{"id":240,"date":"2026-06-17T15:43:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessrelocationdigest.com\/?p=240"},"modified":"2026-06-17T15:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:43:40","slug":"super-pacs-have-spent-millions-boosting-adriano-espaillat-and-darializa-avila-chevalier-both-candidates-think-thats-super-hypocritical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessrelocationdigest.com\/?p=240","title":{"rendered":"Super PACs have spent millions boosting Adriano Espaillat and Darializa Avila Chevalier. Both candidates think that\u2019s super hypocritical!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the race to represent New York\u2019s 13th Congressional District, Rep. Adriano Espaillat and his leading challenger Darializa Avila Chevalier have both criticized the super PAC spending benefitting their opponent. And neither has denounced the super PAC spending on their behalf, either.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The topic of outside spending came up during a wide-ranging debate hosted by BronxNet in partnership with City & State, which was recorded Monday and will air Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Super PACs have already spent millions in the race, boosting and detracting both candidates. The majority of that spending \u2013 about $4.3 million \u2013 has benefited Espaillat so far, but Avila Chevalier has benefited from $845,000 in spending from the Justice Democrats PAC. She\u2019s also benefited from $26,000 from Indivisible Action and $500,000 from the pro-Palestinian American Priorities PAC.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Espaillat is getting huge outside assists from several super PACs including Latino Victory Fund, which supports Latino Democrats, Project 218, which is focused on taking back the House majority for Democrats, Bold America, which was founded by former Congressional Hispanic Caucus members, AFT Solidarity, which is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers union, and the CHC Bold PAC, which is affiliated with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and United for Progress, a super PAC affiliated with Democratic operative Charlie King.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And there\u2019s more to come. Progressive Unity Fund has already cut ads but they have not registered their spending with the Federal Elections Commission a week before the election. Additionally, the pro-Israel committee AIPAC has directed more than $145,000 in individual contributions directly to Espaillat\u2019s campaign this cycle. On June 4, Espaillat received another influx of donations from people affiliated with AIPAC, as Dropsite reported.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Asked by BronxNet\u2019s Gary Axelbank whether they can \u201crealistically ignore\u201d the influence of PAC support and whether they support legislation to reign in PACs, both candidates said outside spending is a scourge. But neither directly urged outside spenders to stop spending on their behalf.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve said clearly: We need to abolish super PACs,\u201d Avila Chevalier said. \u201cI control my campaign and the money that my campaign receives. And I\u2019m very proud to say I have not received a dime of corporate PAC money. I can\u2019t control outside groups.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Espaillat pressed her on receiving \u201c$1.5 million from a Texas millionaire,\u201d likely a reference to the pro-Palestinian PAC American Priorities and one of its donors Hussein Mahrouq. That PAC has committed to spending $1 million to support Avila Chevalier, who, rather than addressing that, focused on a technicality. \u201cThe max contribution an individual can donate to a campaign is $3500,\u201d she said, referring to limits on direct contributions. Super PACs do not have contributions limits as long as they do not directly coordinate with campaigns.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The super PAC Avila Chevalier\u2019s campaign is most closely associated with is that of the Justice Democrats, the organization that handpicked her to challenge Espaillat. Justice Dems staffers are working on Avila Chevalier\u2019s campaign, but the organization maintains an internal firewall between its PAC and campaign sides. In a statement, Avila Chevalier said she would sign onto legislation from Rep. Summer Lee and Sen. Bernie Sanders to abolish super PACs \u201con my first day in office.\u201d<\/p>\n

Espaillat, whose website includes a classic \u201cred box\u201d message to outside spenders explaining how, exactly, they can help, said he was the only candidate in the race who had been endorsed by End Citizens United. \u201cWe should have campaign finance reform. My decisions are based squarely on the interests of the people I represent,\u201d Espaillat said. \u201cWe must end money in politics, and Citizens United is a bad vehicle for politics.\u201d (Avila Chevalier\u2019s website includes a \u201cFacts About This Race\u201d page with negative talking points about Espaillat, but no b-roll or specific instructions for voter messaging.)<\/p>\n

In part to counter the influence of money in elections, BronxNet made a point of inviting all four Democratic primary candidates to the debate, including Oscar Romero and Theo Chino-Tavarez.<\/p>\n

\u201cCandidates cannot control the money that super PACs spend on them, but they can disavow them,\u201d Romero said. \u201cAnd we cannot be running on platforms that say we should end super PACs, but then look the other side whenever they spend money on us. We must disavow super PACs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Who\u2019s who in Zohran Mamdani\u2019s administration?<\/a><\/p>\n

The debate will air on BronxNet at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and can be watched online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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