Republican Luis Pozzolo has a commanding lead in Tuesday nightβs U.S. Congressional District 7 primary, to run against longtime U.S. Rep. RaΓΊl Grijalva in the Nov. 8 midterms.
Unofficial results Tuesday night show Pozzolo leading with more than 66% of the vote over one opponent,Β Nina Becker.
Pozzolo immigrated to the U.S. in 2003 from Uruguay and became a U.S. citizen in 2012. He is a small business owner.
CD7, formally CD3, is held by Grijalva, who has held the seat since winning it in 2002. He is known for being an outspoken progressive, with a long history in the Tucson community. Before winning national office, Grijalva served 12 years on the Tucson Unified School District Governing Board and 15 years on the Pima County Board of Supervisors.
The newly drawn CD7 includes the west half of Tucson, runs all the way west to Yuma, north into Phoenixβs western suburbs and south to Nogales.
