The primary for New York’s 16th congressional district, which takes place on Tuesday, has drawn record-breaking spending, with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) and a crypto-currency Super Pac behind the lion’s share of the funding.
The two are battling to represent a district that spans parts of the Bronx and Westchester county. Latimer is leading in polling, and if he wins, he will be the first challenger to successfully unseat a member of the progressive “Squad”.
The huge haul of outside spending – most of it funding ads attacking Bowman and supporting Latimer – underscores Bowman’s precarious position as a high-profile “Squad” member whose criticism of Israel and outspoken support for Palestinian rights has drawn the ire of the pro-Israel lobby.
But the race is more than a referendum on Israel-Palestine policy. It’s also a test of the fledgling progressive wing of the Democratic party, whose ranks Bowman joined after winning an upset primary victory in 2020 and defeating former representative Eliot Engel, an incumbent who had held the office since 1989.
Among Bowman’s highest-profile supporters are the senator Bernie Sanders and the representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (known as AOC), who will appear at a rally on Saturday to turn out voters for the incumbent. Meanwhile, Latimer has earned the support of the former secretary of state and Democratic party establishment stalwart Hillary Clinton.
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) and a crypto-currency Super Pac
Ok, well I’d definitely be voting for the other guy if I lived in that district.
You can donate to any candidate in any election.
Insert coins and your favorite politician wins votes
The pay2win is getting very brazen
Israeli fascist trying to overthrow American democracy. That’s all this is. We’re allowing a fascist foreign government to sway how our democracy is run. There’s a Bizarro world, a better one maybe, where we’d be bombing them for this.
It always seems like there are deep pockets for stuff like this. Meanwhile, trying to keep the outright fascists out of office…crickets.
Solution: End Citizens United.
Oh look, democrats trying to be even less progressive.
Yes, they are a centrist party, and have to actually win elections to make any meaningful impact on US Policy.
Compare to how impactful the Green and Communist parties are in the American political world.
Whats with this weird double standard. Guys its not dems fault, we just havent elected enough of them. But also, its progressive parties fault for not getting elected.