NY primary election: Results trickle in with focus on Bowman, Latimer race
Voters in parts of the Bronx and Westchester County headed to the polls on Tuesday to decide between a pair of candidates in what’s been billed as the most expensive Democratic primary ever for the U.S. House of Representatives.in every New York City borough but Staten Island, along with a Republican Assembly primary in eastern Queens and a Democratic state Senate contest in parts of Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan.
Results are set to trickle in throughout the night, with early voting and absentee ballot results expected first. But all eyes are largely on the 16th Congressional District, which spans from the northern Bronx into southern Westchester. The race pitted Bowman — a member of the left-leaning group of lawmakers known as “the Squad” — against Latimer, a Westchester political stalwart who received the backing of much of the Democratic establishment in New York.
The race attracted more than $24 million in political advertising, by far the most ever spent on a House primary,, an organization that tracks political ad spending. Given the overwhelming number of Democrats in the district, the winner of the Democratic primary is likely to secure a win in the November general election.$5.7 million and had $2.5 million on hand heading into the final stretch of the primary, according to the Federal Election Commission. Bowman had raised $4.
A mobilized base of pro-Israel supporters embraced Latimer. He was backed by organizations including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, whichThe district includes much of Westchester and a sliver of the Bronx, including Co-op City.Jon Campbell covers the New York State Capitol for WNYC and Gothamist. Prior to that, he covered the Capitol for more than a decade for the USA TODAY Network. He has twice earned the Walter T.
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