Democrat Adelita Grijalva won Tuesday’s special election to represent Arizona’s 7th Congressional seat, succeeding her father, the late Rep. Raul Grijalva, as the seat’s next member of Congress.
The Associated Press called the race for Adelita Grijalva at 11:08 p.m. Eastern, over an hour after the polls closed. She defeated Republican Daniel Butierez, 70.6% to 27.7%, at the time the race was called.
Adelita Grijalva won a competitive Democratic primary earlier this year, earning endorsements from both Arizona Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ), as well as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
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She will succeed her father, who died in March at the age of 77 due to cancer treatment complications. Adelita Grijalva, who shares many of the same policy
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