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TED: GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THIS AZ VOTES 2025 SPECIAL EDITION OF "ARIZONA HORIZON."

I'M TED SIMONS.

TONIGHT, WE FEATURE A DEBATE AMONG THE FIVE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES RUNNING IN A SPECIAL ELECTION TO SUCCEED THE LATE RAUL GRIJALVA, A DEMOCRAT AND SERVE MORE THAN 20 YEARS IN CONGRESS REPRESENTING SOUTHERN ARIZONA IN DISTRICT 7.

A DISTRICT THAT COVERS PARTS OF TUCSON, NOGALES, YUMA AND MARICOPA COUNTY.

CONGRESSMAN GRIJALVA DIED IN MARCH AFTER A BATTLE WITH LUNG CANCER.

WE'LL HEAR FROM REPUBLICAN PRIMARY CANDIDATES ON THURSDAY.

CANDIDATES WILL BE GIVEN 60 SECONDS WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR REBUTTALS.

DEJA FOXX DIGITAL MEDIA STRATEGIST, ADELITA GRIJALVA, RAUL GRIJALVA'S DAUGHTER, PATRICK HARRIS, A RETIRED BUSINESSMAN, DANIEL HERNANDEZ, JR., AND JOSE MALVIDO, JR., AN INDIGENOUS SCHOLAR.

LET'S GET UNDER WAY WITH OPENING STATEMENTS AND IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, WE START WITH DEJA FOXX.

>> MY NAME IS DEJA FOXX, AND IT'S NO SECRET, BUT I DON'T LOOK LIKE THE OTHER FOLKS IN THE STAGE OR IN CONGRESS, THAT'S BECAUSE I'M NOT.

I WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE MOM HERE IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA, WE RELIED ON SECTION 8, FOOD STAMPS AND MEDICAID JUST TO GET BY.

I'VE BEEN HOMELESS.

I WORKED AT A GAS STATION AND IF YOU AT HOME ARE FEELING LIKE POLITICIANS JUST DON'T GET IT, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THEY DON'T.

THEY'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO MAKE DECISIONS IN THE GROCERY CHECKOUT LINE OR WORK FULL-TIME AND STILL NOT MAKE THE BILLS THAT SOME HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN BACK TO SCHOOL CLOTHES AND WORK TO SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY.

THAT'S THE KIND OF EXPERIENCE I BRING TO THE RACE.

IT'S THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE SHARE.

AND IT'S AN URGENCY THAT COMES DOING EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY.

I BELIEVE WE NEED MORE THAN A POLITICIAN.

YOU DESERVE A FIGHTER.

TED: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE TURN NOW TO ADELITA GRIJALVA.

>> HI.

BUENOS TARDES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THE IMPORTANT ELECTION.

I'M ADELITA GRIJALVA, THE PROUD GRANDDAUGHTER OF A HARD-WORKING MEXICAN IMMIGRANT AND DAUGHTER OF U.S.

CONGRESSMAN, A MAN SPENT HIS LIFE WORKING FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY.

THAT IS THE PROMISE OF AMERICA, AND THAT IS THE LEGACY THAT SHAPED ME, AND IN ONE GENERATION THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE OF HARD WORK AND PUBLIC EDUCATION.

I HAVE SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE ADVOCATING FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE A VOICE, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THE COALITION OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE GATHERED TO TRY TO HELP US GET TO THAT NEXT LEVEL AND GET TO CONGRESS.

I'M PROUD OF THE ENDORSEMENT OF FORMER REPRESENTATIVE GABBY GIFFORDS, SENATORS MARK KELLY, RUBEN GALLEGO, BERNIE SANDERS, OVER EIGHT UNIONS INCLUDING THE ARIZONA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, AND OVER 50 ELECTED OFFICIALS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THIS DISCUSSION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

TED: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT IS PATRICK HARRIS, SR. >> HI, I'M PATRICK HARRIS, NOT A CAREER POLITICIAN.

I'M A HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT THAT STARTED AT BURGER KING, FACED HOMELESSNESS, EARNED MY MBA, RAISED SIX KIDS AND RETIRED AS PRESIDENT AND CEO OF A NONPROFIT AT THE AGE OF 44.

I'VE LIVED THE AMERICAN DREAM, BUT THAT DREAM IS NOW OUT OF REACH BECAUSE BILLIONAIRES HOARD TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND THAT'S WHY I'M COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT TO FIX OUR ECONOMY AND SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY.

I'VE CREATED A PLATFORM, CAPITTATED CAPITALISM OR CAP THE CAP.

IT CAPS WELL AT ONE BILLION DOLLARS AND REQUIRES EXCESS TO BE REINVESTED INTO HOUSING, HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, JOBS AND CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS WITHOUT RAISING TAXES IT.

PUTS TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS BACK INTO THE ECONOMY WHERE IT BELONGS.

WHEN I SAY I'LL FIGHT FOR YOU, I WILL, AND I HAVE A PLAN.

I'VE DRAFTED LEGISLATION.

ELECT ME, AND I'LL TAKE IT STRAIGHT TO CONGRESS.

TED: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

FOR THE NEXT OPENING STATEMENT, WE TURN TO DANIEL HERNANDEZ, JR. >> THANK YOU, TED AND THANK YOU TO THE VIEWERS AT HOME.

I'M THE SON OF A CONSTRUCTION WORKER AND A MEXICAN IMMIGRANT.

GROWING UP MY GRANDMOTHER TAUGHT ME AN IMPORTANT LESSON, THE IDEA THAT NO MATTER HOW BIG OR SMALL, WE HAD AN IDEA TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE, BY ADDING IN OUR LITTLE GRAIN OF SAND.

I SPENT MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE TRYING TO MAKE SOUTHERN ARIZONA BETTER FOR ALL OF US.

I HAVE FOUGHT AS AN ADVOCATE, FIRST AS A GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVOR, TRYING TO REFORM GUN LAWS THEN AS NATIONAL LATINO FIGHTING AGAINST EXTREMISM IN CONGRESS LIKE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE TO FACE IN D.C., TO MAKE SURE WE STAND UP FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA, FIGHT BACK AGAINST MAGA REPUBLICANS AND DONALD TRUMP, AND ENSURE WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE.

MY NAME IS DANIEL HERNANDEZ.

TED: WITH THE LAST OPENING STATEMENT, JOSE MALVIDO, JR. >> I'M JOSE MALVIDO, JR., I'M THE SON OF A FATHER THAT WAS A UNION ORGANIZER OUT OF THE COPPER MINES, IN AJO, ARIZONA, AND LIVED THROUGH THE GREAT COPPER STRIKE OF 1983 WHERE WE WERE ON STRIKE FOR THREE YEARS, AND BEFORE THAT, WE WERE KICKED OUT OF OUR HOMES BECAUSE OF EMINENT DOMAIN.

AND DURING THOSE EARLY EXPERIENCES REALLY SHAPE MY WANTING TO DEDICATE MY LIFE TO HELP PEOPLE.

SO SINCE THE AGE OF 9, WHEN PEOPLE WERE GETTING KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES, ME TRYING TO PHYSICALLY HELP THEM.

THAT'S WHEN I MADE THE DECISION TO HELP PEOPLE.

I'M NOT A POLITICIAN, I DECIDED TO RUN BECAUSE I'M FED UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN CONGRESS, AND I'M FED UP WITH POLITICIANS CONTINUING TO DO THE SAME THING.

SO WE NEED REPRESENTATION THAT'S GOING TO HELP THE PEOPLE.

TED: ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LET'S GET THIS THING STARTED, DEJA, WE START WITH YOU, CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 7.

THE BIGGEST NEEDS AND THE TOP PRIORITY FROM DAY ONE?

>> YEAH, LIKE I SAID, I WAS BORN AND RAISED RIGHT HERE IN TUCSON, IN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 7 BY A SINGLE MOM.

SHE WORKED EVERY ODD JOB YOU CAN IMAGINE.

SHE CLEANED HOUSES, DELIVERED FLOWERS, WORKED AT A POST OFFICE.

I KNOW WHAT THE AMERICAN DREAM AND GOOD POLICY COULD DO BECAUSE IT WAS BECAUSE OF GOOD POLICY, ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE CARE, QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION THAT I WAS ABLE TO GO ONTO BE THE FIRST IN MY FAMILY TO GO TO COLLEGE.

