Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Adelita Grijalva was sworn in Wednesday afternoon on the floor of the House of Representatives by Speaker Mike Johnson after the Democrat was elected two months ago in Arizona.
Immediately after the ceremony, she became the 218th House member to sign the discharge petition, the bare minimum to approve a floor vote on legislation compelling the federal government to release the case files of Jeffrey Epstein.
Grijalva, 55, won a special election Sept. 23 to fill Arizona's vacant 7th Congressional District seat after Rep. Raul Grijalva, her father and fellow Democrat, died March 13. Six days later, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, ordered dates for the primary and general election.
Democrats now hold 214 House seats to the Republicans' 2019, with two still vacant.
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