PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed a lawsuit that seeks to get Democrat Adelita Grijalva sworn in as the state's newest member of Congress after U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to seat her a month since winning the post.

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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit that seeks to get Democrat Adelita Grijalva sworn in as the state's newest member of Congress after House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to seat her for a month since winning the post

The Democratic attorney general filed the lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of Grijalva

It asks a judge to let other people who are authorized to administer the oath swear in Grijalva if Johnson has not done so

Grijalva won a Sept. 23 election to fill the post previously held by her fathe

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