Juan Ciscomani

Out in the streets: Tucsonans protested at Reid Park and in front of Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani’s office on Saturday, after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota, KGUN’s JJ McKinney reports. Protesters called for “ICE Out of Tucson” and slammed Ciscomani for supporting the Trump administration’s deportation program and the U.S. attack on Venezuela. (January 12, 2026)

He speaks!: Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani sat down with Punchbowl News last week for a rare public discussion. Ciscomani explained his “no” vote on the War Power Resolution that would have restricted the president’s ability to attack Iran, as well as whether Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales (whose staffer committed suicide after having an affair with Gonzales) should stay in the race (Gonzales dropped his re-election bid last week) and what Ciscomani thinks about Democrats holding up a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. (March 9, 2026)

From Southern Arizona to Iran: Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani described President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran as “holding this dangerous regime accountable,” while Democratic U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva called the attack “completely reckless” and “blatantly unconstitutional.” And Arizona Daily Star columnist Tim Steller says he’s fed up with members of Congress like Ciscomani handing over their constitutional powers without a second thought. Beyond the political rhetoric, Southern Arizona has a deeper tie to the attack on Iran. Missiles made by Raytheon in Tucson, including Tomahawk cruise missiles and AMRAAM air-to-air missiles, are being used by the U.S. military in Iran, KGUN’s Craig Smith reports. (March 4, 2026)

Scottish pride: Tucson Congressman Juan Ciscomani, along with several members of the Main Street Caucus, went to Scotland during the Easter Congressional recess, Nicholas Wu reports for Semafor. The article includes a picture of several lawmakers — although not Ciscomani — at Edinburgh Castle as part of a trip focusing on “economic development, foreign partnerships, and business engagement.” (April 2, 2026)

Meanwhile, in DC: KGUN’s Denelle Veselik caught up with Southern Arizona’s representatives in Washington, where they detailed their ongoing projects. Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani is jazzed about his bill to turn Chiricahua National Monument into a national park, which has already passed the House with bipartisan support. Democratic U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva is trying to bring home the bacon for a host of federally funded projects, including funding for transportation infrastructure and libraries. (March 25, 2026)

Quiet as a mouse: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr slipped in and out of several events in Arizona last week, including a roundtable in Marana, while low-key avoiding the spotlight and questions about the recent measles outbreak, Arizona Daily Star columnist Tim Steller writes.1 Speaking of not taking hard questions, Steller also pointed out that Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani was able to do an entire — and rare — interview with KVOI without having to answer questions about President Donald Trump threatening to wipe out an entire civilization. (April 13, 2026)

Time to upgrade: A bipartisan trio of U.S. representatives from Arizona are pushing for a major overhaul of the port of entry in downtown Nogales, which is prone to flooding, EJ Clarke reports for KGUN. Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani was joined by fellow Republican Rep. Abe Hamadeh and Democratic Rep. Greg Stanton in a letter to the Department of Homeland Security calling the port “a national asset in desperate need of investment.” Speaking of Nogales, Karloz Chavez, who was raised in the border city, just won the American Poolplayers Association team Master championship, per the Green Valley News’ Jeff Chew. (May 21, 2026)

Super double top secret: U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani is touting the huge economic benefits of a new mission to Fort Huachuca, but he won’t say what that mission is. That has left local residents somewhat baffled, but still hopeful, as the Herald/Review reported this week. In a video Ciscomani posted on his Twitter account on Wednesday, he says it’s a matter of national security, “so we need to be very careful about what we share at this moment.” (April 23, 2026)

Boosting school choice: U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani, a Republican running for his third term in Congressional District 6, introduced a bill that would expand funding for charter school buildings, per the Herald Review. The bill, HR7086, would allow states to use taxpayer dollars for facilities-related expenses, which often aren’t as accessible to charter schools as they are to regular public school districts. (January 20, 2026)

Don’t fight the pope: Latino Catholics, who have long sided with the Republican Party over its stance on abortion, may be a difficult demographic for Republicans to win this year after President Donald Trump started beefing with and trash talking Pope Leo XIV, the New York Times’ Jennifer Media reports from the St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Parish in Tucson. And that could spell trouble for Southern Arizona Republican Congressman Juan Ciscomani, an evangelical Christian who narrowly won his last election while emphasizing his biography as a Mexican immigrant and a devoted father of six children, Medina writes. “It is not just a very serious lack of respect — it is a mortal sin,” Tucson Catholic Maria Ramos told the Times. (April 27, 2026)

The perils of tying yourself to Trump: Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani is trailing Democrat JoAnna Mendoza in the Congressional District 6 race, per Jim Nintzel at the Tucson Sentinel. Conservatives for America commissioned a poll of 400 voters in the district, which showed 47% of voters supported Mendoza, while 44% preferred Ciscomani. Mendoza’s lead is still within the margin of error, but keep in mind she doesn’t have nearly the name recognition as the two-term incumbent. (April 30, 2026)

