Left-wing challengers ousted two House Democrats in New York on Tuesday, a victory for Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his faction of the party.
Rep. Dan Goldman lost in a landslide to Brad Lander, who told supporters that their movement could “vanquish Trump’s fascism,” while Rep. Adriano Espaillat was narrowly defeated by Darializa Avila Chevalier, a pro-Gaza activist who’d never sought office before.
State legislator Claire Valdez, another Mamdani ally who rallied last week with him and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., easily won an open seat over Brooklyn’s borough president. “Solidarity forever, abolish ICE, free Palestine, organize your union, and join DSA,” Valdez said at her victory party.
Left-wing Democrats struggled outside the city, with veteran Cait Conley winning a swing-seat nomination to challenge Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y. And in Utah, former Rep. Ben McAdams won the party’s nod in a district newly redrawn to be safely Democratic.