Adelita Grijalva wins Arizona Democratic House primary, Daniel Butierez wins GOP nomination

Voters in southern Arizona have nominated Democrat Adelita Grijalva to advance to a special general election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva in Arizona's 7th Congressional District.

Raúl Grijalva, who is Adelita's father, was one of the most senior and progressive power brokers on Capitol Hill.

His death in March left the seat wide open for the first time in over two decades. Grijalva was a champion of environmental protections and reliably went to bat for immigrants and Native American tribes. He routinely breezed past GOP challengers in the deep-blue district, which stretches across most of the state's border with Mexico and includes parts of Tucson and nearby counties.