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June 24, 2026
June 24, 2026
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Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses 3 Arizona Lawmakers for Reelection to Congress
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Congress, Election 2026, House
AFGE says Reps. Ansari, Stanton, and Grijalva support federal workers and their rights
LAKEWOOD, Calif. –– The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of three members of Congress for reelection to the U.S. House representing Arizona in the 2026 elections. The statewide primary is July 21, and the general election is Nov. 3.
The endorsed candidates are Reps. Yassamin Ansari (CD-3), Greg Stanton (CD-4), and Adelita Grijalva (CD-7).
“Representatives Ansari, Stanton, and Grijalva have spent their time in Congress supporting Arizona’s working class. They have stood their ground to make Arizona a better place to work for everyone, including the federal employees we represent at AFGE,” AFGE District 12 NVP Mario Campos said.
Rep. Yassamin Ansari (CD-3)
Yassamin Ansari was sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives in January 2025, making history as the youngest woman in the 119th Congress and the first Iranian-American Democrat elected to Congress. She also serves as freshman class president for Democrats in the 119th Congress.
Prior to her election to Congress, Ansari served as vice mayor of Phoenix and was the youngest woman ever elected to the Phoenix City Council, representing one of the city’s most diverse districts in the fifth largest and fastest-growing city in the country.
Rep. Greg Stanton (CD-4)
Greg Stanton is a proven champion for Arizona families. As mayor of Phoenix from 2012-2018, he didn’t just manage growth – he reshaped the city’s economy around innovation and trade, creating thousands of quality jobs and driving some of the strongest wage growth in the nation.
Since first being elected to Congress in 2018, Rep. Stanton has focused on Arizona’s water future, investing in transit, lowering costs for working families, and building out the state's 21st-century economy. He is the cofounder of the Extreme Heat Caucus and currently serves on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee, and the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (CD-7)
Adelita Grijalva was first elected to public office in 2002, when she was elected to the Tucson Unified School District Governing Board, the largest school district in Tucson and the second-largest district in Arizona. There, as a volunteer elected official, she led the successful effort to significantly expand pre-school availability at district schools, fiercely defended Mexican-American studies and bilingual curriculum from attacks by the Arizona State Legislature, and advocated for investments in public schools in historically overlooked communities.
In September 2025, Grijalva was elected to Congress in a special election to replace her father, Rep. Raul Grijalva, who died in March 2025 after serving in the U.S. House since 2003.
Nearly 64,000 federal employees live in Arizona – caring for veterans, supporting the military, ensuring the safety of our food and air, and getting Social Security recipients their benefits accurately and on time.
AFGE is the largest federal employee union in the country, representing more than 820,000 federal and D.C. government workers in all functions of government. AFGE represents more than 10,000 federal employees in District 12, which includes Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada.
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