Arizona’s 7th Congressional District covers nearly all of the Arizona-Mexico border and extends up to the western suburbs of Phoenix. It has also consistently sent Democrats to the House of Representatives since 2002, even though the area has gone through two rounds of redistricting in that time.
Daniel Butierez is the latest Republican challenger to the 22-year Democratic incumbent Raúl Grijalva.
Both candidates running in the southern Arizona district echo the topics that seem to be defining the 2024 election cycle; the border, and the cost of housing.
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