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Democrat wins special election for Congress in Arizona, further lowering the Republican majority. I am sure its fine.
Democrat Adelita Grijalva wins special election for her late father's House seat in Arizona
NBC News projects victory for the progressive former Pima County supervisor in a deep-blue district stretching along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Democrat Adelita Grijalva won Tuesday's special election for the Arizona congressional seat held by her late father, NBC News projects.
Grijalva, a former Pima County supervisor and Tucson school board member, captured Arizona’s 7th Congressional District, which includes Tucson, over Republican Daniel Butierez. She will serve out the remaining 15 months of Rep. Raúl Grijalva's term after he died in March of complications during cancer treatment.
See live results here
Grijalva will fill one of three vacancies in the House, narrowing Republicans' majority to 219-214 as Congress faces some key upcoming moments, including a partisan staring contest over government spending and an effort by House Democrats to force a vote on the disclosure of more files related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Grijalva will join the Congressional Progressive Caucus, she and caucus co-chair Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., said Friday an endorsement video. Grijalva’s father, who served 11 terms in Congress, was a co-chair of the caucus from 2009 to 2019 and chaired the House Natural Resources Committee for four years.
“My dad left huge shoes to fill, but I stand on my own two feet,” the younger Grijalva said in an interview with NBC News in July.
In a July primary, Grijalva beat 25-year-old activist Deja Foxx and former state Rep. Daniel Hernandez. She accumulated endorsements from both of Arizona's Democratic senators, Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, as well as national progressives, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
Frost called her a "progressive champion" who is "fighting for working people, fighting to end gun violence, fighting for our environment and just fighting for all the people of [her] district."
The endorsement from Frost, the youngest and first Gen Z member of Congress, came after age became an issue in the special Democratic primary.
Foxx said in an interview with NBC News in July that she hoped to leverage her hundreds of thousands of social media followers and that the Democratic Party had "lost ground with young people."
Democrat Adelita Grijalva wins special election for her late father's House seat in Arizona
NBC News projects victory for the progressive former Pima County supervisor in a deep-blue district stretching along the U.S.-Mexico border.
ttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrat-adelita-grijalva-wins-special-election-late-fathers-house-sea-rcna231968
Democrat Adelita Grijalva won Tuesday's special election for the Arizona congressional seat held by her late father, NBC News projects.
Grijalva, a former Pima County supervisor and Tucson school board member, captured Arizona’s 7th Congressional District, which includes Tucson, over Republican Daniel Butierez. She will serve out the remaining 15 months of Rep. Raúl Grijalva's term after he died in March of complications during cancer treatment.
See live results here
Grijalva will fill one of three vacancies in the House, narrowing Republicans' majority to 219-214 as Congress faces some key upcoming moments, including a partisan staring contest over government spending and an effort by House Democrats to force a vote on the disclosure of more files related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Grijalva will join the Congressional Progressive Caucus, she and caucus co-chair Maxwell Frost, D-Fla., said Friday an endorsement video. Grijalva’s father, who served 11 terms in Congress, was a co-chair of the caucus from 2009 to 2019 and chaired the House Natural Resources Committee for four years.
“My dad left huge shoes to fill, but I stand on my own two feet,” the younger Grijalva said in an interview with NBC News in July.
In a July primary, Grijalva beat 25-year-old activist Deja Foxx and former state Rep. Daniel Hernandez. She accumulated endorsements from both of Arizona's Democratic senators, Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, as well as national progressives, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
Frost called her a "progressive champion" who is "fighting for working people, fighting to end gun violence, fighting for our environment and just fighting for all the people of [her] district."
The endorsement from Frost, the youngest and first Gen Z member of Congress, came after age became an issue in the special Democratic primary.
Foxx said in an interview with NBC News in July that she hoped to leverage her hundreds of thousands of social media followers and that the Democratic Party had "lost ground with young people."