FOR ME, PROTECTING SOCIAL SERVICES ISN'T JUST A TALKING POINT.

DONALD TRUMP PUT FAMILIES LIKE MINE IN THE CROSSHAIRS, REPUBLICANS ARE ATTEMPTING TO PASS BILLS THAT WOULD STRIP FAMILIES LIKE MINE OF ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.

WOULD TAKE FOOD OFF OF OUR TABLES AND LINE THE POCKETS OF BILLIONAIRES.

THIS ISN'T JUST WRONG, IT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND IT'S WHY I'M IN THIS FIGHT BECAUSE FAMILIES LIKE OURS HAVE BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE HALLS OF POWER.

TED: ADELITA, DAY ONE, TOP PRIORITY, THE FIRST THING YOU WANT TO GET DONE.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND, WHEN TRUMP PASSED THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL, THAT IS ONE OF THE UGLIEST BILLS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THAT WE'VE SEEN, IT REALLY TARGETED OUR MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, FROM SENIORS, VETERANS, MOTHERS, CHILDREN, INDIGENOUS AND LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES.

IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF THEIR NORM, IF YOU'RE NOT FOLLOWING THEIR IDEOLOGY, THEN YOU'RE PART OF THE PROBLEM, AND SO DAY ONE, WE HAVE TO FIGHT AGAINST TRUMP.

WE CANNOT LET TRUMP TAKE AWAY SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID BECAUSE 347,000 ARIZONANS AND 142,000 CHILDREN DEPEND ON IT.

THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO WORK ON.

TED: PATRICK, DAY ONE, WHAT YOU GOING TO DO?

>> YOU MAY REMEMBER ME MEETING YOU IN A PARKING LOT ASKING FOR A SIGNATURE OR KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR AFTER CLIMBING THREE FLIGHTS OF STAIRS.

WHAT I HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN IS THE COST OF LIVING.

LIKE MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED, LITTLE TOO MUCH AT THE TOP, AND WE'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE, AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, ROME, FRANCE, RUSSIA, ALL CRUMBLE.

FIRST THING I'M GOING TO DO IS TAKE LEGISLATION ALREADY DRAFTED AND INTRODUCE CAPITATED CAPITALISM TO THE CONGRESS.

REINFORCE THE COUNTRY THAT'S BEEN SO GOOD TO THEM.

TED: DANIEL?

THE BIGGEST NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT AND HOW YOU PLAN TO ADDRESS THE NEED ON DAY ONE?

>> I'VE ALWAYS DELIVERED FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER OR LEGISLATOR.

RIGHT NOW WHAT I'M HEARING ON HUNDREDS OF DOORS I PERSONALLY KNOCKED IS COST OF LIVING IS TOO HIGH.

PEOPLE ARE FEELING THE PINCH.

WE NEED TO FIGHT AGAINST TRUMP'S TARIFFS THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT THIS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, WHETHER IT'S THE PRODUCE INDUSTRY IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY OR AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY IN YUMA.

THESE ARE HITTING PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO STRUGGLE.

MY DAD WOULD WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AND GO TO WORK BEFORE THE SUN ROSE AND COME BACK OFTENTIMES AFTER THE SUN SET, BECAUSE AS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER HE HAD TO KEEP FOOD ON THE TABLE.

I WANT TO FIGHT AGAINST TAX HIKES, MAKING SURE WE ARE ALSO DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REDUCE AND CREATE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING LIKE I DID WHEN I PASSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING TAX CREDIT IN ARIZONA.

TED: JOSE, DAY ONE AND WHAT YOU PLAN TO DO ABOUT IT?

>> THE BIGGEST NEED FOR THE DISTRICT AND THE COUNTRY IS GET BACK THE POWER OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND PUT IT BACK INTO THE OTHER THREE.

THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE THREE BRANCHES OF POWER INTO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH IS REALLY WHAT'S AT ROOT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

SO I VOW TO WORK WITH OTHER FOLKS, WHETHER IT'S CONGRESS OR SENATE, TO REALLY BUILD A COALITION IN ORDER TO TAKE BACK THE POWER BECAUSE ALL THESE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS THAT PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT, THAT GOES UNDER THAT BECAUSE STUFF THAT SHOULD BE COMING OUT OF CONGRESS IS COMING OUT OF THE PRESIDENCY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO ALLOW.

TED: I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE ECONOMY HERE REAL QUICKLY BECAUSE THIS WILL BE A REBUTTAL BECAUSE EVERYONE IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM MENTIONED THE ECONOMY.

DEJA, START WITH YOU, PRICES ARE STILL HIGH.

I WANT TO ASK HOW THEY GOT THERE BECAUSE CRITICS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAY THERE WAS TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT SPENDING, THUS INFLATION, DO THEY HAVE A POINT?

>> HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW, THE PEOPLE IN POWER ARE DISCONNECTED FROM FAMILY, FROM THE REALITY OF WHAT IT MEANS TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS IN THE GROCERY CHECKOUT LINE.

BE HONEST, DONALD TRUMP AND ELON MUSK HAVE PROBABLY NEVER DONE THEIR OWN GROCERY SHOPPING.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE GOVERN.

IT IS AN ENDEMIC PROBLEM TO OUR PARTY THAT PEOPLE ARE SEPARATED FROM THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE, THE JOB TITLE IS REPRESENTATIVE.

I SAT WITH SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA, A BREWERY IN DOWNTOWN TUCSON WHO SHARED THEY ARE SEEING THE SEASONS GET LONGER AND HOTTER AND AT THE SAME TIME, TRUMP'S TARIFFS ARE INCREASING THE COST OF THEIR CANS, OF MALTS AND EQUIPMENT BY 30%.

THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN BEFORE, BUT CONSIDERING HAVE TO CUT EMPLOYEES NOW.

THAT WILL IMPACT OUR FRIENDS, OUR NEIGHBORS AND ABILITY TO WORK.

TED: ADELITA, BEFORE THERE WERE TARIFFS, THERE WAS INFLATION, WHY WAS THERE INFLATION AND WHAT CAN YOU IN CONGRESS WITH FELLOW DEMOCRATS DO ABOUT IT?

>> ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THE FLAT TAX AND THE CORPORATE TAX.

WE HAVE TOO MANY ALLOWANCES FOR CORPORATIONS TO NOT HAVE TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.

WE HAVE BILLIONAIRES NOT PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE.

I'M PAYING MORE IN TAXES THAN PEOPLE MAKING TWO OR THREE TIMES MORE THAN I AM.

THIS CUT WITH THE RECENT BILL IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR WORKING FAMILIES MORE THAN ANYONE.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE BEING HARMED THE MOST BY THE CUTS ARE THE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED THOSE SERVICES.

SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A K-12 SYSTEM AND THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DISMANTLING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, THAT'S GOING TO DEVASTATE GENERATIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

THAT MY YOUNG DAUGHTER WHO GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL LAST THURSDAY, I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR THEM BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT WE LIVE HERE AND WE'RE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

TED: PATRICK, TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PAST AND REALIZE HOW WE GOT WHERE WE ARE.

HOW ARE WE HERE WITH THESE PRICES?

WHAT HAPPENED?

HOW DO YOU AVOID IT AGAIN?

>> HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.

IN FRANCE THE GUILLOTINES CAME OUT WHEN THE LAVISH NOBLES CAME OUT AND IGNORED THE POVERTY.

YOU HAVE 800 BILLIONAIRES HOARDING MORE THAN $6 TRILLION.

THAT MONEY IS SITTING IDLE.

WE TAX INCOME UNDER THE 16th AMENDMENT, AND THAT IS ONLY TAXED WHEN CAPITAL CIRCULATES.

THAT MAKES A CAPITAL MARKET HEALTHY.

IT IS EASY TO CUT EXPENSES AS ANY BUSINESS PERSON WILL TELL YOU.

IT'S HARD TO RAISE REVENUE.

WHEN WE INTRODUCE CAPITATED CAPITALISM, IT WILL LOWER OUR TAX RATES AND INCREASE GOVERNMENT RESERVES TO SPEND ON THE SOCIAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE NECESSARY.

