Adelita Grijalva decisively won the Democratic primary for Arizona’s 7th Congressional District, securing roughly 62 % of the vote, according to calls by Decision Desk HQ and the Associated Press late Tuesday. Her nearest rival, 25-year-old activist Deja Foxx, trailed by more than 40 points, while former state representative Daniel Hernandez placed a distant third. The result positions Grijalva, 54, as the prohibitive favourite to succeed her father, the late Representative Raúl Grijalva, whose March death triggered the special election. The contest became a proxy battle over experience versus generational change inside the Democratic Party. Grijalva, backed by Senators Bernie Sanders and Mark Kelly as well as Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, campaigned on continuing her father’s progressive agenda on immigration, public lands and Indigenous rights. Foxx, a social-media influencer endorsed by David Hogg, argued that the deep-blue district needed new leadership, but was unable to translate her online following into votes. Republican voters picked contractor Daniel Butierez Sr. with about 61 % support, setting up a 23 September general election that analysts say favours Democrats by a wide margin. A victory for Grijalva would return the district’s seat to the family, make her the first Latina elected to Congress from Arizona and trim the GOP’s slender 220-212 majority in the U.S. House.