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Mamdani-Backed Candidates Defeat Two Jeffries-Endorsed Incumbents in NYC Primaries
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Wednesday that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani must hold conversations with congressional Democrats after Mamdani-backed candidates defeated two incumbents in recent primaries. Jeffries had endorsed the losing representatives.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Wednesday that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has work ahead to repair relations with congressional Democrats after two incumbents endorsed by Jeffries lost their primaries to candidates backed by the mayor.
New York Post reported that Jeffries told Punchbowl News he and Mamdani had agreed to strongly disagree over their choices in the contested races. “He’s got work to do in terms of the conversations that he’s going to have with members of Congress moving forward,” Jeffries said.
Jeffries thanked Reps. Adriano Espaillat and Dan Goldman for their years of service in the House. Darializa Avila Chevalier defeated five-term incumbent Espaillat in the 13th District, which covers Upper Manhattan and the Bronx.
Brad Lander defeated Goldman in the 10th District, which covers Lower Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn. Mamdani had backed Chevalier and Lander. State Assemblywoman Claire Valdez, identified as a Mamdani ally, won the primary for the Brooklyn and Queens seat vacated by retiring Rep.
Nydia Velázquez, who had endorsed Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. The primaries served as the decisive contests in the city’s deep-blue districts.