>> THE IDEA OF CUTTING TAXES AND INCREASING REVENUES WILL BE BROUGHT UP THURSDAY DURING THE REPUBLICAN DEBATE.

IS THAT SOMETHING DEMOCRATS NEED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT?

>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CUTTING TAXES, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON CUTTING TAXES FOR WORKING CLASS FAMILIES.

THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE FOR THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS' PLAN.

WHEN WE ARE IN THE HEIGHT OF INFLATION AND PEOPLE ARE HURTING, THE HEIGHT OF BEING OUT OF TOUCH IS TRYING TO RAISE PEOPLE'S TAXES AND FAILED 70-30 IN TUCSON.

WE HAVE A PROBLEM WHERE OUT-OF-TOUCH POLITICIANS WHO SPENT ALMOST TWO DECADES IN OFFICE FORGET WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BUY GROCERIES AT THE GROCERY STORE.

OR FORGET WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE ON A FIXED INCOME LIKE MY MOM AND DAD ON SOCIAL SECURITY.

WE HAVE PEOPLE OUT OF TOUCH AND REGRESSIVE FORM OF TAXATION LIKE ADELITA.

TED: RESPOND, PLEASE.

>> YEAH, PLEASE.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHEN YOU HAVE FLAT TAXES AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE, WHEN THEY'RE NOT MAKE THOSE WHO NEED TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE, THE COST SHARING COMES BACK TO CITIES AND COUNTIES LIKE THE CITY OF TUCSON AND PIMA COUNTY.

IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, PIMA COUNTY HAD TO ABSORB OVER $50 MILLION IN EXPENSES THAT THE STATE USED TO PAY FOR AND COME BACK TO US.

THE NEEDS CONTINUE BUT THE REVENUES DECREASE.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT THE CITY OF TUCSON CAME UP WITH, IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING CONNECTED THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE HAVE IN GOVERNMENT NEED TO ALSO BE SHARED BY FEDERAL AND STATE PARTNERS.

>> YOU ARE STILL TRYING TO RAISE PEOPLE'S TAXES IN THE HEIGHT OF INFLATION WHEN PEOPLE ARE HURTING, AND YOU'RE ONE OF THE SPOKESPEOPLE FOR THAT.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING OUT OF TOUCH, THAT IS THE HEIGHT OF BEING OUT OF TOUCH.

REVENUES ARE DOWN.

WHEN I HAVE A BUDGET, I HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.

DO I PUT THIS BACK BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD IT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THE CITY OF TUCSON IS DOING.

TED: PLEASE RESPOND.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS IN PIMA COUNTY IS MADE SPEARHEADED INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING, $5 MILLION A YEAR AND THAT $11 MILLION TOTAL HAS GENERATED $422 MILLION IN INVESTMENT IN PIMA COUNTY, IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IN BEING OUT OF TOUCH IS MAKING SURE THAT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING A PROGRESSIVE CANDIDATE, RESPECTFULLY, YOU ARE NO PROGRESSIVE, YOU'RE ONE OF THE SECOND MOST CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS ACCORDING TO PROGRESS ARIZONA.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIDING AND FIGHTING FOR OUR IDEALS AND VALUES AS A DEMOCRAT, YOU VOTED 45 TIMES, 45 TIMES WITH REPUBLICANS AGAINST DEMOCRATS.

>> I WANT TO GET THE OTHERS INVOLVED HERE.

I NEED FOR YOU TO RESPOND TO THAT.

>> MY OPPONENTS' RECORD IS SO BAD SHE HAS TO KEEP DISTORTING MINE.

THE REALITY IS WHEN PEOPLE WERE HURTING, SHE TRIED TO RAISE TAXES.

I FOUGHT TO STAND UP FOR ABORTION RIGHTS, GUN SAFETY AND SOUTHERN ARIZONA WAS A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US.

TED: JOSE, WANT TO GET BACK TO YOU.

>> I NEED TO REBUTT, WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE THERE FOR ABORTION RIGHTS BUT DON'T SHOW UP FOR THE 15-WEEK ABORTION BAN, RESPECTFULLY YOU NEED TO SHOW UP.

I'VE BEEN IN ELECTED OFFICE FOR 22 YEARS AND MISSED THREE MEETINGS.

THREE.

I HAVE THREE CHILDREN.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, THAT'S WHERE I'VE BEEN.

I CAN'T SAY THAT MY COLLEAGUE SHARES THAT SAME DEDICATION.

TED: I HAVE TO RESPOND, TED.

>> I HAVE TO HOP IN HERE.

I SIT HERE WITH TWO CAREER POLITICIANS, I GOT MY START FROM THE DECADE AGO, I'M 25, MY MOM WAS NAVIGATING A REHABILITATION PROCESS BECAUSE OF ISSUES WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

I WAS NAVIGATING LIFE ON MY OWN.

I WAS NAVIGATING A SEX EDUCATION CURRICULUM LAST UPDATED IN THE 80s THAT WAS MEDICALLY INACCURATE AND THEY HAD DECADES TO FIX AND TOOK A YOUNG PERSON LIKE ME, ADVOCATE AND ACTIVIST AND ORGANIZER TELLING VULNERABLE STORIES I NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAD TO SHARE IN A ROOM OF ADULTS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MESS OF D.C. FROM REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE THROWN RULES OUT THE WINDOW AND DEMOCRATS WHO FAILED TO STAND UP, WE NEED THE ACTIVISTS.

>> YOU GUYS ARE HOGGING UP ALL THE TIME, THAT'S THE THING ABOUT POLITICIANS, YOU KNOW?

YOU GIVE AN INCH AND THEY TAKE A MILE.

TO GET BACK TO THE QUESTION, A LOT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN TERMS OF ECONOMICS HAD TO DO WITH THE PANDEMIC, THERE WAS A LOT OF SPENDING THAT TOOK PLACE TO TRY TO HELP PEOPLE OUT DURING THE PANDEMIC, THEN WHEN TRUMP CAME IN TO TRY TO CONTINUE TO GIVE TAXES, TAX BREAKS TO THE BILLIONAIRES, THAT MADE IT WORSE.

SO MY THING IS TO GO IN THERE, BUILD COALITIONS, IN ORDER TO TAKE BACK THE CONGRESS, IN ORDER TO TAX THE RICH, HAVE THEM PAY FAIR SHARE SO WE CAN SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS WE NEED, INCLUDING HELP FOR TEACHERS TO SUPPLEMENT TEACHERS' INCOMES IN RURAL COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE, WHERE WE HAVE TO HIRE PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES BECAUSE THE PAY RATE IS SO LOW.

IT'S BEEN FAILING FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND ESPECIALLY IN THE SMALL TOWNS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF TUCSON, THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE -- JUST THE CONCENTRATION OF POWER IS.

TED: PATRICK, LAST WORD ON THIS.

I'VE HEARD TAX THE RICH ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS, YOU HAD A BILLION DOLLARS WAS YOUR -- >> I HOPE WE CAN GET ON TARIFFS AND PROTECTING DEMOCRACY.

TED: OKAY.

REAL QUICKLY.

TAXING THE RICH.

A BILLION DOLLARS MEANS YOU'RE RICH, CORRECT?

>> A BILLION DOLLARS, YOU CAN AFFORD MULTIPLE MANSIONS AND MULTIPLE JETS AND MULTIPLE YACHTS AND EAT CAVIAR AND DRINK CHAMPAGNE THREE MEALS A DAY EVERY DAY AND STILL NOT SPEND ENOUGH.

800 BILLIONAIRES HOLD OVER $6 TRILLION, IF THEY EACH KEEP A BILLION AND YOU CAP THE WEALTH, THEY'RE FORCED TO REINVEST INTO SOCIETY.

AND THEY GET TO CHOOSE HOW TO INVEST.

THAT PUTS TRIFLS DOLLARS EVERY YEAR CIRCULATING TO RAISE REVENUES AND LOWER MIDDLE CLASS TAXES, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME THING THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED GROWING UP.

TED: OKAY.

NEXT QUESTION REGARDS TO TAX SPENDING BILL THAT REPUBLICANS ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.

