# Socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier sails to victory along with Mamdani’s slate of lefty House candidates

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/socialist-darializa-avila-chevalier-sails-to-victory-along-with-mamdanis-slate-of-lefty-house-candidates/
- Published: 2026-11-04T02:19:53+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T06:54:52+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/03/us-news/socialist-darializa-avila-chevalier-sails-to-victory-along-with-mamdanis-slate-of-lefty-house-candidates/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Three candidates backed by Mamdani won New York House races.
- Chevalier beat incumbent Democrat Adriano Espaillat in the primary.
- The article says an earlier DHS funding fight risked $200 million in grants.

## Summary

Darializa Avila Chevalier, Claire Valdez and Brad Lander won House seats in New York, in victories the article presents as a boost for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s left-wing political allies. Chevalier defeated incumbent Democrat Adriano Espaillat in the primary before winning the general election, while Valdez and Lander also secured their races.

The Associated Press called Chevalier’s race with her nearly 80 points ahead, and Valdez’s and Lander’s with each about 70 points ahead. Mamdani endorsed all three, though Lander is not a Democratic Socialists of America member. Earlier, Chevalier and Valdez had sought to oppose a Department of Homeland Security budget; the article said that vote could have put more than $200 million in city security grants at risk.

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