WASHINGTON, D.C.— Latino Victory Fund and CHC BOLD PAC have invested nearly $60,000 to mobilize Latinos and African-American voters in Congressional candidate Adriano Espaillat’s New York 13th congressional district. The mobilization efforts targeted Harlem, upper Manhattan, the Bronx, Washington Heights and Inwood, and included live phone persuasion calls targeting 26,000 voters and totaling $33,250 and mailers targeting 33,000 voters totaling $24,358.
“Adriano Espaillat is an experienced and dedicated Latino candidate who has stood by our community and represents the issues that Latinos care about. We are proud to partner with CHC BOLD PAC to invest in this race and help get the first Dominican American elected to Congress,” said César J. Blanco, Latino Victory Fund interim director. “We are committed to increasing diversity in government at the local, state, and national level.”
“Adriano Espaillat represents the core values of his community. He understands that New York’s 13th district needs a representative who will champion solutions to make things better for all people,” said CHC BOLD PAC Chairman Tony Cárdenas. “There are over 800,000 Dominican Americans living in New York, and Adriano Espaillat is on track to becoming the first Dominican elected to Congress. BOLD PAC and the Latino Victory Fund are working together to ensure that diverse candidates with the right experience and skills are elected, giving a voice to the communities that have been voiceless for far too long.”
New York State Senator Adriano Espaillat is the ranking member of the Senate Housing, Construction, and Community Development Committee, and Chair of the Senate’s Puerto Rican/Latino Caucus.
He is also a member of the Environmental Conservation Economic Development, Codes, Insurance, and Judiciary committees. Prior to becoming a state senator, he served in the New York State Assembly, and was the first Dominican-American elected to a state legislature when he first won his seat in 1996. In 2002, Espaillat was elected chair of the New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, and helped to reunite the group after years of division.
Following a successful tenure in the New York State Assembly, Espaillat was elected to the New York State Senate in November 2010, representing the 31st District and has fought for tenants’ rights, day-care staff and farm workers. He has pushed for in-state tuition at public universities for undocumented children, called for a repeal of exorbitant tax breaks for expensive apartment buildings and has strongly supported immigrants’ rights.
