"More than 50 years ago, my dad started a movement based on dignity and equity for all. Fifty years later, that movement is alive,"
"Grijalva's win on Tuesday also means that there will likely be enough support in the House to force a bipartisan vote on releasing federal investigative files relating to disgraced financier and accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein."
"With 87 percent of the votes counted, Grijalva had a commanding lead of 68.5 percent, while Butierez attained only 29.8 percent of the vote."
Adelita Grijalva, a former Pima County supervisor and Tucson school board member, won the special election for Arizona's 7th Congressional District to fill the vacancy left by the death of Rep. Raúl Grijalva. Grijalva received about 68.5% of the vote to Republican Daniel Butierez's 29.8% with 87% counted, a near 40-point margin. The victory makes her the first Latina congresswoman from Arizona and narrows the Republican majority in the U.S. House. The result is expected to help force a bipartisan vote on releasing federal investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein, which Grijalva vowed to pursue immediately.
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