George Latimer, a pro-Israel centrist, defeated U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, of New York, on Tuesday in a Democratic primary that highlighted the party’s deep divisions over the war in Gaza.
With the victory, Latimer has almost certainly ousted one of the most liberal voices in Congress and one of its most outspoken critics of Israel. Bowman has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, and denied that Hamas committed atrocities on October 7.
Latimer is a former state legislator who has served as Westchester County executive since 2018.
Bowman had been seeking a third term, representing a district in New York City’s northern suburbs. His defeat is a blow to the party’s progressive wing and a potential cautionary tale for candidates trying to shape their messaging around the Israel-Hamas conflict.
It also marks a major victory for Maury Litwack, the founder and CEO of the Teach Coalition, which mobilized voters in the 16th District to turn out against the notoriously anti-Israel and arguably anti-Semitic Bowman.
Latimer will be the prohibitive favorite to win in the general election. The district, which includes parts of Westchester and a small piece of the Bronx, is a Democratic stronghold.
(AP/YWN)
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Yasher koach to Murry Litwack, , Julie Blinbaum (AIPAC Northeast Director and her team) and all the others who worked so hard to assure that this vile creature will soon be gone from Congress.
BARUCH HASHEM!!!!
Thank you Hashem!!!
@GHhadorah says: Yasher koach to Murry Litwack,
What does teaching have to do with Bowman?
Lets continue to daven that all Jew-haters should be gone from Senate and Congress and not being replaced with any new ones.
Bowman went beyond even the degenerate adulterous felon with his nonsensical rigged election routine, by claiming AIPAC “brainwashed” voters.
Good riddance to this dummy who’s IQ and ugly mug rivals that of a simian ape. Too bad there aren’t enough jooz in aoc, cori bush and the Minnesota/Michigan Hamas tag team’s district to vote those pieces of human filth out of congress.
Your article says Latimer is a “centrist” so I presume he promotes toeva “marriage”, murdering fetuses up to 9th month and abolishing gas powered cars. As for calling Village Idiot Bowman a “liberal ” that’s an insult to real liberals. His promotion of hamas and denial of oct 7 murders and rapes makes him a scumbag, not a liberal.
Jamaal will have plenty of time now to investigate the racists that set him up as the fire alarm puller. Also, he can brush up on his skills as a hype man at old-school rap music concerts like he did at his failed rally the other day.
I don’t know how much of a favor you all did for yourself over there. This guy who won is a Hillary puppet. Don’t forget Hillary loves the Arabs.
The problem with New Yorkers is that you’re all missing a screw or two and you keep voting for the Democrats. You have to stop voting for Democrats. It doesn’t make a difference if they’re going to be the winners possibly and therefore you want to cozy up to them and kiss their you know what. It’s time that you voted with your conscience instead of voting with your pocketbook. The truth is you should vote with your pocketbook because we see what the Democrats have done to the economy. We see what the Democrats have done the crime.