Not a lot of daylight between them: The Republican majority in the U.S. House is still razor-thin, which makes the race in Congressional District 6, where Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani is trying to hold onto his seat, important to the entire country, not just Southern Arizona. The separation between Democrats and Republicans is so tight that if more than one Republican breaks ranks or isn’t available to vote, then legislation dies, the New York Times notes. (January 14, 2026)

Betting on the long game: The November elections are still a ways off, but the race in Arizona’s 6th Congressional District is already the hottest political topic in Cochise County, the Herald/Review’s Matt Hickman writes. Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani was “way more forthright than I expected,” reporter Terri Jo Neff said after interviewing the two-term incumbent. Ciscomani’s Democratic rival, JoAnna Mendoza, remains largely unknown, Hickman writes, which could benefit her if the race boils down to a referendum on President Donald Trump. “And yes, it is still early. Which means everyone gets to say ‘it’s still early’ right before reading polls, checking betting markets and pretending they are not already gaming out every television ad, debate answer and outside-money carpet bombing between now and November,” Hickman writes. (May 12, 2026)

Receipts on repeat: U.S. House Democrats made a $3 million ad buy targeting vulnerable Republicans over tariffs, Medicaid cuts and the looming government shutdown, per Politico. One of the ads targets Arizona’s U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani for voting “to let Trump make tariffs even worse” and “to make healthcare even more expensive.” (September 24, 2025)

Awkward: Republican Sen. Vince Leach posted a meme on Facebook decrying the fact that there are 32 foreign-born members of Congress, the Arizona Mirror’s Jerod MacDonald-Evoy notes, including Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani, who represents Leach in Congress. Not to mention that six of his colleagues in the state Legislature were born in another country, including House Speaker Steve Montenegro. (July 23, 2025)

Staying in line: Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani, along with every other Arizona Republican in Congress, voted against extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits, per Laura Gersony at the Republic. Ciscomani said last year that Arizonans would face harsh consequences if the tax credits expired, but in the end he wasn’t among the 17 Republicans who broke ranks to support the bill. (January 9, 2026)

The tomato wars: Republicans and farm groups are urging the Trump administration to block a 20% duty on Mexican-grown tomatoes that is set to come into effect next month, since the Commerce Department announced it wouldn’t extend the “Tomato Suspension Agreement” with Mexico that has been holding the tariff at bay. And while Florida tomato growers are stoked, Arizona Republican members of Congress, including Eli Crane, Andy Biggs and Juan Ciscomani, are urging Trump to reconsider, saying ending the agreement would “abandon a key achievement and principle of President Trump’s America First agenda,” Politico reports. Also, Florida tomatoes are gross, tomato book author William Alexander writes in the opinion pages of the New York Times. And allowing the agreement to expire would mean that a bunch of Mexican tomato farmers will want H-2A visas to work in Florida. “While the tariff will drive up the cost of both Mexican- and American-grown tomatoes, consumers won’t be the only losers. Arizona State University estimates that job losses among the warehouse operators, truckers and grocers who process and move tomatoes from the border throughout the United States could exceed 50,000 in Arizona and Texas alone,” Alexander writes. (June 24, 2025)

Boosting one of the five C’s: Congressman Juan Ciscomani brought Trump administration officials to Marana last week to announce the Great American Cotton Plan, Jim Nintzel reports for the Tucson Sentinel. The goal is to sell cotton in additional foreign markets, while providing farmers with crop insurance and other federal subsidies. Cotton — including the Pima cotton that’s grown in Arizona — took a hit when President Donald Trump imposed an array of tariffs during his first and second terms, and countries like China limited their cotton imports. At the same time, the Colorado River has been struggling, and cotton farmers are worried about cuts to their water supplies. (June 2, 2026)

Raising their blood pressure: Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly is trying to pressure U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani and other Republican members of Arizona’s congressional delegation to walk back their support of Medicaid cuts, the Arizona Republic’s Ronald J. Hansen reports. Kelly is going into his Republican colleagues’ districts to make his case, like a visit to the Chiricahua Community Health Center in Sierra Vista, which is in Ciscomani’s Congressional District 6. (June 2, 2025)

With or without you: Over the weekend, more than 250 people gathered in midtown Tucson to discuss President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” The town hall was the latest in a string of public meetings critical of Republican Congressman Juan Ciscomani and his refusal to hold public, in-person town halls in his district. These events are not new — but the panel of high-profile Democrats, including Pima County Supervisor Rex Scott, state Sen. Priya Sundareshan and state Rep. Nancy Gutierrez, as well as congressional candidates JoAnna Mendoza and Deja Foxx1 show the dwindling list of Democrats in Pima County willing to work with Ciscomani. (June 23, 2025)

