Jamaal Bowman came to Congress having ousted a Democratic committee chair in a 2020 primary. The New York Democrat found himself on the other side of a primary challenge on Tuesday, losing a race that AdImpact said was the most expensive House primary in history.
George Latimer, the Westchester County executive, had 58 percent of the vote as of Wednesday afternoon, according to The Associated Press, which called the race on Tuesday less than an hour after the polls closed.
The Democratic primary for New York’s 16th District became a proxy war for the party’s stance on the war in Gaza. Bowman was among the first members of Congress to call for a cease-fire and said Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, while Latimer represented a more moderate position.
