PHOENIX — Southern Arizona voters on Tuesday chose Adelita Grijalva to succeed her father, the late U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, a progressive Democrat who represented the state for more than two decades in Congress.

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Voters in southern Arizona have picked Adelita Grijalva to succeed her father, the late U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva

She defeated Republican candidate Daniel Butierez on Tuesday in a special election, and will serve the final 15 months of her father's term

The district stretches from Yuma to Tucson and hugs almost the entire length of Arizona's border with Mexico

The seat doesn't decide control of the U.S. House, but it was one of two remaining vacancies in blue districts that Democrats needed to hold to avoid losing more ground to the Republican majority

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