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Backed by New York City’s socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani and far-left organizations, multiple Democratic Socialists of America candidates scored major victories in this week’s Democratic primaries in New York City. These wins not only signal a growing socialist influence in U.S. politics but also set the stage for a major push heading into the 2026 midterms and beyond.

The most striking upset came in New York’s 13th Congressional District, which includes Manhattan and the Bronx, where 32-year-old Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member Darializa Avila Chevalier defeated five-term incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. A Columbia University doctoral student with no prior elected experience, Chevalier was recruited by Justice Democrats — the same group that propelled Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Congress. She is widely viewed as ideologically even further left than Ocasio-Cortez.

Chevalier co-founded Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a group whose stated goals include undermining Western civilization, endorsing “liberation by any means necessary, including armed resistance,” and expressing support for Hamas. She participated in pro-Palestinian rallies immediately after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attacks and helped lead the chaotic anti-Israel encampments at Columbia. She also champions core DSA priorities such as abolishing ICE, defunding the police, and Medicare for All, and has posted disparaging comments about the American flag.

Similar victories went to two other Mamdani- and DSA-backed candidates: state Assemblywoman Claire Valdez of New York’s 7th Congressional District, who won the open seat left by retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez, and former City Comptroller Brad........

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