The bitter primary match has exposed the deepest fissures in the Democratic Party.
New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman, center left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders join a rally for his primary race in the Bronx, Saturday. MT. VERNON, N.Y. — A volunteer for Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s campaign trailed George Latimer out of a Juneteenth event last week, asking the Westchester County Executive, who’s challenging Bowman in a primary Tuesday, whether he was getting his “racist talking points” from “MAGA donors,” or whether he had come up with them himself.
Evan Roth Smith, a Democratic consultant and pollster in New York who is not working with either campaign, said Latimer appears to be in the stronger position heading into the final days of the race.“Latimer is on the march, he’s on offense, he doesn’t seem worried about people turning out for him,” Roth Smith said. “All the noise, the spending aside, the simple math of who looks more confident in their base of voters turning out for them, Latimer looks more confident, looks more assured.
Latimer has forcefully pushed back on these attacks, saying Bowman is trying to boost support with Black voters by calling “the White guy running against you racist.” Of the $16 million spent attacking Bowman, most of it came from United Democracy Project, AIPAC’s super PAC. The organization spent a total of $14 million on ads in the race — one pro-Latimer and three anti-Bowman — the most it has ever spent on one contest, according to Patrick Dorton, a UDP spokesman.
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