In Arizona\u2019s 7th Congressional District, progressive influencer Deja Foxx lost decisively to Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva. The Associated Press called the race early, with Grijalva securing 62% of the vote to Foxx\u2019s 21%, a margin of over 40 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grijalva, the daughter of the late Representative Ra\u00fal Grijalva, entered the race as the clear favorite. She had significant establishment backing from prominent progressives like Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Foxx, a 25-year-old TikTok figure with a large online following, campaigned on her \u201clived experience.\u201d This included her upbringing in Section 8 housing and her early activism for abortion rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite raising over $670,000, mostly from small donors, and attempting to build momentum through social media, Foxx\u2019s campaign failed to gain traction. She called her effort a movement that \u201cshattered expectations,\u201d but the decisive loss highlighted its limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grijalva\u2019s victory was attributed to her family\u2019s deep local roots and decades of community presence. Although the candidates had similar progressive platforms, voters ultimately favored the trusted Grijalva name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In her victory speech, Grijalva framed the win as a continuation of her father\u2019s legacy. She stated it was a victory for the community and the progressive movement he started over 50 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, energized by recent wins elsewhere, progressives are considering primary challenges in New York. This includes a potential race against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, setting the stage for further internal Democratic conflicts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In Arizona\u2019s 7th Congressional District, progressive influencer Deja Foxx lost decisively to Pima County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva. The Associated Press called the race early, with Grijalva securing 62% of the vote to Foxx\u2019s 21%, a margin of over 40 points. Grijalva, the daughter of the late Representative Ra\u00fal Grijalva, entered the race as the clear…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5156,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5154\/revisions\/5156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}