Arizona, Raúl Grijalva and Deja Foxx
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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.
Democrat Deja Foxx, 25, is gaining ground in the special Democratic primary in Arizona’s 7th District as she challenges a Democrat dynasty. NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard spoke with Foxx on the campaign trail.
Arizona's Rep. Raul Grijalva died in March at 77. His daughter, Adelita, is one step closer to taking up his mantle in Washington.
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Adelita Grijalva won the primary race for Arizona's 7th Congressional District—a seat her father, the late Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva had previously held—beating out 25-year-old digital strategist Deja Foxx on Tuesday night. Newsweek reached out to Foxx via X, formerly Twitter.
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Progressive activist Deja Foxx, 25, campaigns for Arizona congressional seat with support from David Hogg, drawing comparisons to Zohran Mamdani's victory against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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.
While Adelita Grijalva is polling ahead in the CD7 Democratic primary it’s another candidate who’s making all of the headlines in this race: 25-year-old Deja Foxx.
Adelita Grijalva is the front-runner to replace her father in Congress but faces an unexpectedly competitive primary featuring a young social-media-savvy newcomer.