Candidate briefing
Claire Valdez is the 2026 Democratic nominee for New York’s 7th Congressional District. A state assemblymember and former UAW organizer, she won the June 23 primary over Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and City Council Member Julie Won.
Ballotpedia records that she was elected to Assembly District 37 in 2024. Our Revolution has endorsed her, and she is a member of NYC-DSA.
Why Political Revolution supports her: she is the DSA-aligned nominee to succeed Nydia Velázquez in a Brooklyn–Queens House seat.