DEJA, YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS, EXPANDING LARGE TAX CUTS TO OFFSET CUTS OF MEDICAID, BENEFITS, OTHER PROGRAMS.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT'S GOING ON CAPITOL HILL?

>> I MEAN, DONALD TRUMP HAS MADE A CIRCUS OF OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM.

HE'S BEEN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT FOR THE LAST DECADE, SINCE WAS 15 YEARS OLD.

I WISH I COULD SAY THIS SURPRISES ME, THE SPENDING BILL.

THE WAYS IT PRIORITIZES BILLIONAIRES LINING THEIR POCKETS WHILE STEALING HEALTH CARE FROM OUR COMMUNITY, FAMILIES THAT RELY ON IT.

MY MOM GOT A SKIN CANCER DIAGNOSIS THIS YEAR AND BECAUSE OF AHCCCS, MEDICAID, WAS ABLE TO GET THE CARE SHE DESERVED.

I GOT PLANNED PARENTHOOD ATTEMPTING TO DEFUND THE SAME CENTERS WHEN I HAD NO MONEY, NO PARENTS AND NO INSURANCE, AND I'VE GONE TOE-TO-TOE WITH REPUBLICANS JUST LIKE THEIR EFFORTS TO STRIP THE FUNDING FROM YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE ME.

I'M NO STRANGER TO GOING TOE-TO-TOE WITH MAGA REPUBLICANS IN D.C., HERE IN ARIZONA, AND AS I LOOK AT POLITICAL SITUATION, I KNOW THAT'S THE KIND OF EXPERIENCE WE NEED.

TED: ADELITA, TO THE TAX AND SPENDING BILL, REPUBLICANS SAY THE SPENDING CUTS WILL SPUR GROWTH.

VALID POINT?

>> NO, NOT AT ALL.

I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE OUT OF TOUCH WITH IS THE AVERAGE AMERICAN AND WHAT OUR FIGHT IS, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THESE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE CONTINUED TO BE HIT WITH THE CUTS, OUR VETERANS, OUR SENIORS, OUR MOTHERS, MOTHERS WITH SMALL CHILDREN, LGBTQ COMMUNITY, INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST IN HEALTH, BUT TALKING ENVIRONMENT, WE'RE TALKING LIBRARY SERVICES AND ACCESS TO ARTS AND MUSIC.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE DISMANTLING OUR DEMOCRACY, AND TRUMP IS CAUSING THAT DISRUPTION AND CHAOS REPEATEDLY, AND I WILL SAY, I HAVE BEEN IN ELECTED OFFICE FOR 22 YEARS.

20 OF THOSE YEARS I WAS A VOLUNTEER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, AND WE WOULD BE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND K-12 SYSTEM IF WE WERE ABLE TO RELY ON THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT OUR EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

TED: DANIEL, HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS WHAT'S GOING ON IN WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW IF YOU WERE IN CONGRESS?

>> BUDGETS ARE MORAL DOCUMENTS AND THE LATEST PACKAGE THAT THE REPUBLICANS AND DONALD TRUMP PUT FORTH IS SAYING PEOPLE LIKE ME DON'T MATTER.

PEOPLE LIKE MY MOM AND DAD.

WHEN I WAS 17 YEARS OLD.

I ALMOST DIED BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.

IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE STATE PROGRAM AND THE KIDS PROGRAM, I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE CUT AND SLASHED -- MEDICAID, MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY POTENTIALLY -- ARE GOING TO PUT THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE AT RISK.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CONGRESS, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT POLICY, IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE, PEOPLE LIKE US WHO NEED A FIGHTER, AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF DOING THIS.

NOT BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO BUT BECAUSE IT'S PERSONAL.

WHETHER IT'S FIGHTING FOR YOU OR FAMILY THAT WILL STAND UP TO PROTECT MEDICAID AND MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY.

TED: JOSE, THOSE IN CONGRESS, AND IT IS THE MAJORITY IN CONGRESS, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A FACTION HERE.

THIS IS A MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

THEY'RE SAYING THIS WILL CREATE JOBS, IT WILL RAISE WAGES, IT WILL CUT THE U.S. FISCAL IMBALANCE.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE DOING THIS, ARE THEY WRONG?

>> YEAH.

IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE OUT OF TOUCH, IT'S DELIBERATE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WHY ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE IN POWER?

BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE FED UP WITH THE WAY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS BEEN.

THE COOKIE CUTTER APPROACH TO CREATING NEW POLITICIANS TO GO TO CONGRESS, PEOPLE AREN'T HAPPY WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY EITHER.

RIGHT NOW THE POLLS SAY THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS VERY LOW, AND SO WE NEED TO RECONNECT WITH THE WORKING CLASS FAMILIES.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

THAT'S WHY OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE HERE ARE HERE TO RECONNECT WITH THE WORKING CLASS FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST BECAUSE PEOPLE TAKE BIG MONEY FROM CORPORATIONS, POLITICIANS AND WHEN IT COMES TO REPRESENTING THE VOTERS, WHO DO I SERVE IN THE POLITICIAN?

I'M SORRY, THE MONEY OR THE PEOPLE?

TED: ALL RIGHT, PATRICK, GIVE ME THOUGHTS.

CAPITALISM ONE THING, BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON CAPITOL HILL RIGHT NOW IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALL GAME.

HOW DO YOU SEE IT?

>> I'M A FORMER HEALTH CARE EXECUTIVE, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE GO BANKRUPT FROM HEALTH CARE BILLS.

I'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND.

AGAIN, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES HERE, THEY'RE OPERATING UNDER A PHILOSOPHY OF TRICKLE-DOWN ECONOMICS WHICH HAS PROVEN TO FAIL.

I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK, TED, GO AHEAD AND TAKE YOUR TAX CUTS AND ADD MORE BILLIONS, ONCE WE ENACT THIS INTO LEGISLATION, IT WILL BE CIRCULATING BACK IN THE ECONOMY.

TED: ADELITA, I WANT TO GO BACK TO WHAT WE HEARD JOSE MENTION THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS IN TROUBLE BECAUSE IT'S LOST THE WORKING CLASS, LOST TOUCH WITH LATINOS, WITH BLACKS, AND MAGA REPUBLICANS STEAM HAVE MADE GROUNDS, CERTAINLY DID IN THE LAST ELECTION.

WHY DID THAT HAPPEN, AND WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO ABOUT IT?

>> PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED WITH BOTH PARTIES.

IF YOU LOOK AT TOWN HALLS IN BRIGHT RED DISTRICTS, THEIR CONSTITUENTS ARE UPSET AND ANGRY BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL THE NEEM CONGRESS REPRESENTING THEM ARE STANDING UP FOR THEM.

WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE TOO PREOCCUPIED WITH GETTING RE-ELECTED AND BEING A POLITICIAN AND LESS ABOUT BEING A PUBLIC SERVANT.

ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A STRONG VOICE THAT KNOWS THE ISSUES, IS COMFORTABLE WITH MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS AND STANDING UP FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT AND PEOPLE IS CRITICAL, AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE KINDS OF THINGS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHEN WE HAVE HUD BAY DOING FUND-RAISERS BECAUSE HE'S SUPPORTING OF THE MIND THAT'S GOING TO DESTROY THE PHOENIX SENORITAS.

I MADE THE COMMITMENT TO NOT TAKE PACs FROM OILS AND FUELS AND FOSSIL FUELS, WE ALL SHOULD MAKE THE COMMITMENT.

TED: RESPOND, PLEASE.

>> ADELITA IS OUT OF TOUCH.

I'VE GOTTEN THE MOST AMOUNT OF UNION ENDORSEMENTS IN THE RACE.

SHE JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, NOT ABOUT HUD BAY, IT'S JUST A COUPLE JOBS, WHEN PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET, PEOPLE LIKE MY FATHER, A CONSTRUCTION WORKER, THE PROBLEM WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY GETTING BACK TO YOUR QUESTION IS WE HAVE OUT-OF-TOUCH POLITICIANS WHO CARE MORE ABOUT SPECIAL INTERESTS THAN CREATING JOBS FOR PEOPLE, GOOD UNION JOBS ALL OVER ARIZONA.

TED: DEJA, WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST ELECTION CYCLE AND WHY DID DEMOCRATS FALTER SO MUCH?

