The race
Theo Bruce Chino-tavarez is running as a Democrat for the U.S. House in New York’s 13th Congressional District. The contested general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026.
Six candidates are listed in the race, and each is identified as a Democrat. The field includes incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat, meaning he currently holds the House seat, along with Chino-tavarez, Darializa Avila Chevalier, Michael Hano, James Felton Keith and Jaliel Amador.
The election will determine who represents District 13 in the U.S. House. The candidate listing does not assign Chino-tavarez any additional party label beyond Democrat.
Chino-tavarez’s background
No candidate biography is on file for Chino-tavarez. That leaves basic background details — such as education, employment history, public service and previous campaigns — outside the current candidate entry.
Chino-tavarez also has no fundraising, spending or cash-on-hand totals on file. Those three figures serve different purposes: fundraising shows money brought into a campaign, spending shows campaign expenses, and cash on hand shows money remaining at the end of a reporting period. None can currently be stated for the Chino-tavarez campaign.
The full candidate field
Each candidate in the District 13 contest carries the same Democratic party designation in the race listing:
- Darializa Avila Chevalier: Democrat. No biography, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file.
- Theo Bruce Chino-tavarez: Democrat. No biography, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file.
- Adriano Espaillat: Democrat and incumbent. No biography, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file.
- Michael Hano: Democrat. No biography, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file.
- James Felton Keith: Democrat. No biography, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file.
- Jaliel Amador: Democrat. No biography, fundraising total, spending total or cash-on-hand figure is on file.
The incumbent designation is the only biographical distinction recorded among the six candidates: Espaillat currently holds the office. No comparable officeholding or professional details are listed for Avila Chevalier, Chino-tavarez, Hano, Keith or Amador.
Policy positions and next steps
No documented policy positions are on file for Chino-tavarez or any of the other five candidates. That means the candidate entries do not establish where any member of the field stands on taxes, housing, immigration, health care, public safety, transportation, foreign policy or other issues handled by Congress.
As the Nov. 3, 2026, election approaches, voters can watch for formal candidate biographies, documented issue positions and campaign finance filings. Changes to the candidate field and election administration deadlines will also shape the process, without determining the result.
