Biography & Campaign Analysis
2026 race
Jomo Williams, a businessman who was a nominee for New York City's 7th City Council district in 2025, is the Republican nominee in the 2026 election for New York's 13th congressional district.
The district covers Upper Manhattan and the Northwest Bronx, including Harlem, Washington Heights, Inwood and Fordham.
Its Democratic incumbent, Adriano Espaillat, first elected in 2016, lost the June 23, 2026, Democratic primary to graduate student and community organizer Darializa Avila Chevalier, who took 49.5% of the vote to his 45.7%.
In the general election on November 3, 2026, Williams faces Avila Chevalier, who appears on both the Democratic and Working Families Party lines.