NYC Rep. Jamaal Bowman suffered a heavy defeat in his primary, which had partly become a referendum on his broadly critical stance of Israel in its war with Hamas and garnered national headlines as it became the most expensive such race ever.
Bowman was beat by moderate Democrat George Latimer by a high double-digit difference, according to a tally by Politico. Latimer received historical amounts of cash from AIPAC, a pro-Israel lobby group, as Bowman became the center of media attention due to some of his statements on the war, including questioning whether sexual violence occurred during the October 7 attack by Hamas, where some 1,200 Israelis were killed and 250 taken hostage. Bowman then apologized for his comments.
