Top Democrats Are Trying to Stop This Man From Becoming the Next AOC

Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=54731"><span class="small">Jesse McKinley, The New York Times</span></a>

Thursday, 18 June 2020 08:23

McKinley writes: "The primary result was a visceral warning to Democratic leadership that it had better quickly reckon with the push for progressive change, and not underestimate the candidates behind it. The Democratic establishment has apparently heeded that lesson."

Jamaal Bowman is a progressive primary challenger taking on 16-term congressman Rep. Eliot Engel. (photo: Bowman Campaign)

Top Democrats Are Trying to Stop This Man From Becoming the Next AOC

By Jesse McKinley, The New York Times

18 June 20

Representative Eliot Engel�s primary contest against Jamaal Bowman in New York is a test of the Democratic establishment�s ability to withstand its emboldened left wing.

wo years ago, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, then a young, untested democratic socialist, pulled off a shocking upset by defeating the No. 4 House Democrat, Representative Joseph Crowley. The primary result was a visceral warning to Democratic leadership that it had better quickly reckon with the push for progressive change, and not underestimate the candidates behind it.

The Democratic establishment has apparently heeded that lesson.

As the June 23 primary nears in New York, another long-tenured Democrat, Eliot L. Engel, is being threatened by a young progressive challenger, Jamaal Bowman. The race has become a focal point for the party�s directional battle, with money and marquee endorsements flying around in recent days.

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