In a last-ditch effort to get out the vote for incumbent U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and avoid an upset in the hotly contested Democratic primary in New York’s 16th Congressional District on Tuesday, June 25, Democratic Socialists and left political heavyweights U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) came out in support of Bowman at a rally at St. Mary’s Park in Mott Haven on Saturday.
Bowman, an early critic of Israel’s war on Gaza, is behind in the polls against Westchester County Executive George Latimer by 17% in one of the most expensive primaries in history. So far, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has spent more than $14 million on attack ads and messaging to defeat the 48-year-old incumbent and former school teacher.
