The Democrats’ next test will feature these three Arizona candidates
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The next test of who Democratic voters want to see leading the party will take place Tuesday in southwest Arizona, where three leading candidates are offering competing visions in the primary to fill the late Rep. Raul Grijalva’s seat.
The next test of who Democratic voters want to see leading the party will take place Tuesday in southwest Arizona, where three leading candidates are offering competing visions in the primary to fill the late Rep. Raul Grijalva’s seat. The candidates have all painted themselves as fighters focused on protecting programs that would see cuts under Republicans’ sweeping domestic policy and immigration law. But the primary has also highlighted questions about age, generational change and the power of a famous last name. Adelita Grijalva, a former Pima County supervisor and the late congressman’s daughter, is pitching herself as an experienced continuation of his progressive legacy. Former state Rep. Daniel Hernandez is running as a pragmatist who’s managed to pass legislation under Republican majorities. And 25-year-old activist Deja Foxx argues her lived experience and youth make her the best suited to bring new urgency to Washington. Hernandez has led fundraising, but Grijalva and Foxx have remained competitive. Two other Democratic primary candidates, businessman Patrick Harris Sr. and Indigenous scholar Jose Malvido Jr., have not submitted Federal Election Commission reports. Arizona’s 7th Congressional District, which includes parts of Tucson and most of the state’s southern border with Mexico, has been without representation since March, when Rep. Grijalva died due to complications from cancer treatments. The late congressman and former Congressional Progressive Caucus chairman was first elected to the House in 2002. Polls close at 7 p.m. Tuesday local time (10 p.m. ET).
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