District: Arizona - 3rd District Political Highlights: candidate for Tucson Unified School District Governing Board, 1972; Tucson Unified School District Governing Board, 1974-86; Pima County Board of Supervisors, 1989-2002 Born: February 19, 1948; Tucson, Ariz. Residence: Tucson Religion: Roman Catholic Family: Wife, Mona Grijalva; three children Education: U. of Arizona, B.A. 1987 Elected: 2002 Committee Assignments: Education & Labor (Early Childhood, Elementary & Secondary Education; Higher Education & Workforce Investment); Natural Resources (Water, Oceans, and Wildlife) Social Media:
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District Rating: Safe Democrat House Seniority: 73rd ranked House Democrat Twitter: 42,147 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Raul Grijalva (D) Ross Hieb (R) John Nemeth (LIBERT)
Votes
61,256 38,474 4,088
%
59.0% 37.1% 3.9%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Raul Grijalva (D) Joseph Sweeney (R) Dave Kaplan (LIBERT)
Votes
108,868 59,066 7,503
%
62.1% 33.7% 4.3%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Raul Grijalva (D) Ron Drake (R) Joe Cobb (LIBERT)
Votes
80,354 46,498 4,673
%
61.1% 35.4% 3.6%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Raul Grijalva (D) Joseph Sweeney (R) Raymond Petrulsky (LIBERT)
