New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani flexed his political muscle Tuesday, getting a clear sweep as his three endorsed congressional candidates superior to November’s normal election, ousting two incumbent Democratic congressmen.
There have been a number of high-profile races throughout New York on Tuesday, in addition to primaries in Maryland and Utah and first runoffs in South Carolina.
In New York’s seventh Congressional District, ABC Information initiatives that Mamdani-backed state Assemblywoman Claire Valdez will win over Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso.
Brad Lander, candidate for New Yorkâs tenth Congressional District, speaks to the media whereas standing subsequent to New York Metropolis Mayor Zohran Mamdani throughout a watch occasion after profitable the first elections in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., June 23, 2026.
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Within the tenth District, one other Mamdani-backed candidate, former metropolis comptroller Brad Lander will beat incumbent Rep. Dan Goldman, ABC Information initiatives.
And within the thirteenth District, the mayor’s candidate, group advocate Darializa Avila Chevalier, will beat incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat, ABC Information initiatives.
In an upstate race to switch retiring New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, ABC Information initiatives businessman Anthony Constantino, who made headlines in 2024 for putting a big “Vote for Trump” signal atop his Mohawk Valley Sticker Mule manufacturing unit, would be the Republican nominee within the twenty first District.
Constantino was supported by President Donald Trump, who launched a video in help of his endorsee on Monday. The race highlighted a divide within the Empire State’s Republican Social gathering, with the chair of the New York Republican State Committee backing Robert Smullen, a state assemblyman and retired Marine Corps officer.
Democratic Congressional candidate Claire Valdez speaks throughout an election eve rally at Silo on June 22, 2026 within the East Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York Metropolis.
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Constantino will face dairy farmer Blake Gendebien, who ABC Information initiatives will win the Democratic nomination, in November.
And in one other race that would decide management of Congress, ABC Information initiatives that former Nationwide Safety Council Counterterrorism Director Cait Conley will win the Democratic main to tackle Republican Rep. Mike Lawler within the purple seventeenth District.
Maryland primaries
Maryland state Delegate Adrian Boafo is projected by ABC Information to win the Democratic nomination to succeed retiring Rep. Steny Hoyer within the state’s fifth District. A former aide to Hoyer, Boafo acquired the longtime congressman’s endorsement, in addition to these of Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and U.S. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks in a crowded main.
ABC Information initiatives Moore will win the Democratic main for governor. Moore is broadly seen as a possible 2028 Democratic presidential candidate. He’ll face state Del. Dan Cox, who ABC Information initiatives will win the Republican main, in a rematch of the 2024 governor’s race.
South Carolina Legal professional Normal Alan Wilson, accompanied by his spouse Jennifer and their kids, speaks to supporters throughout his gubernatorial runoff victory occasion in Columbia, S.C., on June 23, 2026.
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South Carolina governor runoff
South Carolina Legal professional Normal Alan Wilson will win the runoff within the state’s Republican gubernatorial main, ABC Information initiatives.
Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette completed first within the main after an endorsement by President Donald Trump, however did not get the mandatory 50% of the vote to win outright. Final Friday, Trump introduced he was endorsing each Evette and Wilson.
Wilson was additionally endorsed by South Carolina Republican Reps. Nancy Mace and Ralph Norman after they had been eradicated within the main.
Wilson will face state Rep. Jermaine Johnson, who received the Democratic main.
Utah primaries
Former U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams will win the Democratic main in Utah’s 1st District, ABC Information initiatives, a district that Democrats hope to flip within the midterms after Utah’s court-ordered redistricting produced the solidly blue district round Salt Lake Metropolis.
McAdams will face Naval Reserve officer and former Trump White Home analyst Riley Owen, who Republicans nominated at their conference in November.
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