Democratic Representative
The former House Natural Resources Committee chair, whose southern Arizona district is anchored in parts of his native Tucson and stretches to the US-Mexico border, revealed early last year he’d been diagnosed with cancer. He later specified it to be lung cancer.
Representative Raul Grijalva
Photographer: Bonnie Cash/The Hill/Bloomberg
Grijalva spoke out on issues ranging from immigration and the environment to fairness toward indigenous tribes and self-determination for US territories.
“Rep. Grijalva embarked on a journey to be a voice for Southern Arizonans in Washington, D.C.,” his staff said ...