Arizona Republicans and Democrats in the 7th and 8th congressional districts are battling it out to see who will advance to the general election. Primaries for both parties will take place on July 21. Early voting started on June 24.

7th Congressional District

In the 7th Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat, and Republican Daniel Butierez Sr. are the only candidates running. Thus, they will both advance to another showdown in the general election. Grijalva co-sponsored a bill to provide a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.

Grijalva also co-sponsored a bill that establishes Medicare for All. Neither bill became law. In another economic area, she voted in favor of the 21st Century Housing Act, which restricts institutional investors from buying single-family homes.

8th Congressional District

In Arizona’s 8th Congressional District, two Democratic candidates will battle to see who runs against U.S. Rep. Abe Hamadeh, a Republican, who is running unopposed in the Republican primary. The two Democrats are Bernadette Greene Placentia and Raymond Keeler.

Greene Placentia said she will focus on affordability issues. She told The Center Square that Arizonans are “being priced out” of homeownership and “struggling to pay bills.” Greene Placentia also said she backs a federal living wage between $15 and $20 an hour.

As a candidate, Keeler, a software engineer and Army veteran, supports housing that helps “tiny homeowners in zoned plots with HOAs,” according to his campaign website. His campaign website says he supports incentivizing 3D home printing and additional “zoning for more affordable [housing] ownership.”

Original reporting: KTBS 3 (Shreveport) — read the source article.