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The dust is settling from yesterday’s primary races and if you were following our live updates of the races in New York, you already know that Jamaal „Fire Alarm“ Bowman lost by a significant margin to Westchester County Executive George Latimer. At the end of this term, he will become the first „Squad“ member to be evicted from Congress. Unfortunately, he may be the only one to face that fate because AOC handily fended off her own challenger in her district. But just how bad of a beating did Bowman take? As it turns out, it wasn’t quite as much of a blowout as the polls were predicting, though it was a wide enough margin that the race was called relatively early and Bowman delivered a concession speech. (More on that below.) The Free Beacon has the final scores this morning.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D., N.Y.) became the first „Squad“ member to lose reelection, falling to Westchester County executive George Latimer in a race that largely centered on Bowman’s intense hostility toward the Jewish state—and Jewish voters in his district.
Latimer led Bowman by 9 points with 51 percent of the vote reported when the Associated Press called the race just before 9:40 p.m. on Tuesday.
Bowman’s loss makes him the first member of the left-wing „Squad“ to lose reelection. It also comes days after the two-term lawmaker accused Jewish voters in his district of segregation. While those in New York City „all live together“, Bowman said in an interview, there are „certain places where the Jews live and concentrate“ just north of the city in Westchester County, which Bowman represents.
