Live Updates: Mamdani-backed candidates Lander, Valdez win NY primaries

Claire Valdez has won the Democratic superior successful the 7th Congressional District, CBS News projects.

Valdez, Vichal Kumar, Antonio Reynoso and Julie Won were moving successful the superior to regenerate Rep. Nydia Velazquez, who is retiring.

Mamdani endorsed Valdez, who is simply a Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member. Velazquez, however, endorsed Reynoso.

The 7th Congressional District includes parts of Brooklyn and Queens.

Several candidates crossed New York easy won their primaries and were rapidly projected winners aft polls closed astatine 9 p.m.

CBS News projects the pursuing winners:  Rep. Thomas Suozzi successful NY-03, Rep. Grace Meng successful NY-06, Rep. Yvette Clarke successful NY-09, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez successful NY-14, and Rep. Ritchie Torres successful NY-15.

The Associated Press projects Thomas DiNapoli arsenic victor successful the Democratic superior for New York City comptroller.

Brad Lander has defeated two-term incumbent Congressman Dan Goldman for the Democratic information successful New York's 10th legislature district, which covers Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn.

Lander's information is simply a important triumph for progressive Democrats successful New York City aft helium got heavyweight endorsements from Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. The erstwhile metropolis comptroller is besides the district's Working Families Party nominee for the 2026 wide election.

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CBS News New York has squad sum of the New York primaries, including looks astatine the races with candidates backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, positive a cardinal House territory successful the bluish suburbs.

The 10th Congressional District is 1 of the astir divers successful New York City, encompassing migrant enclaves similar Chinatown, arsenic good arsenic the city's wealthiest zip codes of Tribeca and Brooklyn Heights.

In the last hours of the contention betwixt Rep. Dan Goldman and erstwhile City Comptroller Brad Lander the issues of Israel and antisemitism are halfway stage.

Goldman, a erstwhile national authoritative seeking his 3rd word successful the House, has the backing of Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Gov. Kathy Hochul. Lander, who antecedently ran for mayor, is backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Sen. Bernie Sanders.

But coming to the forefront of this contention is the United States' narration with Israel, and Goldman's narration with the pro-Israel lobbying radical AIPAC.

"I deliberation AIPAC is playing a corrosive relation successful our authorities close now, flooding acheronian wealth into races successful bid to effort to prolong unconditional enactment for Netanyahu's wars," Lander said.

The Department of Justice is present investigating aft a Williamsburg, Brooklyn java store posted a photograph of Goldman determination implicit the play with a caption that it refunded his java Monday due to the fact that it doesn't service "genocide enablers."

"I deliberation truly puts a good constituent connected truthful overmuch of the antisemitism that is being transferred, truthful to speak, from what's going connected successful Israel and being, I guess, misapplied to American Jews writ large," Goldman said.

The New York City Board of Elections said elector turnout reached 420,527 successful its 6 p.m. update. 

Here's the borough-by-borough breakdown:

• Manhattan -- 149,521
• Bronx -- 44,965
• Brooklyn -- 137, 295
• Queens -- 81,247
• Staten Island -- 7,499

The full fig of check-ins includes aboriginal voting. 

At Wagner Middle School connected the Upper East Side, 12th Congressional District voters made it wide Tuesday what they privation from the candidates looking to capable retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler's seat.

They cited issues similar Medicare, elder care, cause costs, AI's interaction connected the occupation market, housing, and taxing the rich.

The 12th District, which includes the Upper East Side, Upper West Side and Midtown, is 1 of the astir intimately watched races connected the ballot. Millions of dollars person been poured into what has turned into a nationalist governmental battleground.

An Emerson College canvass from past period shows Assemblymen Micah Lasher and Alex Bores arsenic the starring contenders.

Bores voted connected the Upper West Side connected Tuesday.

"The information that I'm retired there, that I americium taking connected the AI manufacture caput connected and warring for New Yorkers, radical are truly resonant with that," Bores said.

Other candidates see Jack Schlossberg, John F. Kennedy's grandson, and President Trump professional and erstwhile Republican George Conway.

"This is the past 2 years of Donald Trump and he's getting worse. We cant past 31 much months of what we seen for the past 17. That's the crushed for the archetypal clip successful my beingness I'm moving for governmental office," Conway said.

It's important to enactment that Mayor Zohran Mamdani has not endorsed immoderate candidate.

New York's 17th Congressional District – which covers each of Rockland and Putnam counties, bluish Westchester, and a sliver of Dutchess County – is simply a premier people for Democrats looking to retake power of the House.

Five Democrats are vying for the accidental to effort to unseat Republican Rep. Mike Lawler successful November.

The candidates are:

• Former Biden medication cybersecurity adept Cait Conley
• Rockland County Legislator Beth Davidson
• Tarrytown Village Trustee Effie Phillips-Staley
• Retired Air Force serviceman John Cappello
• Former lawyer and TV newsman Mike Sacks

Polls person shown Davidson and Conley starring the pack.

Lawler is uncontested successful the Republican primary.

There are 212,000 registered Democrats eligible to ballot successful the 17th Congressional District, and lone 14,000 Democrats successful the territory formed ballots during the aboriginal voting period.

NY-17 is simply a plaything district, truthful you tin expect monolithic spending determination arsenic Democrats enactment to unseat Lawler.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani voted early successful the superior elections.

