Overview

• NBC News and other outlets projected Grijalva the winner over Republican Daniel Butierez, with early tallies showing roughly 70.6% to 27.7% when the race was called.
• Her victory gives Democrats an additional vote in the closely divided chamber as Congress confronts near-party-line fights on spending and other issues.
• Grijalva has pledged to sign the bipartisan Massie–Khanna discharge petition, which would reach the required 218 signatures and force a floor vote to compel the Justice Department to release Jeffrey Epstein records.
• She will be sworn in soon to serve the remaining roughly 15 months of the term created by the March death of her father, longtime Rep. Raúl Grijalva.
• Arizona’s 7th District is a deep-blue, majority-Hispanic seat centered on Tucson where Grijalva, a former Pima County supervisor with high-profile progressive endorsements, was heavily favored.