The race to fill Raúl Grijalva's seat is expected to be a three-way contest, with the former congressman's daughter in the slight lead.

While Tuesday's special election in Arizona may not seem like the type of story to generate nationwide headlines, the race is getting eyes across the country for boiling down the current state of the Democratic Party into a single election.

A special election for a vacant congressional seat in southern Arizona has become a tussle about the need for change in the Democratic party. After Rep. Raúl Grijalva died in March, Deja Foxx, 25, is gaining ground in the special Democratic primary in Arizona’s 7th District,

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.

The next test of who Democratic voters want to see leading the party will take place Tuesday in southwest Arizona, where three leading candidates are offering competing visions in the primary to fill the late Rep.

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.

Grijalva's daughter is the presumptive frontrunner in the 7th Congressional District's July 15 Democratic primary.

Arizona Democrats on Tuesday will choose their nominee to run for a vacant U.S. House seat in September, as the party grapples with demands for generational change and divisions over just how progressive it can be in the era of President Donald Trump.

A special election for a vacant congressional seat in southern Arizona has become a tussle about the need for change in the party.