PHOENIX -- Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva and Attorney General Kris Mayes filed suit Tuesday against the U.S. House of Representatives for failing to swear her in and give her full access despite having been elected last month and the results certified by state officials.

In the 17-page complaint, the pair, both Democrats, accuse Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of arbitrarily -- and illegally -- seating her where she can represent her 813,000 constituents in the district that stretches from Douglas and Nogales through much of Tucson, west toYuma and all the way into the Phoenix suburb of Buckeye. And they want her sworn in as soon as possible. ×

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