>> YOU MISSED THE KEY CONSTITUENCY, THAT'S YOUNG PEOPLE.

IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH OUR INABILITY TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THEM, 39% OF ADULTS UNDER 30 GET NEWS ON TikTok AND I'VE BEEN BE LITTLED BY PEOPLE ON THE STAGE ABOUT MY PRESENCE ON THE PLATFORM.

.

THE WAY I TALK TO THE FUTURE OF OUR PARTY.

TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WILL BUILD THIS PARTY IN THE DAYS AFTER DONALD TRUMP, THERE ARE BETTER DAYS AHEAD OF US.

I ASK YOU WHAT PARTY WILL MY GENERATION INHERIT?

I'M A VERSION OF THE NEWER AND YOUNGER LEADER THAT WE SHOULD BE INVESTING, AND EVERY ESTABLISHMENT POLITICIAN SAYS THEY WANT, AND YET WE SEE PEOPLE PUTTING THEIR THUMB ON THE SCALE IN THE RACE, LEANING ON LEGACY LAST NAMES AND BIG CORPORATE DOLLARS.

SHOULD BE FOR THE PEOPLE.

>> I AGREE WITH THAT.

I COMMEND DEJA RUNNING AS A YOUNG PERSON BUT SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CLEAN UP OUR MESS, THE MESS OUR GENERATION AND THE GENERATION BEFORE US CREATED.

WE HAVE LOST A LOT OF TOUCH, NOT WE -- BUT POLITICIANS, THE BACK AND FORTH THAT'S GOING OVER THERE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S BIG MONEY EVEN WITH OUR POLITICIANS, EVEN HERE IN ARIZONA.

BIG MONEY THAT IS GOING TO -- IT'S LIKE HOW DO YOU BALANCE HAVING A LOT OF MONEY IN TERMS OF MAJOR DONORS, AND THEN THE CONSTITUENCY?

YOU HAVE -- THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM.

THE MONEY IN POLITICS IS ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS WITH THIS.

TED: PATRICK, IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO DEMOCRATS?

IS THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO DEMOCRATS?

WE'RE SEEING STUDIES ALL OVER THE PLACE THEY'RE LOSING WHAT USED TO BE A BASE?

>> OH, YEAH THEY ARE.

[LAUGHTER] >> I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES.

TRY TO BE TACTFUL HERE.

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DOESN'T HAVE A PLATFORM.

THEY'RE NOT UNIFYING PEOPLE.

EVERYONE IS GUNNING FOR THEIR OWN SPECIAL PERSONAL INTEREST.

THEY NEED A PLATFORM TO STAND ON, AND IT NEEDS TO REPRESENT THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF VOTING AGE INDIVIDUALS THAT VOTED DURING THE 2024 ELECTION.

LESS THAN HALF.

THAT'S NOT WHAT AMERICA VOTED FOR.

I PROPOSE INTRODUCING A NEW BILL THAT WOULD MAKE VOTING DAY A NATIONAL HOLIDAY, AND WHOEVER YOU VOTE FOR -- DON'T CARE WHO -- YOU GET A TAX CREDIT.

THAT WILL DO TWO THINGS.

PEOPLE SHOW UP TO VOTE, AND FILE THEIR TAXES.

THAT WAY WE CAN HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE.

>> I THINK WE HAD MINING ISSUES OVER HERE, AND ADELITA WE'LL START WITH YOU, A COUPLE OF PROJECTS I WAS MADE AWARE OF RECENTLY, IN THIS DISTRICT.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE PROJECTS?

>> WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS 1800s MINING LAW THAT NEEDS TO BE REFORMED.

ALL OF THE ORE THAT IS CRITICAL FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, FOR OUR TECHNOLOGY IS ACTUALLY GETTING SENT OUT FOR FOUR YEARS, ALL OF THE ROYALTIES GO AWAY, AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND WE'RE ACTUALLY PURCHASING THE ORE THAT WAS DUG OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WHAT'S LEFT IN THE AFTERMATH IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION, AND SO WHEN I STAND WITH APACHE STRONG HOLD IN DEFENDING OAK FLAT, I'M PROUD TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS SACRED TO THE TRIBE AND SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED IN A RIDER THEY A 2014 RIDER.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT.

ALSO MY FAMILY GREW UP IN TCE PLUME, WE'RE A SUPERFUND SITE.

IT IS VERY PERSONAL TO ME.

TED: HOW ABOUT YOU?

AS FAR AS THE MINING PROJECTS IN CD7?

>> I THINK THAT'S THE THING, DEMOCRATS ARE OUT OF TOUCH WITH WORKING CLASS AMERICANS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'VE LOST ELECTIONS BECAUSE POLITICIANS ARE NOT LISTENING.

WHEN PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING MAKE ENDS MEET, THEY NEED PROTECTIONS FOR FAMILIES AND JOB TO GO TO.

YOU CAN'T SAY YOU SUPPORT WORKERS IF YOU DON'T SUPPORT THE WORK.

THAT'S THE THING.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MINING PROJECT, IT'S ABOUT 111, HUD BAY AND APACHE PROJECT IN SUPERIOR.

I STAND WITH WORKERS AND SUPPORT THE ABILITY TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.

TED: YOU SUPPORT THE PROJECTS?

>> YES.

TED: DO YOU SUPPORT THE PROJECTS?

>> NO, NOT ALL OF THEM.

TED: DEJA, DO YOU SUPPORT THE PROJECTS?

>> NOT ALL OF THEM.

CLIMATE CHANGE IS TO PROTECT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, AND I SIT HERE ON THE STAGE A MEMBER OF THE FUTURE GENERATION THAT ARE ELECTED OFFICIALS WERE TASKED WITH PROTECTING.

EVERY YEAR WE SEE SUMMERS GET HOTTER, LONGER BECAUSE OF THE INACTION OF OLDER GENERATIONS.

CLIMATE CHANGE, WE HAVE TO LIVE THROUGH YOUR PLANS THROUGH 2050 AND BEYOND.

WE NEED BOLD, PROGRESSIVE ACTION IN CD7 AND THAT MEANS PROTECTING SACRED SITES AND OUR LANDSCAPE, OUR PUBLIC LANDS AND OUR FUTURE ENVIRONMENT.

I'LL CLOSE WITH SAYING THIS, WE HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY IN THIS ELECTION TO ELECT THE FIRST WOMAN OF MY GENERATION TO MAKE HISTORY, AND THAT'S NOT JUST ABOUT A NUMBER, IT'S A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.

A KIND OF URGENCY THAT WE BRING TO THE WORK BECAUSE IT IS NOT THEORETICAL TO US.

TED: THE MINING PROJECTS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN GENERAL, HOW DO YOU SEE IT, JOSE?

>> I'M AGAINST THE MINES.

OUT OF FOLKS HERE, I'M THE ONE THAT CAN SPEAK TO THIS.

I GREW UP IN A MINING TOWN.

I GREW UP IN A COPPER MINING TOWN WHERE SACRED SITES WERE REDUCED INTO A GIANT MINE PIT.

WE HAD, YES, IT PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, BUT AT WHAT COST?

THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUE THERE, MY HOMETOWN IS A SUPERFUND SITE.

WE HAVE CANCER CLUSTER, ASTHMA CLUSTER BECAUSE OF THE MINE.

IT'S SHUT DOWN BUT THE EFFECTS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE LIVING THERE.

SO I'M AGAINST ALL OF THEM.

I'VE BEEN DOING THIS WORK OVER 30 YEARS, WORKING WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES ALL OVER.

TED: PATRICK, MINING IN YOUR DISTRICT, DO YOU SUPPORT IT?

DO YOU SUPPORT THE TWO PROJECTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE?

>> NO.

TED: WHY?

>> IT CREATES JOBS, SURE.

IT DESTROYS THE ENVIRONMENT, ABSOLUTELY.

WHERE DOES THE PROFIT GO?

THOSE ARE SHORT-TERM JOBS.

THAT PROFIT IS SIPHONED OUT OF THE DISTRICT.

NO.

THERE ARE GOOD PAYING JOBS THAT CAN BE BROUGHT INTO THE DISTRICT.

TRUMP SAYS BRING MANUFACTURING BACK.

PROVE IT.

