Democrat Adelita Grijalva has won a special election in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District, and her victory could be the tipping point in the fight to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files.

The race was called Tuesday night, with early returns showing Grijalva more than doubling the vote count of Republican Daniel Butierez, who also lost in 2024 to her father, the late Rep. Raul Grijalva.

This time, Grijalva cleared nearly 69% of the vote in a district that spans Arizona’s southern border with Mexico, including Tucson and parts of Phoenix. Her win makes her the first Latina to represent Arizona in Congress and keeps a reliably blue seat firmly in Democratic hands.

“This is a victory not for me, but for our community and the progressive movement my dad started in Southern Arizona

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