Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji, urged Big Apple voters to throw their support behind DSA-backed congressional hopefuls Claire Valdez and Darializa Avila Chevalier.
Gotham’s first lady posted a snap of her winking to her Instagram Stories Tuesday morning, holding an “I Voted” sticker and urging support for Valdez and Chevalier in the NY-7 and NY-13 races.
Duwaji notably didn’t mention Brad Lander, who is running for a seat in New York’s 10th Congressional District.
Valdez, a Mamdani-backed one-term Queens state assemblywoman, is one of three hopefuls in the race for New York’s 7th Congressional District.
She’s taking on Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, who has the backing of retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez to become her successor for the seat that covers some of Queens and Brooklyn.
Queens Councilwoman Julie Won is also in the race.
Chevalier is taking on Rep. Adriano Espaillat to claim the NY-13 seat representing Upper Manhattan and the northwest Bronx.
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