TED: I WANT YOU TO RESPOND TO THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE ON THE FORUM THAT SEEMS TO SUPPORT THESE PROJECTS.

>> YOU CAN HAVE GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND GOOD JOBS.

THAT'S THE THING.

THAT'S WHERE SO MANY OF THE FOLKS IN THE LABOR UNION AT THE FOREFRONT OF MAKING SURE WE'RE HAVING MORE SUSTAINABLE MINING, MORE SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY.

I THINK THAT'S THE THING, YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.

YOU CAN'T JUST SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JOBS OR THE ENVIRONMENT.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE BOTH.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECTS, GOING TO PROVIDE GOOD PAYING JOBS, RIGHT NOW FOR PEOPLE HURTING IN THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S THE THING.

YOU CAN DO BOTH.

WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS STRENGTHEN ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS AND HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE WHO ARE BREAKING THE LAWS AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT CANNOT PROTECT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STARVING OR OUT OF HOUSING BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A JOB RIGHT NOW.

TED: ADELITA?

>> THERE'S NO CLEAN MINING.

NO SUCH THING AS THAT.

THAT HAS TO BE.

TRUMP SAYS THE SAME THING ABOUT COAL.

NO SUCH THING AS CLEAN MINING AT ALL.

TED: ADELITA?

>> HOW MANY OF THE JOBS ARE STAYING LOCAL?

HOW MANY OF THE PROMISES THAT ARE MADE TO THE COMMUNITIES LIKE SUPERIOR, HOW MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE WORKING IN THE COMMUNITIES?

AND I THINK THAT WHEN YOU LOOK DEEPLY INTO WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP THAT IS LEFT FOR THE COMMUNITIES TO DEAL WITH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THAT, AND RESPECTFULLY MANY OF THESE MINES ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO AUTOMATION.

SOME ARE ALREADY DOING THAT NOW.

SO THIS IDEA THAT WE HAVE TO BALANCE JOBS WITH ENERGY EFFICIENCY, WE HAVE A PLAN WITH THE GREEN NEW DEAL.

WE SHOULD DO THAT.

TED: QUESTION HERE REGARDING LATE CONGRESSMAN GRIJALVA.

THIS IS A DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.

DO DEMOCRATS IN THE DISTRICT WANT TO SEE ANOTHER RAUL GRIJALVA OR A DIFFERENT PERSON IN OFFICE?

>> THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION.

WE HAVE TO START BY SAYING THAT RAUL GRIJALVA WAS A REALLY PROGRESSIVE ICON.

THE FIRST MEMBER TO INVITE ME INTO HIS OFFICE AT 16 YEARS OLD WHEN I WENT VIRAL FOR STANDING UP TO JEFF FLAKE.

OVERNIGHT MY LIFE WAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.

I HAD GONE TOE-TO-TOE WITH REPUBLICAN SENATOR DEMAND ANSWERS WHY HE WOULD DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD, I WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY, 17 MILLION PEOPLE SAW THE EXCHANGE.

THE FIRST PERSON TO INVITE ME INTO HIS OFFICE IS RAUL GRIJALVA.

THE LEGACY HE LEAVES IS OURS TO CARRY ON.

THE SEAT DOESN'T BELONG TO ONE FAMILY, IT BELONGS TO FAMILIES LIKE MINE, WORKING FAMILIES, SINGLE MOMS HAD BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE HALLS OF POWER.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THAT PERSPECTIVE INTO D.C. >> JOSE, DOES DISTRICT 7, THE DEMOCRATS IN DISTRICT 7, DO THEY WANT TO SEE A VOCAL PROGRESSIVE IN LINE WITH RAUL GRIJALVA OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT?

>> I THINK THAT THERE'S BEEN A SEISMIC SHIFT WITH POLITICS AND THE GOVERNMENT, AND I THINK WE NEED TO RESPOND ACCORDINGLY, SO WHETHER OR NOT IT'S SOMEBODY LIKE GRIJALVA OR NOT, IT'S RESPONDING TO WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW.

RAUL, I KNEW HIM AS WELL.

HE WAS PART OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, WHICH MADE HIM VERY PROGRESSIVE.

THAT'S PART OF THE LEGACY THEY FEEL I'VE BEEN PART OF THROUGH THE UFW, THROUGH THE UNITED FARMWORKERS AND OTHER WORK I'VE DONE, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.

IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING ANOTHER RAUL GRIJALVA.

IT'S ABOUT RISING TO THE NEEDS OF WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED NOW.

TED: WHAT DO WE THINK, PATRICK?

DO WE NEED IN DISTRICT 7, DO THE DEMOCRATS AND POPULATION AS A WHOLE, DO THEY WANT TO SEE THE PROGRESSIVE LION RETURN TO CAPITOL HILL?

>> I THINK THE ANSWER IS YES.

NOW IN FAIRNESS, I'M NOT IN THE HEAD OF 800,000 VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT, BUT WHEN I WAS OUT SPEAKING TO PEOPLE, COLLECTING SIGNATURES, I DID SPEAK TO THOUSANDS AND THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF THE FAMILY POLITICS OF HOW CLOSE SOUTHERN POLITICS HAS BEEN.

THERE IS A LOT OF GREAT STORIES I HEARD ABOUT THE LATE CONGRESSMAN, AND SOME BROUGHT TEARS TO ME, BUT IF I HAD TO EXTRAPOLATE, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE DISTRICT IS READY FOR A CHANGE.

TED: ALL RIGHT, ADELITA, YOU HAVE A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP TO THIS QUESTION, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ANYWAY.

ARE YOU GOING TO GO THERE AND BE ANOTHER GRIJALVA, OR ARE YOU GOING TO DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY?

>> I AM A GRIJALVA, SO YES, I'M GOING TO BE A GRIJALVA.

THE KIND OF CONGRESS I'M WALKING INTO IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE MY DAD DID.

ONE OF THE REASONS MY FATHER IS AN UNAPOLOGETIC PROGRESSIVE IS BECAUSE OF THE VALUES OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA ARE PROGRESSIVE.

I DON'T THINK YOU CAN BE TOO PROGRESSIVE, WE'RE NEARING THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.

THIS IS AN ELECTION NOT HANDED TO ANYONE, WE ARE ALL FIGHTING FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO VOTERS, AND THAT IS THE REASON I'M HERE.

THIS IS NOT A LEGACY, IT'S A MOVEMENT THAT MY DAD WAS A PART OF, AND I WANT TO CONTINUE THAT MOVEMENT OF BEING UNAPOLOGETICALLY PROGRESSIVE, FIGHTING FOR MEDICAID FOR ALL, FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL, FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THESE ARE PROGRESSIVE VALUES THAT SOUTHERN ARIZONA BELIEVES IN, AND I BELIEVE IN IT BECAUSE I'M PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

TED: DANIEL, DOES SOUTHERN ARIZONA, THIS DISTRICT, BELIEVE IN PROGRESSIVE POLITICS TO THE EXTENT THEY SAW FROM CONGRESSMAN GRIJALVA FOR 20 YEARS?

>> TED, WE'RE IN A CRISIS AS A COUNTRY.

THE MOMENT WE ARE IN NEEDS BOLD LEADERSHIP THAT IS GOING TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.

I'M A GAY LATINO ELECTED AT 21 TO A SCHOOL BOARD, FOUGHT CORRUPTION AND NEPOTISM.

I FOUNDED THE LGBTQ CAUCUS, I'M DONALD TRUMP'S WORST NIGHTMARE, I'M GOING TO STAND UP FOR ABORTION RIGHTS.

I ALMOST DIED IN 2016 WHEN I WAS WORKING AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD BECAUSE I WAS FLYING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND GOT A BLOOD CLOT.

I'M WILLING TO PUT MY LIFE ON THE LINE TO STAND UP FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IN.

FIGHTING FOR ABORTION RIGHTS, FIGHTING FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY OR FIGHTING FOR GUN SAFETY.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.

SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO FIGHT AND DELIVER REAL RESULTS FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA, THAT'S THE PEOPLE NEED AND DESERVE.

TED: ALL RIGHT, REAL QUICKLY HERE, WELL, NOT SO QUICKLY.