He filled retired his ballot Saturday astatine the Metropolitan Museum of Art connected the Upper East Side. Mamdani did not stock who helium voted for.

Mayor Mamdani casts his ballot astatine a polling determination wrong the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Michael Nagle / Bloomberg via Getty Images

Gracie Mansion, the mayor's authoritative residence, is located successful New York's 12th Congressional District, wherever 8 candidates are warring for the accidental to regenerate retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler.

Those candidates are:

• Nina Schwalbe
• Patrick Timmins
• Chris Diep
• George Conway
• Laura Dunn
• Micah C. Lasher
• Alex Bores
• Jack Kennedy Schlossberg

The lone different contention connected the ballot successful the 12th Congressional District is metropolis comptroller.

Voters successful Brooklyn and Queens are picking a replacement for retiring Rep. Nydia Velazquez.

The prime is betwixt Councilmember Julie Won, Assemblymember Claire Valdez and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso.

Reynoso, Velazquez's hand-picked prime to win her, formed his ballot astatine the simple schoolhouse helium attended arsenic a child.

"It's similar afloat ellipse to cognize a small kid from the southbound broadside of Williamsburg that was connected Section 8 and nutrient stamps could travel into a schoolhouse that raised him and ballot for himself for Congress," helium said. "It's conscionable similar what dreams are made of."

Valdez was retired Tuesday afternoon, moving to get retired the vote.

"We're moving telephone banks, substance banks, and we person a fig of canvasses going retired contiguous arsenic well," she said. "This run has already knocked 300,000 doors, and we mean to sound adjacent much earlier it's each said and done."

Won formed her ballot during aboriginal voting.

Five-term incumbent Adriano Espaillat faces antiauthoritarian socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier for New York's 13th Congressional District, covering Upper Manhattan and the Bronx.

Espaillat is seeking reelection to the spot that he's held since 2017. The 71-year-old said helium understands the problems of the community.

"I formed that ballot with pride, being a nonmigratory of New York City and this vicinity fundamentally each my beingness since I got present from the Dominican Republic astatine the property of 9," helium said. "I've ne'er near Washington Heights, stayed here. I deliberation I'm portion of the cloth of this community."

Chevalier is simply a subordinate of the Democratic Socialists of America and is endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani. She said she's looking to bring alteration to the district.

"As a Black woman, arsenic a Dominican woman, arsenic the girl of immigrants, it is my grant to person tally a run that centers moving people," she said, "and it is my privilege to beryllium capable to ballot today, my privilege to bash that with my community, to combat for my community."

New Yorkers are heading to the polls successful a Primary Day that could reshape the state's practice successful Washington. It besides marks the archetypal large trial of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's governmental influence and his quality to mobilize voters.

He endorsed three left-of-center candidates:  Claire Valdez successful the 7th Congressional District, Brad Lander successful the 10th Congressional District, and Darializa Avila Chevalier successful the 13th Congressional District.

It's a high-stakes stake for Mamdani due to the fact that his determination to backmost the 3 candidates and their effort to decision sitting Congressmen Dan Goldman and Adriano Espaillat crossed a batch of high-powered Democrats, including Gov. Kathy Hochul, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and retiring Rep. Nydia Velazquez.

"I deliberation what we spot successful these candidacies is simply a referendum connected whether the benignant of enactment we person is the 1 that is serving the radical of the city," Mamdani said. "It's not conscionable a question of electing much Democrats, it's a question of electing amended Democrats."

With elector turnout a concern, the politician was trying to usage his ain popularity to get the radical who supported his mayoral run to spell to the polls, which is why, experts say, helium has been attacking AIPAC, a pro-Israel lobbying group. Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel sentiment was a motivating origin successful Mamdani's predetermination victory.

Goldman, who has been repeatedly slammed by Lander connected the issue, was intelligibly frustrated and upset, saying that the AIPAC onslaught could pb to much antisemitism.

"Just due to the fact that you reason the [Israeli] authorities does not mean that you should reason the country, and that gets conflated," helium said. "And past it gets applied and taken retired connected American Jews."

Meanwhile, New York City Councilman Phil Wong filed a ailment with the Conflicts of Interest Board, charging that it was unethical for Mamdani to usage his metropolis car and information item to question with Chevalier. The mayor's bureau did not respond to a petition for comment.

The New York City Board of Elections said 330,115 voters checked successful arsenic of 3 p.m.

Here's the breakdown by borough:

• Manhattan -- 120,494
• Bronx -- 33,840
• Brooklyn -- 106,685
• Queens -- 63,213
• Staten Island -- 5,883

The totals see check-ins during the aboriginal voting window. 

Early voting took spot crossed New York City from June 13-21.

According to the metropolis Board of Elections, an estimated 172,743 radical voted early.

Manhattan saw the astir aboriginal voters with 67,369, followed by Brooklyn with 54,277, past Queens with 33,143, the Bronx with 14,739, and Staten Island with 3,215.

Political adept J.C. Polanco said elector turnout Tuesday volition play a cardinal role.

"We had aboriginal voting for 10 days. Only 4.9%, astir 5%, of each registered Democrats successful New York City participated," helium said. "That means that 95% of Democrats haven't adjacent voted yet."

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Those extracurricular the metropolis tin participate their name, day of birth, ZIP codification and region connected the state Board of Elections website to get their elector information, including their canvass site.

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