Former Giffords intern Daniel Hernandez Jr. running for Grijalva seat
Source: The Hill
03/24/25 10:44 AM ET
Daniel Hernández Jr., a former intern for former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.) who served in the Arizona legislature, announced on Monday he is running for former Rep. Raúl Grijalva’s (D-Ariz.) seat in Congress.
“I’m running for Congress in AZ-07! I’ve spent my life fighting for Southern Arizona—protecting our healthcare, lowering costs for families, standing up to extremists, and defending our democracy,” Hernández said in a post on X. “Now, I’m taking that fight to Washington.”
Hernández, a former member of the Arizona state House of Representatives, was present when Giffords was targeted in a 2011 assassination attempt in Tucson, Arizona.
Giffords and 18 others were shot during a constituent meeting in a supermarket parking lot. Six people were killed and Giffords, the wife of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), was shot in the head. Hernández applied pressure to Giffords’s wound and is credited with saving her life. Hernández’s campaign launch comes just days before Grijalva’s funeral, The Arizona Republic noted.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5210529-daniel-hernandez-jr-grijalva/
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