An AIPAC super pac and others have spent increasingly huge sums of money in high-profile Democratic primaries. Their record is mixed, but a Bowman defeat would be their biggest win yet.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduces Rep. Jamaal Bowman at a rally at St. Mary’s Park in the Bronx over the weekend.
That’s because, while the dollar amounts are becoming larger and the results have been mostly positive for the pro-Israel groups, their record is still mixed in the highest-profile races. Unseating Bowman would be the strongest sign yet that criticizing Israel is a recipe for heartburn and may at least be a contributing factor in an incumbent’s loss.
Their second-largest investment after Bowman’s 2024 race came in a 2022 Maryland primary, in which they helped thwart former congresswoman Donna Edwards’s attempt to return to Congress, spending more than $6 million. Edwards, like other candidates opposed by these groups, hadThey’ve succeeded in both of the races in which they’ve targeted incumbents like Bowman — Rep. Marie Newman in 2020 and Rep. Andy Levin in 2022.
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