Arizona Republican lawmakers have passed several bills on voting in recent days. The Democratic governor is expected to veto many of them, but the measures could influence what happens in other states.

The Senate is set to vote today on a House GOP stopgap bill to fund the government until September. Given the GOP’s 53-seat Senate majority and already one pledged no vote from the caucus, at least eight Democrats will have to come out in support of the bill for it to pass.

The staunch Democrat revealed his cancer diagnosis last year, but was optimistic about treatment and chose to run for a second term.

Elected 12 times to Congress, Grijalva was a fixture of Tucson politics and a standard-bearer of progressive Democrats.