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.

Arizona House members passed the plan on a bipartisan vote that overrode sharp divisions that had raised fears of a government shutdown.

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A state budget stalemate pitting Senate Republicans and Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs against the GOP-controlled House escalated over the weekend, with the end of the fiscal year a week away and an unprecedented government shutdown looming.

Most critical services in Arizona would continue if an impasse over the state budget leads to an unprecedented government shutdown. But few details on the impact are readily available with less than five days left before the deadline.

Former state Sen. Rusty Bowers, a former House speaker who spent 30 years in or around state government, said Arizona has never before experienced a state shutdown. "That's a big deal," he said.

A bipartisan group of Arizona senators wrapped up their $17.6 billion budget plan early morning June 20 and declared they were done for the year in a move that risks a state government shutdown.