2026-11-04 · Fox News
🔮 Claire Valdez, a Democratic candidate for Congress in New York’s 7th Congressional District, is projected to win her congressional race against Republican challenger Melvin Rivera, a community activist, on Tuesday evening in the race to fill the seat of outgoing Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y.
Velázquez, who has held the seat since 2013 and has been a member of Congress since 1993, is retiring.
The district’s strong Democratic lean made Valdez the favorite, and her victory marks another noteworthy win for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in the 2026 midterms.
In the June primary, New York’s 7th District was seen as a proxy for the direction of the party. assertive