NBC News projects that George Latimer has won the Democratic primary in New York's 16th district, defeating incumbent Jamaal Bowman in a closely watched race. Steve Kornacki shares analysis of how the race played out.
In what counts as a seismic moment in the battle between progressives and centrists in the Democratic Party, NBC News projects Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., has lost the Democratic primary in New York’s 16th Congressional District to his centrist challenger, Westchester County Executive George Latimer. In 2020 Bowman ousted 16-term Rep. Eliot Engel in the Democratic primary in the same district by running on issues that included the Green New Deal and “Medicare for All.
spokesman told The New York Times. 'George Latimer is a progressive, pro-Israel candidate while Jamaal Bowman has refused to support the Jewish state as it fights a moral and just war against Iranian terrorist proxies.' The result has been the most expensive primary race in modern American history, according to AdImpact, a group that tracks political advertisements.
-affiliated advertising mostly didn’t focus explicitly on Bowman’s Israel positions but instead painted him as an anti-Biden renegade and someone who traffics in “controversy, chaos and conspiracy.” But a lot of news coverage and local organizing against Bowman did focus on his positions on Israel, and they were salient in Latimer’s criticisms of Bowman at debates.
and other pro-Israel groups will most likely use this victory to put other Democratic lawmakers on notice and warn them to not criticize Israel too strongly. But the reality is that this is the first victory that the group has notched against the squad, and this race involved a distinctly vulnerable candidate and a strong challenger. There’s a growing number of Democratic lawmakers speaking out against the U.S.
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