Several Republicans held a joint press conference Monday to announce their support for Democrat U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

Former state representatives Jennifer Burns and Pete Hershberger said Giffords worked with them in the Legislature on policy and budget issues.

Hershberger said she listens to her constituents and spends nearly every weekend in the district.

“Gabrielle Giffords gives us the representation we want,” said Hershberger.

Burns said she knows how hard it is to represent a district where the majority of voters are in the other party, and that Giffords represents everyone in her district even when she knows some people will never vote for her.

The former representatives appeared with Sahuarita Mayor Lynne Skelton, Sierra Vista Mayor Robert Strain, community leader and Giffords’ treasurer Lolly Almquist, Arizona Conference of Police and Sheriffs President Larry Lopez, developer John Wesley Miller and Cox Communications vice president Lisa Lovallo.

Giffords kept her promises to voters, including supporting the solar energy industry, small builders and the housing industry, and small business people, Miller said.

Giffords said she was honored to have their endorsements.

“The problems that affect our community just don’t affect Republicans, they just don’t affect Democrats or independents, they affect all of us. So, the solutions, then, also have to involve all of us,” Giffords said.