Democratic Primary Challenges Produce Mixed Results for Incumbents
Several long-serving House Democrats are confronting primary opponents backed by progressive groups and younger candidates ahead of November midterms.
Fox NewsU.S. Senate in Maine on Tuesday, Fox News reported. Rep. , 50, faces a primary challenge from former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, 56, in New York’s 10th Congressional District.
Lander has the backing of Mamdani, Sens. , and the Working Families Party. , and Gov. , have endorsed Goldman. Recent polling shows Lander leading Goldman. Goldman, one of the wealthiest members of Congress and a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, has supported legislation to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Green New Deal measures and Medicare-for-all.
He has vowed to help lead a third impeachment of President Trump if Democrats retake power in November. ” Rep. , 71, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, is facing a primary challenge from Darializa Avila Chevalier, 32, a socialist and activist who joined Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
Mamdani endorsed Avila Chevalier. Espaillat has supported the dismantlement of ICE and is the first former illegal immigrant elected to Congress. ” House Minority Leader Jeffries has vowed to help give Espaillat a sixth House term.
Rep. , an 11-term incumbent, filed to run in Florida’s 20th Congressional District after Republicans redistricted her seat earlier this year. The plurality-Black district has been represented by a Black lawmaker for more than three decades.
She is expected to face four Black opponents in the August primary, including former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who resigned amid an expulsion threat earlier this year and faces a pending federal criminal indictment over alleged financial crimes that could result in more than 50 years in prison if convicted. House Minority Leader Jeffries has declined to endorse Wasserman Schultz.
