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June 24, 2020

Progressive Challenger Jamaal Bowman Poised to Upset 16-Term Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel
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Here in New York, former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman has taken
a large lead for the Democratic Party's nomination for the 16th
Congressional District in Westchester County and the Bronx over 16-term
Congressmember Eliot Engel, the powerful chair of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee. Bowman is running on a Green New Deal, Medicare for
All platform, and recently joined protests demanding an end to racism
and police brutality. In New York's 14th Congressional District,
democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fended off a challenge by
former CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, winning the Democratic
Party's nomination in a landslide.


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