Representative Jamaal Bowman has become the first member of House progressive Democrats’ “Squad” to lose his seat.
Bowman lost the Democratic primary for New York’s 16th Congressional District on Tuesday night to George Latimer, a former state lawmaker now serving as Westchester County’s executive.
he race was called less than an hour after polls closed. With over 60 percent of the vote counted as of 10:05 p.m. ET, Latimer had a lead of roughly 10 points over Bowman, according to the Associated Press.
Bowman took on a defiant tone while addressing his supporters, telling the crowd in Yonkers, N.Y., that “we should not be well-adjusted to a sick society” while suggesting that they should be “outraged” over his defeat.
“We should be outraged when a super PAC of dark money can spend $20 million to brainwash people into believing something that isn’t true,” Bowman said. “We should be outraged when, unfortunately, some so-called Democrats are aligning themselves with radical, racist, right-wing Republicans.”
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