Progressive Challengers Defeat Incumbents in Three New York House Primaries

Progressive candidates endorsed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani defeated three Democratic incumbents in U.S. House primaries held Tuesday in New York. Lander has accused Israel of genocide in Gaza. Goldman, an heir to the Levi Strauss denim fortune, was first elected in 2022 and received support from pro-Israel groups.

Valdez unseated Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso in the 7th district. Mamdani described Chevalier as a person "of clarity, of conscience and of conviction" in a post after the results.

Reactions and Context Lander, who was also endorsed by Vermont's democratic socialist Senator Bernie Sanders, said in a post on X that voters in his district covering Lower Manhattan and part of Brooklyn "want leadership ready to fight, not fold, against authoritarianism".

Goldman called Lander to congratulate him and stated, "Tonight, the voters of 10th District have spoken. ". In the 12th district, assemblymember Micah Lasher defeated Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of former President John F. Kennedy. Schlossberg, 33, is a Vogue correspondent and Harvard Law School graduate.

George Conway, a conservative lawyer, received about 6 percent of the vote in that race. Mamdani said earlier Tuesday that the contests were about "electing better Democrats" and putting "working people back at the heart of our politics". All three candidates backed by Mamdani have vowed to "abolish ICE" and "tax the rich" and have accused Israel of genocide, which it denies.

" Goldman led the first impeachment inquiry of Trump in 2019. A Brooklyn coffee shop posted on social media over the weekend that Goldman was not welcome there after he visited with his seven-year-old daughter; the post was later deleted.