DEJA, YOU ARE ON RECORD SAYING THE DEMOCRATS RIGHT NOW IN OFFICE, POLITICIANS, LEADERSHIP, NOT FIGHTING BACK HARD ENOUGH AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.

EXPLAIN, PLEASE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO THE FOLKS AT HOME.

THEY FEEL IT.

THEY TELL US EVERY DAY WHEN WE KNOCKED THE DOORS, WE KNOCKED ON THOUSANDS AND THE CONVERSATIONS I HEAR ESPECIALLY FROM OLDER VOTERS, THE ONES WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR THE THINGS WE'RE SEEING OVERTURNED, I THINK ABOUT ROE V. WADE.

I'VE HELD WOMEN IN THEIR 60S AND 70s AND 80s WHO CRIED WHO FEEL THEY LET OUR GENERATION DOWN.

I'M A PART OF A GENERATION OF WOMEN WHO HAS LESS RIGHTS THAN OUR MOTHERS.

AND AS WE TALK TO FOLKS IN THE DISTRICT, WE KNOW THEY WANT THE ASSURANCE THERE'S A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS READY TO TAKE ON THE FIGHT.

READY TO TAKE UP THE TORCH, AND I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR THE LAST DECADE, FIGHTING FOR BETTER SEX EDUCATION IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA DISTRICTS OR GOING TOE-TO-TOE WITH JEFF FLAKE OR BEING ARRESTED ON CAPITOL HILL AFTER THE OVERTURN OF ROE V. WADE.

TED: PATRICK, ARE DEMOCRATS FIGHTING BACK HARD ENOUGH AGAINST DONALD TRUMP?

>> NO, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIGHT.

THEY DON'T HAVE A STRATEGY.

TRUMP IS HITTING UP A OF US IN THE WALLET, AND WITH RESPECT, I THINK I'M TRUMP'S WORST NIGHTMARE BECAUSE WHEN HE HAS TO GET HIT IN THE WALLET BY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND INVEST IT BACK INTO SOCIETY, THAT'S GOING TO HURT.

WE NEED TO CAP THE CAP.

TED: CAPPING THE CAP IS YOUR IDEA OF FIGHTING BACK HARD?

>> YEAH, INTRODUCE LEGISLATION AND FORCE THE BILLIONAIRES TO REINVEST TRILLIONS BACK INTO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

TED: JOSE, WHEN DEMOCRATS, DEMOCRATS SAY THEIR OWN PARTY DOESN'T FIGHT BACK HARD ENOUGH AGAINST THE PRESIDENT, DO THEY HAVE A POINT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THERE'S A LACK OF COURAGE TO ADDRESS ISSUES.

FOR EXAMPLE, HOW MANY POLITICIANS ARE GOING TO SAY THEY'RE AGAINST THE GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE?

HOW MANY POLITICIANS ARE GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT AND OTHER ISSUES RELATED TO THAT?

I MEAN, THE ISSUE IS THERE'S MONEY IN POLITICS, SO THAT'S WHY PEOPLE DON'T SPEAK OUT AGAINST IT.

WE NEED TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO REALLY ADDRESS THE ISSUES AND NOT WORRY ABOUT THE BIG MONEY PEOPLE THAT ALSO FUND THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGNS.

A LOT OF DEMOCRATS, CAREER POLITICIANS, ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS GET ELECTED, SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO REALLY ADDRESS THE ISSUES AND HAVE THE COURAGE TO FIGHT IN THE WAY WE NEED THEM TO FIGHT, ESPECIALLY NOW.

TED: THE FIGHT AGAINST DONALD TRUMP FROM A DEMOCRATIC PERSPECTIVE, AND A DEMOCRATIC PERSPECTIVE IS IT'S NOT A FIGHT THAT'S BEING WAGED HARD ENOUGH.

THEY GOT A POINT?

>> THEY DO.

I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO BE MUCH MORE VOCAL, BRING THE STORIES OF OUR COMMUNITIES TO THE HALLS OF CONGRESS, AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WHO WE'RE FIGHTING FOR.

IT'S NOT JUST FIGHTING.

IT'S UNDERSTANDING WHO WE'RE FIGHTING FOR AND TAKING THOSE STORIES WITH US, AND BEING A TOUCHSTONE FOR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES TO REMIND THEM WHY THEY ARE THERE IS TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE.

IT IS NOT TO GET RE-ELECTED, WHEN YOU DO THAT -- IT'S VERY FREEING, AND I THINK BASED ON MY FATHER'S RECORD, THAT'S WHAT HE DID, TOO.

WE HAVE TO FIGHT, BUT FIGHT WITH PURPOSE AND FIGHT WITH A GOAL, AND IF YOU LOOK AT HOW CLOSE THAT BILL PASSED, IT WAS JUST ONE VOTE, AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THIS ELECTION, AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE MIDTERM TO CREATE SOME BALANCE IN CONGRESS THAT WILL REQUIRE US TO WORK TOGETHER.

TED: IF YOU GET THAT BALANCE, THOUGH, DANIEL, WILL YOU FIGHT HARD ENOUGH FOR WHAT DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 7 SEEM TO THINK, THEY SAY IT'S NOT HAPPENING.

>> THE BIGGEST THING WHEN I'M TALKING TO VOTERS IN CD7, NOT ONLY THE DEMOCRATS AREN'T FIGHTING BACK HARD ENOUGH, IT'S THAT WE'RE NOT DELIVERING RESULTS.

THAT'S THE THING PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED.

THEY'VE BEEN ELECTING PEOPLE FOR DECADES AND NOT DELIVERING RESULTS FOR THEM.

YOU ELECT PEOPLE TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND COME BACK EVERY TWO YEARS AND SAY WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE OTHER PERSON WAS IN CHARGE, BUT ELECT US AND WE'RE DO IT AGAIN NEXT TIME.

PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF EMPTY PROMISES.

WHEN I WAS IN THE SCHOOL BOARD, I BROKE A CORRUPT SYSTEM, RECALLED TWO FELLOW MEMBERS AND WHEN I WAS IN THE LEGISLATURE, I FOUGHT HARD TO PROTECT VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, PASSED NEW LAWS TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER.

SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, I THINK WHAT DEMOCRATS NEED TO DO IS ACTUALLY DELIVER RESULTS AND NOT JUST COMPLAIN AND SAY THINGS ARE BROKEN.

TED: WE'VE GOT ENOUGH TIME FOR ONE MINUTE FROM EACH OF YOU, OKAY?

PATRICK, WE'LL START WITH YOU.

IT'S A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION: WHY YOU AND WHY NOT THEM?

>> BECAUSE I HAVE A PLAN.

I'VE ALREADY WRITTEN THE LANGUAGE, AND I'LL INTRODUCE IT TO CONGRESS ON DAY ONE.

THAT'S IT.

TED: FAIR ENOUGH.

JOSE, WHY YOU AND NOT THEM?

>> BECAUSE I'M THE BEST CANDIDATE HERE BECAUSE OF MY EXPERIENCE, MY WILL TO FIGHT, MY NOT BEING CONNECTED TO BIG MONEY, MY WANTING TO JUST HELP THE PEOPLE.

THAT'S WHY, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ASK THE QUESTION OF THE OTHER FOLKS WHAT THE STANCE IS IF THEY SUPPORT THE GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE.

TED: DEJA, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU WHY AND YOU NOT THEM?

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION AND RAISING THAT ISSUE.

IT IS THE ISSUE THAT IS POLITICIZED SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN MY GENERATION WHO DESERVE TO HAVE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS PROTECTED ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES LIKE THE ONE IN CD7 AND I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS MY RESPONSE NOW.

THE QUESTION WHY NOT ME IS THE QUESTION I HAD TO ASK, THE QUESTION WE ALL SHOULD BE ASKING WHEN THERE'S A 34-COUNT CONVICTED FELON IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

WHEN BILLIONAIRES ARE PLAYING POLITICIAN.

WE NEED TO ASK WHY NOT US?

THERE ARE STRUCTURAL BARRIERS, IT IS AN UPHILL BATTLE TO BE 25, YOUNG WOMAN, WORKING CLASS FIRST GENERATION WOMAN, I DON'T HAVE A LEGACY LAST NAME OR BIG MONEY BEHIND ME, I HAVE YOU.

I'M ASKING FOLKS ARE WE GOING TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY?

