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Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters outside the Delaney Hall detention center, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ** FILE **

Out with the old: Anti-incumbent fervor sweeps out House members

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, celebrates with Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier during an election night watch party Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Democratic Socialists topple Harlem incumbent with votes from 7% of registered Dems

By The Washington Times AI News Desk

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, celebrates with Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier during an election night watch party Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Mamdani’s socialist picks sweep three primaries

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Democratic congressional candidates, Claire Valdez, Brad Lander, and Darializa Avila Chevalier gesture on stage with Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a Get Out The Vote rally ahead of New York's primary election, Thursday, June 18, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

In New York primaries, Mamdani-backed candidates send message to establishment

By Anthony Izaguirre and Steve Peoples - Associated Press

FILE - A voter completes their ballot at a voting site, in New York, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

In New York’s primaries, progressives face the establishment, and a Kennedy scion seeks office

By Anthony Izaguirre and Steve Peoples - Associated Press

A protester talks to masked federal agents standing outside the Delaney Hall detention center during a protest against the transfer of detainees on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Dems in Congress say conditions dire at N.J. detention site facing protests, reported hunger strike

By Ted Shaffrey and Philip Marcelo - Associated Press

This Jan. 15, 2018, photo shows U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y. speaking at the National Action Network House of Justice, in New York. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Activists fume after GOP calls Democratic lawmaker an ‘illegal immigrant’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 28, 2020 file photo, Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., speaks during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington. Espaillat says he has the coronavirus. The New York Democrat's announcement Thursday makes him the latest House member to report testing positive since dozens huddled together for protection during the Jan. 6 mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

NY congressman tests positive for virus, latest since breach

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

This Jan. 15, 2018, photo shows U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y. speaking at the National Action Network House of Justice, in New York. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Adriano Espaillat calls for immigrants to resist ICE: ‘Anybody that steps in U.S. soil has rights’

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Adriano Espaillat says Trump’s border wall ‘throws salt in the wound’ of Charlottesville

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., speaks at his primary election night gathering, Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ** FILE **

Charlie Rangel holds off challenge to win primary in N.Y.

By Jonathan Lemire and Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., speaks at his primary election night gathering, Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ** FILE **

Rangel celebrates though primary too close to call

By Jonathan Lemire - Associated Press

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference announcing an agreement on legislation legalizing medical marijuana in the Red Room at the Capitol on Thursday, June 19, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. A vote on the legislation is expected Thursday night when the legislative session is scheduled to end. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Cuomo endorses Rangel for 23rd term; calls him ‘critical voice’ in fighting Tea Party

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

New York Rep. Charlie Rangel was seen tinkering away on his iPad during a live congressional debate against his challengers over the weekend. (ABC 7)

Rep. Charlie Rangel uses iPad during live debate

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this combination of two file photos, New York State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, D-Manhattan, left, and U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. are shown. Rangel narrowly defeated Espaillat by about 1,000 votes two years ago in a 13th Congressional District race that involved disputed election results and a lawsuit. Now, some onlookers are predicting that a rematch with Espaillat in the June 24, 2014 Democratic primary could be the “The Lion” of Harlem’s last roar. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, Espaillat; Richard Drew, Rangel, File)

Lion’s last roar? Rep. Rangel facing close primary

By DEEPTI HAJELA - Associated Press

Rangel, challengers meet in primary’s first debate

By DEEPTI HAJELA - Associated Press

New York state Sen. Adriano Espaillat conceded the congressional race to incumbent Charles B. Rangel in New York on Monday. (Associated Press)

Rangel’s primary opponent concedes

By Deepti Hajela - Associated Press

** FILE ** Rep. Charles Rangel, New York Democrat, shakes hands with a poll worker June 26, 2012, as he arrives to vote in the Democratic primary in New York. (Associated Press)

Utah’s Sen. Hatch, N.Y.’s Rep. Rangel win primary challenges

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times