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Updated · FOX 5 New York · Jun 23Avila Chevalier Challenges 10-Year Incumbent Espaillat in NY-13 Democratic Primary
3 articles · Updated · FOX 5 New York · Jun 23Summary
- NY-13 Democrats will choose between incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat and first-time candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier in the district's primary.
- Nearly a decade in office gives Espaillat the establishment mantle; he also serves as chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
- Chevalier enters as the insurgent option, backed by Mamdani after working as an investigator at Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem.
- The race sets up an old-guard-versus-new-guard test in a heavily Democratic New York City congressional district.
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How will today's election outcome define the future of New York's most diverse congressional district? Can a newcomer unseat a decade-long incumbent in New York's tightest congressional race today?