Grijalva wins Democratic special primary for Arizona

What happened

Adelita Grijalva has become the Democratic nominee for Arizona's 7th Congressional District, taking more than 60% of the votes. She will go on to face Republican nominee Daniel Butierez in the race to fill the House seat vacated by her late father, Rep. Raúl Grijalva.

The 54-year-old Grijalva beat out four other candidates, including the 25-year-old Gen Z activist Deja Foxx, who "ran on a platform of generational change and challenging the old guard," said The Washington Post.

Who said what

Grijalva said her success was a win for the "progressive movement my dad started in Southern Arizona more than 50 years ago." The race had been considered a test for a Democratic Party "grappling with generational tensions within its ranks," said The Hill. When faced with a choice between continuity and generational change, "voters decided to stick with what they knew," said The New York Times.

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What next?

Grijalva is "all but guaranteed" to beat Butierez in the September 23 special election, said the Times. She would become Arizona's first Latina congressional representative.