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Gabriela Saucedo Mercer jumped into the Congressional District 7 race Wednesday, to a chorus of "amens" and a chant of "Gabby, Gabby" from about 80 enthusiastic supporters at a downtown hotel.

Mercer said she is seeking the Republican nomination because America is no longer the country she immigrated to when she left Mexico in 1986, before obtaining her citizenship in 1991.

Delivering part of her speech in Spanish, Mercer said politicians are taking the country in the wrong direction and ignoring the Constitution, criticizing U.S.

Rep. Raúl Grijalva for his vote in support of the federal health- care overhaul and calling him "a reckless cheerleader for irresponsible deficit spending."

Mercer, a mother of three adult children, said she will focus on jobs, will protect defense funding and cut back on spending.

"I want the United States of America to be No. 1 again - and I don't want to hear politicians apologizing for it," she sa