{"id":121009,"date":"2026-02-03T06:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/121009\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T06:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:30:13","slug":"queens-council-member-julie-won-announces-run-for-new-yorks-7th-congressional-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/121009\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens Council Member Julie Won announces run for New York\u2019s 7th Congressional District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Council Member Julie Won has launched a campaign to succeed U.S. Rep. Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez in the 7th Congressional District, joining a competitive race in one of the most progressive districts in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Won launched her campaign Monday afternoon, announcing a \u201cLifetime of Care\u201d platform that includes universal healthcare, universal childcare, housing for all, expanded social security and the abolition of ICE.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"meta-box read-more-box\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/2026\/02\/julie-won-congressional-bid\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\tSee the full article at QNS &#13;<br \/>\n\t\tQueens Council Member Julie Won announces run for New York\u2019s 7th Congressional District &#13;\n\t<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Council Member Julie Won has launched a campaign to succeed U.S. Rep. Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez in the 7th&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[2898,9440,26938,9099,2495,9442,9,24,12,29446,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-121009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-antonio-reynoso","tag-claire-valdez","tag-congressmember-nydia-velazquez","tag-council-member-julie-won","tag-dsa","tag-julie-won","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-ny-7","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}