Border wall talk: President Donald Trump plans to build seven additional miles of border wall in Arizona, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Twitter. As of Monday, no border wall construction was confirmed in Arizona, the Arizona Republic’s Raphael Romero Ruiz reported, but the first border wall contract of Trump’s second term was awarded for a project in Texas. On the legislative side of border policy, Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani sponsored a bill to let Customs and Border Protection build more roads and temporary structures on federal lands near the border, Arizona Public Media’s Katya Mendoza reports. (March 19, 2025)

Tariff whiplash: Produce distributors in Southern Arizona and the growers they work with in Mexico are trying to make sense of the on-again, off-again tariffs from the Trump administration, the Arizona Daily Star’s Emily Bregel reports. Cross-border commerce is a bipartisan issue in Southern Arizona and both Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani said they would bring the produce industry’s concerns to federal officials. “It’s absolutely awful, anxiety-ridden. You can’t future plan. You can’t even next-week plan,” Nogales seed distributor Sabrina Hallman said. (March 11, 2025)

(Un)popular decisions: While Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly listened to Tucsonans who were worried about potential cuts to Medicaid, as KVOA’s Megan Spector reported, Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani, who voted to pave the way for those cuts, had a much chillier reception. He ducked out the back door to avoid protesters at a town hall at the Quail Creek Republican Club over the weekend, Green Valley News’ Dan Shearer reports. (March 24, 2025)

Another shutdown?: In the wake of shootings in Minneapolis, and with a deadline approaching to avoid a federal government shutdown, more U.S. Senate Democrats are saying they won’t support the funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, States Newsroom reports. Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego joined the “no” group over the weekend, and now five of the eight Democrats who voted with the GOP to end the shutdown in November say they won’t support the DHS funding bill. Their position is complicated by the fact that DHS oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is tasked with helping millions of people deal with a massive snow storm this week. And Arizonans depend on FEMA, too. U.S. Republican Reps. Eli Crane, Andy Biggs, Juan Ciscomani and David Schweikert are asking FEMA to reconsider its denial of $33 million for Gila and Mohave counties, where floods overwhelmed communities last year, Peter Aleshire reports for the Payson Roundup. (January 27, 2026)

Blurred blue lines: Democrat Amish Shah scored an endorsement from the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Arizona, which picked him over Republican rival Jay Feely in Arizona’s Congressional District 1, the New Times’ Morgan Fischer reports. The association’s executive director said the organization didn’t have anything against Feely, it just liked Shah’s voting record and his willingness to listen to their concerns. It’s relatively rare for the association to endorse Democrats, but it did endorse Shah in 2022, alongside Democrat Ruben Gallego, the same year it endorsed President Donald Trump. This time, the other candidate the association endorsed was Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani. (August 21, 2026)

“Big, beautiful opportunity”: Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani’s support of the Big, Beautiful Bill, could come back to haunt him at the ballot box as cuts to SNAP and other programs hit Southern Arizonans, Sentinel columnist Blake Morlock writes. More than 77,000 Pima County residents lost their SNAP benefits — as county officials recently revealed — and even more residents could see cuts to Medicaid after the November election. “If Ciscomani's likely Democratic opponent JoAnna Mendoza can just put the nail against the wall and hit it with a blunt object, she can win the election,” Morlock writes. “That should be real simple, but then she's a Democrat and works with Democratic consultants who've proven themselves terrified of any fight on the political landscape. They see only downsides in class-war politics.” (June 15, 2026)

He’s in, then he’s out: U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance nixed his planned trip to Oro Valley today to give a speech in Republican U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani’s Congressional District 6. Vance is instead jetting to Switzerland for U.S.-Iran peace talks. Meanwhile, today’s planned joint press conference featuring city and county officials as well as the Arizona Commerce Authority officials to talk about a recent trip to Taiwan was canceled on Friday. One elected official told us that the event was postponed as it conflicted with Vance’s (now cancelled) event in Oro Valley. (June 22, 2026)

Coming back to haunt him: The war in Iran loomed large at a veteran’s town hall in Tucson hosted by JoAnna Mendoza, a Democratic candidate in Southern Arizona’s competitive Congressional District 6, Arizona Public Media’s Nick Rommel reports. One Army veteran said he “loved every single thing” Trump said in the 2024 campaign, but “apparently, I’m seeing completely the opposite of what he said.” The backlash to Trump’s policies may be why Mendoza was leading two-term Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani 47-44% among CD6 voters, per a poll from Conservatives for America, the Tucson Sentinel’s Jim Nintzel reports. (April 30, 2026)