THAT IS THE QUESTION YOU HAVE TO ANSWER WITH YOUR VOTE IN 2025.

TED: OKAY, DANIEL, AND YOU NOT THEM?

>> I'M 35 YEARS OLD, NEVER HAD ANYTHING HANDED TO ME.

I HAD TO WORK HARD EACH AND EVERY SINGLE DAY TO GET WHAT I DESERVE.

ONE OF THE THINGS I PROMISE TO THE FOLKS IN CD7, I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT FOR THEM.

DEDICATED ADULT LIFE FOR GIVING A VOICE FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE ONE.

AFTER THE TUCSON SHOOTING I STARTED WORKING ON GUN VIOLENCE AS AN ADVOCATE AT PLANNED PARENTHOOD, I HELPED PASS BETTER LAWS ON PASSING BETTER ABORTION RIGHTS AND BETTER SEX EDUCATION.

I KNOW HOW TO GET STUFF DONE.

I KNOW HOW TO DELIVER RESULTS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT.

TED: GOT TO MAKE TIME FOR ADELITA HERE.

PLEASE.

>> THANK YOU.

I HAVE WORKED VERY HARD MY ENTIRE LIFE TO BRING COALITIONS TOGETHER, TO WORK TOGETHER, TO TRY TO COME UP WITH PLANS THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.

SO WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS I BROUGHT TOGETHER A GROUP OF 50 PEOPLE REPRESENTING EVERY COMMUNITY, EVERY UNION, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE PILLARS SHOULD BE AND WHAT SHOULD WE BE FOCUSING ON?

THAT IS THE SAME PLAN I HAVE FOR TRYING TO GET THIS DISTRICT THAT IS SO VAST AND DIVERSE UNITED.

I HAVE A PLAN ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER, TOUCHSTONE EVERY COMMUNITY IN THE DISTRICT AND WORK TOWARDS A BETTER COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF US.

TED: WE HAVE TO END IT THERE.

TIME FOR CLOSING STATEMENTS, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, WE START WITH DEJA FOXX.

>> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

MY NAME IS DEJA FOXX, AND I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I HAD TO ANSWER A HARD QUESTION: ARE THE PEOPLE IN D.C.

THE PEOPLE I TRUST TO STAND BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND MY MOTHER'S ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE?

ARE THESE POLITICIANS WHO YOU TRUST TO STAND BETWEEN MAGA REPUBLICANS AND YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK, DO YOU TRUST THEM TO STAND BETWEEN THESE REPUBLICANS AND YOUR DAUGHTER'S ABILITY TO MAKE CHOICES ABOUT HER BODY AND HER FUTURE?

IT IS THE QUESTION WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES HERE IN ARIZONA'S 7th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ELECTION SPECIAL IS THE FIRST REFERENDUM IN 2024, DID WE LEARN OUR LESSON?

WHO WILL WE BE AS A PARTY AND COUNTRY IN 2026?

I HOPE AND PRAY THAT THE ANSWER IS NEWER, BETTER, STRONGER.

THAT WE WILL ELECT A FIGHTER.

I'M ASKING TO YOU GET IN OUR CORNER.

VISIT US AT DEJA FOXX.COM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR STORY AND POLICIES AND JOIN US.

TED: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND NOW THE CLOSING STATEMENT FROM ADELITA GRIJALVA.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND AGAINST.

[SPEAKING SPANISH] >> MY NAME IS ADELITA GRIJALVA.

WHEN YOU GROW UP A GRIJALVA, MY NAME MEANS GUERRERA, WARRIOR.

THEY HAD AN IDEA WHAT WAS COMING.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN I GO TO CONGRESS, I'M GOING REMEMBER YOUR VOICE, I'M GOING TO FIGHT FOR YOU.

I'M GOING TO DEMAND THAT TRUMP NOT DESTROY OUR ECONOMY AND OUR DEMOCRACY, FIGHT FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, FIGHT FOR WORKING FAMILIES, FIGHT FOR MEDICARE, MEDICAID AND EVERY COMMUNITY THAT IS TARGETED AND VILLAINIZED RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW HOW TO FIGHT AND WIN BECAUSE I LEARNED FROM THE BEST.

PLEASE CHECK US OUT AT ADELITA FOR CONGRESS.COM.

THANK YOU.

MUCHAS GRACIAS.

TED: AND NOW PATRICK HARRIS, SR. >> THANKS, TED.

I RESPECT EVERYONE ON THE STAKE.

THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, I'M THE ONLY ONE WITH AN ECONOMIC PLAN TO FUND OUR SHARED PRIORITIES.

CAP THE CAP IS MORE THAN JUST A SLOGAN, IT'S DRAFTED LEGISLATION READY TO BE INTRODUCED.

IT PUTS TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS BACK INTO OUR ECONOMY, LOWERS TAXES AND INVESTS IN THE PEOPLE WHO BUILD THIS COUNTRY.

I'M NOT HERE FOR RHETORIC, I HAVE A REAL PLAN AND I'LL FIGHT FOR YOU IN CONGRESS.

VOTE ARE IF THE CANDIDATE WITH VISION AND A PLAN.

VOTE HARRIS, THANK YOU.

TED: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CLOSING STATEMENT NOW FROM DANIEL HERNANDEZ, JR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING US THIS WEEKEND.

I'M RUNNING FOR CONGRESS FOR PEOPLE LIKE MY MOM AND DAD.

PEOPLE WHO WORKED HARD EACH AND EVERY SINGLE DAY TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.

IF I'M LUCKY ENOUGH HAVE YOUR VOTE IN CONGRESS, I WILL ALWAYS FIGHT FOR YOU.

AUTOMATIC PROUD TO BE ENDORSED BY THE MOST UNIONS BECAUSE OF THE WORK I'VE DONE TO PROTECT WORKERS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT OUR SENIORS.

WE'RE IN A CRISIS.

WHAT WE NEED IS SOMEONE BATTLE TESTED, WHO KNOWS HOW TO FIGHT AGAINST MAGA REPUBLICANS AND DONALD TRUMP AND WIN AND DELIVER RESULTS.

I DID THAT AS A LEGISLATOR, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, IF I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE YOUR VOTE, I WILL DO THAT AS NEXT MEMBER OF CONGRESS.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHERE I STAND ON THE ISSUES AND JOIN OUR MOVEMENT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE THE FIGHT TO DONALD TRUMP AND BEAT BACK THE MAGA EXTREMISTS.

TED: THANK YOU, AND OUR FINAL CLOSING STATEMENT NOW WE TURN TO JOSE MALVIDO, JR. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY EASY TO TALK ABOUT DONALD TRUMP.

THAT'S A GIVEN, BUT WHAT WE NEED IN CONGRESS IS A LONG-TERM VISION TO TRANSFORM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN ORDER TO TAKE BACK THE CONGRESS.

NOT JUST TO WIN IT BACK TO LOSE IT AGAIN, THE BACK AND FORTH.

WE NEED TRANSFORM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

SO PART OF THIS IS PROPOSING A HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE, MEDICARE FOR ALL, AND REALLY SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE IN THAT WAY.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

ALL THE DIFFERENT ISSUES THAT PEOPLE NEED.

AGAIN, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE LOW-HANGING FRUIT WHICH IS DONALD TRUMP.

ANYBODY CAN TALK ABOUT TRUMP.

IT'S ABOUT TRANSFORMING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR THE LONG TERM BECAUSE WE HAVE LOST IT AND NEED TO GET IT BACK.

TED: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, CANDIDATES AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING TONIGHT'S DEBATE.

OUR NEXT "ARIZONA HORIZON" DEBATE WILL BE THIS THURSDAY MAY 29, AS WE HEAR FROM THE THREE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES RUNNING TO SUCCEED RAUL GRIJALVA.

THURSDAY 5:00 P.M. ON "ARIZONA HORIZON," AND YOU CAN WATCH ALL OF OUR SHOWS STREAMED LIVE ON AZPBS.ORG OR YouTube CHANNEL ON AZPBS NOW.

THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

I love working at Arizona PBS for many reasons.

The people, I'm fortunate to wor with, some really talented individuals -I was shocked, Like I was going to work for the place that produced Sesame Street.

I love that we have such a strong community impact.