NY-13: From insurgent to establishment: Rep. Espaillat reckons with uptown shift to the left

Five-term incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat is facing a serious primary challenge in his Uptown Manhattan and Bronx congressional district from newcomer Darializa Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist riding a wave of voter fury against the Democratic establishment.

The unexpectedly tight race represents a role reversal for Espaillat, who a decade ago was the challenger taking on the entrenched establishment.

At the time, Espaillat, who was once undocumented and became the first Dominican American elected to Congress, embodied the district’s shift from a base of Black political power to one dominated by Latino voters.

Now, another shift is underway in the district, which is still majority Latino but has seen a decline in Black residents and an increase in white voters.




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