Overview
- Sanders endorsed democratic socialist Claire Valdez on Thursday in New York’s 7th District primary.
- The open seat follows Rep. Nydia Velázquez’s retirement, with her support going to Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani backs Valdez and has lent her advisers and joint fundraising appeals.
- Reynoso’s coalition includes the Working Families Party, Make the Road Action, unions 32BJ SEIU and DC-37, and officials like Attorney General Letitia James and Reps. Jerry Nadler and Pat Ryan.
- Valdez’s campaign says it raised $750,000 from 11,200 donors in the latest period, a figure not yet verified by the Federal Election Commission.