Hispanic Caucus spending heavily to save its chair from Mamdani-backed challenger

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Source: msn/Axios

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The political arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus is quietly putting massive sums into helping the group's chair, Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.), win his primary, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: The spending signals how much peril Espaillat's allies think he is facing from democratic socialist challenger Darializa Avila Chevalier.

A newly released Data for Progress poll commissioned by Justice Democrats, a group supporting Avila Chevalier, has her leading Espaillat 39% to 35%, according to Semafor.

The race in New York's 13th District, which covers parts of Upper Manhattan and the West Bronx, has attracted huge independent expenditures from outside groups and national media attention.

Driving the news: Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.), who chairs the CHC's BOLD PAC, told Axios in a brief Capitol Hill interview Wednesday that the group is "heavily invested" in helping Espaillat secure reelection.

Sanchez confirmed in a follow-up interview that her group is routing most of its spending through another PAC, BOLD America.

That group was launched in 2023 by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and former Reps. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.) and Filemon Vela (D-Texas) to help elect Hispanic Democrats to Congress.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/hispanic-caucus-spending-heavily-to-save-its-chair-from-mamdani-backed-challenger/ar-AA25q8SH

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