bill that acknowledges that slavery is incompatible with the basic principle recognized in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal. Source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-resolution/194?s=1&r=15 |
| Border Control | Against | He opposed the 2010 deployment of national guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. He criticized the 2010 deployment of 1,200 national guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border as "political symbolism" that he believes would not adequately address the issues of immigration and border security. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raúl_Grijalva |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | No known stance on passenger profiling. |
| DACA | For | He supports the Dream Act. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raúl_Grijalva |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | No known stance. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | For | He supports ending cannibis prohibition on a federal level, allow states to legalize adult use cannabis, and allow cannabis businesses to use banks. Source: https://www.cannabisvoter.info/state-news/arizona/ |