The Justice Democrats, a group that’s helped elect some of the fiercest progressives in Congress, just got its newest candidate: Darializa Avila Chevalier, an upper Manhattan community organizer looking to unseat Rep. Adriano Espaillat in a Democratic primary. The district, New York’s 13th, went overwhelmingly for Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani despite the fact that Espaillat initially opposed him.

Avila Chevalier announced her candidacy Thursday morning with a video highlighting Espiallat’s connections to the Democratic establishment, such as former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and special interest groups, like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

In her announcement, Avila Chevalier promised that she would not accept donations from corporate PACs or special interest groups and said that New

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