Brad Lander beat Rep. Dan Goldman in New York’s 10th District. Darializa Avila Chevalier beat Rep. Adriano Espaillat in the 13th. Claire Valdez won the 7th. All three had the backing of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and by ABC News’ projections all three won Tuesday night.
That gave Mamdani what ABC called a clean sweep and sent two sitting Democratic congressmen out of Congress. Lander is a former city comptroller. Chevalier is a community advocate. Valdez, a state assemblywoman, took the 7th over Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. All three advance to the general election in November.
New York was one of several states voting. Maryland and Utah held primaries, and South Carolina held runoffs.
Upstate, a Trump-backed businessman
The Republican side of the ballot had its own fight. In the 21st District, where Rep. Elise Stefanik is retiring, ABC projected that Anthony Constantino will be the party’s nominee. In 2024 he drew headlines for putting a big “Vote for Trump” sign on top of his Sticker Mule factory in the Mohawk Valley.
President Donald Trump released a video backing Constantino on Monday. The state party chair went the other way and supported Robert Smullen, a state assemblyman and retired Marine Corps officer. Constantino will face dairy farmer Blake Gendebien, the projected Democratic winner, in November.
In the 17th District, former National Security Council counterterrorism director Cait Conley is projected to win the Democratic primary. She will take on Republican Rep. Mike Lawler in what ABC described as a purple seat.
Maryland, South Carolina and Utah
In Maryland’s 5th District, state Delegate Adrian Boafo is projected to win the Democratic nomination to succeed retiring Rep. Steny Hoyer. Boafo once worked for Hoyer. The congressman endorsed him, as did Gov. Wes Moore and Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, in a crowded field.
Moore is projected to win the Democratic primary for governor and will meet state Del. Dan Cox, the projected Republican winner, in a rematch of the 2022 race. Moore is widely seen as a possible 2028 presidential candidate.
South Carolina’s Republican runoff for governor went to Attorney General Alan Wilson. Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette had finished first in the primary after Trump endorsed her, but she fell short of the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff. Last Friday Trump said he was backing both Evette and Wilson. Reps. Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman, both knocked out in the first round, endorsed Wilson. He will face state Rep. Jermaine Johnson, who won the Democratic primary.
In Utah’s 1st District, former Rep. Ben McAdams is projected to win the Democratic primary. Democrats hope to flip the seat, which court-ordered redistricting turned into a solidly blue district around Salt Lake City. Republicans nominated Naval Reserve officer and former Trump White House analyst Riley Owen at their convention in November.
