{"id":2283622,"date":"2024-06-25T22:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T02:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bowman-out-squad-democrat-loses-to-pro-israel-challenger-in-primary-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T22:03:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T02:03:20","slug":"bowman-out-squad-democrat-loses-to-pro-israel-challenger-in-primary-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bowman-out-squad-democrat-loses-to-pro-israel-challenger-in-primary-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowman out: &#8216;Squad&#8217; Democrat loses to pro-Israel challenger in primary &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbowman-out-squad-democrat-loses-to-pro-israel-challenger-in-primary-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2283622&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Jamaal \u2063Bowman (D-NY) was defeated in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-republican-leader-slams-marjorie-taylor-greene-a-cancer-for-the-republican-party\/\" title=\"Top Republican Leader Slams Marjorie Taylor Greene: A \u2018Cancer For The Republican Party\u2019\">primary election<\/a>, marking a significant \u2063loss \u2063for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. A coalition\u2063 comprised\u2064 of mainstream Democratic figures and pro-Israel groups supported \u200dhis \u200copponent, leading to Bowman&#8217;s defeat. His defeat \u200cwas \u2064announced \u200dby the Associated Press, which called the race for Westchester County Executive\u200b George Latimer shortly after the\u200c polls closed. Latimer won with a notable margin in New York\u2019s 16th\u200d Congressional \u2062District. Bowman, known for\u2063 his progressive \u200cviews and criticism of Israel,\u2063 had been trailing\u2062 in the polls\u2063 prior to the\u2062 election.\u2064 As \u200cthe 16th District leans heavily Democratic, Latimer is\u200b largely expected\u200b to \u2062secure a victory in \u2062the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/impossible-gop-picked-up-seats-in-house-picked-up-state-legislatures-picked-up-governorship-held-the-senate-but-sniffy-joe-won-not-a-chance\/\" title=\"IMPOSSIBLE: GOP Picked Up Seats in House, Picked Up State Legislatures, Picked Up Governorship, Held the Senate -- But Sniffy Joe Won?... NOT A CHANCE\">general election<\/a> in November.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) lost his primary on Tuesday in a stinging setback for <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House<\/a> progressives after a coalition of establishment Democrats and pro-Israel groups aligned to defeat him.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Associated Press <\/em>called the race for Westchester County Executive George Latimer\u00a0at 9:38 p.m., over half an hour after the polls closed. Latimer defeated Bowman in New York\u2019s 16th Congressional District 54.8% to 45.2% with 51% of votes counted.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3038480\/jamaal-bowman-trailing-democratic-challenger-house-primary-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>trailing Latimer<\/a> in the polls, but his loss represents a high-profile rebuke of Congress\u2019s most progressive members, whose anti-Israel views have set them at odds with the mainstream of the Democratic Party. The 16th District is a solidly Democratic seat, meaning that Latimer will be favored to win the general election in November. <\/p>\n<p>Bowman has attracted controversy since arriving in Congress in 2021. He has opposed resolutions condemning Hamas for its attack on Israel on Oct. 7, while he called the idea that Israeli women were raped in the massacre \u201cpropaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Allies such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3055840\/bowman-campaigns-aoc-bernie-critical-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>rallied behind him<\/a> in the days leading up to the New York primary, but a spate of local and national figures came out against his reelection bid in his New York district, home to a large Jewish population.<\/p>\n<p>In one notable defection, fellow progressive and former Rep. Mondaire Jones endorsed Latimer over the incumbent. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3040602\/hillary-clinton-endorses-jamaal-bowman-challenger-latimer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">endorsed Latimer<\/a>, drawing the ire of House progressives as well.<\/p>\n<p>The primary race shattered records, particularly after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/aipac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">American Israel Public Affairs Committee<\/a>, one of the largest pro-Israel lobbying groups, and an affiliated group poured millions into defeating Bowman. Outside spending in the 16th District primary topped $20 million.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>AIPAC is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosis-majority-crumbles-democrat-rep-tom-suozzi-will-run-for-new-york-governor-not-reelection\/\" title=\"Pelosi\u2019s Majority Crumbles: Democrat Rep. Tom Suozzi Will Run for New York Governor, Not Reelection\">spending large sums<\/a> this election cycle in a bid to oust a small but vocal crop of House lawmakers whose anti-Israel views have been denounced by Republicans as Israel wages a war against Hamas in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The group has also directed funds at ousting members including Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), another Israel critic, ahead of the August primary in her St. Louis-area district.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) was defeated in his primary, marking a significant loss for House progressives. Establishment Democrats and pro-Israel groups supported his opponent, Westchester County Executive George Latimer. The Associated Press declared Latimer the winner shortly after the polls closed, signaling a shift in support within the party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2283623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-14-May-2024-08-04-AM-2534.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[9305,17323,4912,4909,21513],"class_list":["post-2283622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-squad","tag-bowman","tag-democrat","tag-primary","tag-pro-israel"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-14-May-2024-08-04-AM-2534.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2283622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2283622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2283622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2283623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2283622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2283622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2283622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}