Surprising? Maybe, maybe not. Hard to imagine anyone more left wing than Elliot Engel, but Jamaal Bowman comes from the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez political side of the Democrats.The Republicans barely contest this Congressional seat (Bronx and lower Westchester) so Bowman is a certainty for Congress.
I can't post the Washington Post interview with Jamaal Bowman (paywall) but suffice it to say he's out there with the NYC Democratic Socialists of America who endorsed him.
This is from the Daily News -
They both said they support a “Green New Deal,” the Great Depression-era-like legislative blueprint for reviving the U.S. economy with climate change in mind, and “Medicare for All,” Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ signature single-payer proposal for American healthcare.
And the NY Post -
Overall, the city Democratic Socialists of America did well, as AOC, Bowman and at least three of its other candidates (out of eight) look to be winners, and a sixth, Phara Souffrant Forrest, trails Brooklyn Assemblyman Walter Mosley slightly. For now, the DSA and other progs are the best-organized challengers to the old machines, which are slow to adjust to demographic shifts.
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