Raúl Grijalva, Representative for Arizona's 3rd Congressional District

Grijalva is the representative for Arizona’s 3^rd congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. He has served since Jan 3, 2013. Grijalva is next up for reelection in 2018.

He was previously the representative for Arizona’s 7^th congressional district as a Democrat from 2003 to 2012.

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2017 Report Card for Grijalva.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Grijalva is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Grijalva has sponsored and cosponsored. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

Human Rights Campaign: 100% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% League of Conservation Voters: 95% American Civil Liberties Union: 94% NIAC Action: A The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B+ United States Chamber of Commerce: 28% FreedomWorks: 20% Americans for Prosperity: 7% The Club for Growth: 4% NumbersUSA: 3%

Committee Membership

Raúl Grijalva sits on the following committees:

Ranking Member, House Committee on Natural Resources
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Federal Lands
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Ex Officio, Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans
House Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Member, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
- Member, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections

Enacted Legislation

Grijalva was the primary sponsor of 10 bills that were enacted. The most recent include:

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We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if about one third or more of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Grijalva sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Public Lands and Natural Resources (36%) Education (21%) Immigration (10%) Health (7%) Government Operations and Politics (7%) Native Americans (7%) Animals (6%) International Affairs (5%)

Recent Bills

Some of Grijalva’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

Grijalva’s Vote	Vote Description
No	H.R. 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II Jul 15, 2015. Passed 312/119.
No	H.R. 6: 21st Century Cures Act Jul 10, 2015. Passed 344/77. The 21st Century Cures Act is a bipartisan bill that would reform the current standards and appropriations for biomedical research, provide $1.75 billion annually for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and $110 million for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This funding would end ...
No	H.R. 2146: Defending Public Safety Employees’ Retirement Act Jun 18, 2015. Passed 218/208. This vote made H.R. 2146 the vehicle for passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal currently being negotiated. H.R. 2146 was originally introduced as a bill to address issues with retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. ...
Nay	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
No	H.R. 33: Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act Feb 27, 2015. Passed 357/60. This bill was the vehicle for the passage of continuing appropriations. This bill started out as the Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act. It was passed by the House in this form. But on Feb 27, 2015 the Senate struck its text in whole ...
Nay	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
No	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
Nay	S. 1603 (113th): Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act Sep 16, 2014. Passed 359/64.
No	H.R. 6233 (112th): Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2012 Aug 2, 2012. Passed 223/197.
No	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant change to the U.S. patent system since 1952, and ...

Missed Votes

From Jan 2003 to Apr 2018, Grijalva missed 747 of 10,958 roll call votes, which is 6.8%. This is much worse than the median of 2.3% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2003 Jan-Mar	94	1	1.1%	38^th
2003 Apr-Jun	239	4	1.7%	45^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	0	0.0%	0^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	3	2.9%	41^st
2004 Apr-Jun	221	4	1.8%	40^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	9	5.6%	67^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	3	5.2%	60^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	2	2.2%	38^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	3	1.1%	38^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	4	2.7%	62^nd
2005 Oct-Dec	163	8	4.9%	69^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	1	1.2%	38^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	7	2.5%	59^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	2	1.3%	42^nd
2006 Nov-Dec	27	3	11.1%	78^th
2007 Jan-Mar	213	11	5.2%	84^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	5	1.3%	44^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	8	2.5%	63^rd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	11	4.2%	66^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	16	10.7%	87^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	17	5.3%	75^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	25	12.2%	93^rd
2008 Oct-Dec	15	1	6.7%	78^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	23	13.2%	97^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	24	7.9%	92^nd
2009 Jul-Sep	268	26	9.7%	95^th
2009 Oct-Dec	246	31	12.6%	95^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	40	20.5%	98^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	25	11.4%	93^rd
2010 Jul-Sep	151	9	6.0%	81^st
2010 Nov-Dec	99	4	4.0%	56^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	11	5.2%	90^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	15	5.3%	87^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	13	5.3%	84^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	19	9.1%	91^st
2012 Jan-Mar	151	11	7.3%	85^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	10	3.3%	70^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	3	2.0%	58^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	15	29.4%	99^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	4	80.0%	99^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	15	16.9%	96^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	27	12.6%	95^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	23	11.5%	95^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	21	15.3%	96^th
2014 Jan-Mar	148	7	4.7%	75^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	17	7.8%	86^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	4	2.7%	70^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	8	16.3%	97^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	19	13.2%	95^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	16	6.6%	89^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	5	3.6%	76^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	15	8.5%	95^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	24	17.5%	94^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	28	13.7%	94^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	24	10.3%	93^rd
2016 Nov-Dec	48	4	8.3%	89^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	17	8.2%	92^nd
2017 Apr-Jun	136	10	7.4%	89^th
2017 Jul-Sep	199	9	4.5%	84^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	12	7.2%	86^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	10	7.8%	81^st
2018 Apr-Apr	18	1	5.6%	75^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

@unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills

Raúl Grijalva is pronounced:

rah-OOL // gree-HAHL-vuh

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
AH ah	calm
EE ee	meet
G g	get
H h	hat
L l	leg
OO oo	soon
R r	rag
UH uh	cup
V v	van

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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