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.

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The election to replace the late Rep. Raúl Grijalva is ultimately expected to send a Democrat to Capitol Hill, putting pressure on House GOP leaders.