March 24, 2025
“These hardships didn’t stop me. They fueled me even more … Now I’m running for Congress because we can’t let all these hardships we’re facing stop us either.”
Tucson, Arizona – Today, Daniel Hernandez, former member of the Arizona House of Representatives and first-generation American, launched his campaign for Arizona’s Seventh Congressional District. In a video announcement this morning, Hernandez vows to fight the MAGA extremists, lower costs, and protect Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security in Congress. He also shares how healthcare access saved his life as a teenager and how his medical training gave him the skills to help save lives on the terrible day when a gunman opened fire at an event with Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.
WATCH: Daniel Hernandez Launches Campaign for AZ-07
Video transcript:
[Daniel Hernandez]: “America… is in trouble.”
[News anchors]: “Corruption, plain and simple … The President of the United States has essentially declared war on the rule of law … An assault on the Constitution.”
[Daniel Hernandez]: “I’m Daniel Hernandez, and I’m running for Congress because we need more leaders who’ll stand up and do whatever it takes for working families, for veterans, and for seniors. To protect Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security that so many Arizonans depend on. To protect our right to vote, to choose, and to live freely, on our terms. Not theirs.”
[CLIP of Hernandez]: “Put partisanship aside and do the right thing.”
[Daniel Hernandez]: “That’s exactly how my parents raised me… You work hard and take care of those around you. But like so many here in Arizona, I’ve faced my share of hardships. Growing up, my family struggled to make ends meet. We depended on Medicaid and when I lost health insurance as a teenager it nearly killed me. And an act of political violence tested my resolve to keep on fighting.”
[CLIP of PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA]: “We are grateful to Daniel Hernandez, a volunteer in Gabby’s office. And Daniel, I’m sorry, you may deny it, but we’ve decided you are a hero.”
[Daniel Hernandez]: “But these hardships didn’t stop me. They fueled me even more… As a community organizer, as a school board president and as a state legislator, I stood up to extreme Republicans on voting rights, reproductive choice, and gun safety… And I helped pass one of the largest investments in public schools in Arizona history.”
[News anchors]: “Arizona for the first time created its own housing tax credit program. Four million dollars annually for the next ten years.”
[Daniel Hernandez]: “Now I’m running for Congress because we can’t let all these hardships we’re facing stop us either. Our democracy isn’t always easy and it doesn’t always get things right… but it’s always worth standing up and fighting for.”’
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