Adriano Espaillat
Democrat · NY-13 · U.S. House
Bio
Adriano de Jesús Espaillat Rodríguez is a Dominican-American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for New York's 13th congressional district since 2017. He is the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, as well as the first Dominican-American and first formerly undocumented immigrant to serve in Congress. Previously, he served in the New York State Senate from 2011 to 2016 and in the New York State Assembly from 1997 to 2010; he is the first Dominican-born American elected to a state house in the United States. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Yet another establishment Democrat taken out by a Mamdani-like socialist from a foreign landDemocratic Socialists of America continue to take out establishment Democrats at the ballot box. The latest casualty is a longtime congresswoman from Colorado.On Tuesday, Gen Z upstart Melat Kiros trounced longtime incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette in the Democrat…
TheBlaze · July 1, 2026
Centrist Democrats Privately Panicking After Another Major DSA WinCentrist House Democrats are alarmed after realizing that democratic socialists can beat them in primaries outside of New York City.On Tuesday, 29-year-old democratic socialist, lawyer, and Ethiopian immigrant Melat Kiros defeated 15-term incumbent Colorado R…
The New Republic · July 1, 2026
The Left Wins in Colorado—and It’s Not Because of Gaza or SocialismThe primaries on Tuesday in Colorado weren’t a sweeping victory for the Democratic left like last week’s in New York, where three very progressive candidates won, knocking out two incumbent members of Congress along the way. But the defeats of Representative …
The New Republic · July 1, 2026
Diana DeGette loses primary race to upstart Democratic Socialist Melat KirosRep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), who has served in Congress for nearly 30 years, lost a heated primary race on Tuesday night to Melat Kiros, a lawyer and Democratic Socialist.The race was called by NBC News and Bloomberg's Decision Desk HQ, with Kiros taking home m…
Raw Story · July 1, 2026
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