Far-left Chevalier wins NY Congressional primary, capping sweep for Mamdani

By Luke Tress

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24 June 2026, 5:49 am

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Luke Tress is The Times of Israel's New York correspondent.

Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier speaks during a Get Out The Vote rally ahead of New York's primary election, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, June 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

Darializa Chevalier, a far-left activist backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is declared the winner of the Democratic Party primary in New York’s 13th Congressional District.

Chevalier’s win over the centrist incumbent Adriano Espaillat caps a stunning night for Mamdani and his far-left Democratic Socialists of America.

Chevalier defeats Espaillat despite a history of extremist rhetoric against the US, Israel and Democratic party leaders, and having never held political office.

Chevalier attended a rally celebrating Hamas’s October 2023 onslaught in southern Israel and made anti-Israel rhetoric a focal point of the campaign.