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The call projecting Brad Lander as the winner of his primary against Rep. Dan Goldman came minutes after the New York polls closed. Shortly after, Claire Valdez, looking to take retiring Rep. Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez\u2019s seat, was projected as the winner of her primary.<\/p>\n

Read more Jerry Nadler\u2019s Handpicked Successor Wins New York Primary<\/a><\/p>\n

Then, a little after 10:30 p.m. ET came the news that Darializa Avila Chevalier was projected to beat Rep. Adriano Espaillat.<\/p>\n

That secured a perfect winning streak for Zohran Mamdani in his first foray into congressional primaries since becoming mayor of New York City.<\/p>\n

\u201cMayor Mamdani is incredibly popular and he has proven that he can harness that popularity,\u201d said Joe Calvello, a spokesperson for Mamdani, in a social media post Tuesday. \u201cIt\u2019s time for the political class to understand that and be on the right side of it or be bound to the dustbin of history.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight it became clear that the old guard of New York City politics it\u2019s just that, old.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mamdani made a point of appearing beside his endorsed candidates on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s hear it for a politics that will never forget working people. For a politics that is ready to write a new chapter in our party\u2019s history. And for a politics that realizes the old politics that got us in this crisis is not the politics that\u2019s gonna get us out of this crisis,\u201d he said at a watch party for Valdez. \u201cThese are the champions who will do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mayor risked relationships with his state\u2019s congressional delegation by endorsing against two incumbents \u2014 Goldman and Espaillat \u2014 and the handpicked successor of a third. But he was clearly attuned to something that was churning within the Democratic base: antiestablishment sentiment looking for different leadership at a time the party is trying to figure out its footing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mamdani stock is as high as it gets right now, with a primary sweep, big budget wins and the Knicks speech heard round the world,\u201d said a Democratic consultant who works on New York races. \u201cHe\u2019s passing every test in the book. His bubble will burst at some point, but it\u2019s not today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Democrats were widely coming to grips with the possibility that this could be a sign of a broader realignment within their party.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s real but it\u2019s not left vs center it\u2019s establishment politician vs. outsider,\u201d said one Democratic strategist over text about this sentiment, pointing to other candidates who had prevailed against better-established Democrats in recent primaries. \u201cOutsiders win.\u201d<\/p>\n

All Democrats are cognizant of the few months left between now and the general election. Among the Mamdani-backed candidates, there was an immediate pivot to November.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur job is to do two things: to take the lessons that the voters taught us, and also to build unity within the Democratic Party to win the majority back this fall,\u201d Lander told supporters at his election-night watch party after he was introduced by the mayor.<\/p>\n

But strategists also worried about how the results might reverberate across the country leading up to the midterms. They were on edge about the types of attacks these results could translate to in more competitive areas that Democrats need to win a majority.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMarginal dems and potential red to blue seats are gonna be that much harder for dems to win. This is gonna be used across America. Narrative that it\u2019s not just AOC. Her squad is growing and growing,\u201d said a Democratic operative based in New York City who worked for super PACs connected to Lander and Alex Bores, a New York state legislator who lost his race on Tuesday<\/u><\/span> to Micah Lasher, also a member of the state Assembly.<\/p>\n

Another Democratic strategist was also wringing their hands.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to know whether this is localized to New York or if this is going to spread to other states, but it is a huge problem for democrats,\u201d they told NOTUS. \u201cEvery Democrat in a red or purple district will have to answer for these positions and they\u2019d better be ready to push back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Almost on cue, the National Republican Congressional Committee seized on the results.<\/p>\n

\u201cTonight wasn\u2019t just a bad night for so-called \u2018Leader\u2019 Hakeem Jeffries. It was the night the Democrat establishment officially surrendered to Zohran Mamdani and the socialist wing of their party,\u201d Mike Marinella, a spokesperson for NRCC, said in a statement. \u201cEvery House Democrat, in safe and competitive districts alike, will now answer to the radicals calling the shots. And Americans should be terrified by where the Democrat Party is headed.\u201d<\/p>\n

In New York\u2019s 13th Congressional District, Avila Chevalier was projected to beat Espaillat, the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and a powerful Democratic incumbent on the House Appropriations Committee.<\/p>\n

Avila Chevalier had far less name recognition and fewer resources than Espaillat. She also had a history of social media posts \u2014 including some that were critical of other Democrats \u2014 that became an issue during the primary.<\/p>\n

Espaillat, who had not faced a competitive race in years, has represented New York\u2019s 13th Congressional District for nearly a decade. He raised more than double the money<\/u><\/span> that Avila Chevalier did<\/u><\/span> since he started fundraising in January 2025. And he had backed Mamdani after he won the mayoral primary<\/u><\/span>, and was reportedly set<\/u><\/span> to receive a Mamdani endorsement in this race \u2014 but Avila Chevalier ended up getting it.<\/p>\n

Avila Chevalier, now on a glide path to a seat in Congress, recently told NOTUS<\/u><\/span> that a win by her would prove that Mamdani\u2019s \u201cwasn\u2019t a fluke.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lander, a former New York City comptroller who finished third in last year\u2019s Democratic mayoral primary, easily defeated Goldman in New York\u2019s 10th Congressional District, in a race where Israel emerged as one of the clearest points of contrast<\/u><\/span> between the Democrats, who are both Jewish.<\/p>\n

Goldman \u2014 who was Democrats\u2019 lead lawyer during President Donald Trump\u2019s first impeachment trial<\/u><\/span> \u2014 tried to turn the narrative to other issues. But Lander was able to successfully attack Goldman on his pro-Israel record, including his AIPAC endorsement, in a way that resonated among the district\u2019s very progressive and large Jewish population.<\/p>\n

Though Goldman outraised Lander by millions of dollars, he fell short of persuading voters to reelect him to Congress, which he first was elected to in 2022. A month before the election, a poll from Emerson College found Lander led Goldman by more than 30 percentage points.<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

And in New York\u2019s 7th Congressional District, Valdez, a democratic socialist who was competing against Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, secured the Democratic Party\u2019s nomination for Vel\u00e1zquez\u2019s seat. Vel\u00e1zquez had endorsed Reynoso.<\/p>\n

Read more D.C. Officials Are Investigating Dead Ducklings in the Reflecting Pool<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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