The biggest winner of Tuesday’s primary wasn’t even on the ballot.  Candidates backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani swept a trio of contested congressional races on Tuesday night in a decisive victory for the democratic socialist-fueled movement that brought the mayor to City Hall.  In perhaps the night’s most surprising result, political newcomer Darializa Avila Chevalier narrowly unseated incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat to represent the 13th Congressional District in northern Manhattan and parts of the Bronx.  Across the East River, little-known Assembly member Claire Valdez beat Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso by 20 points for an open seat to represent the […]

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