Grijalva's background became a matter of discussion on the campaign trail in Arizona's 7th Congressional District.

Adelita Grijalva, daughter of the late Congressman Raúl Grijalva, won Tuesday's Democratic primary in the special election to replace her father, and will advance to this fall’s general election.

Deja Foxx is one of three major candidates in Tuesday's Democratic primary to replace the late Raúl Grijalva in Congress. See who she is and where she stands in the wave of young Democrats.

Adelita Grijalva, a former local elected official, will follow in her father’s footsteps, representing a congressional district in southern Arizona after fending off a challenge built around generational change and winning the Democratic primary in a special election on Tuesday night.

Democrat Adelita Grijalva and Republican Daniel Butierez dominated a field of congressional hopefuls Tuesday night to get one step closer to representing a wide swath of southern Arizona in Congress.