In one of New York’s most competitive primaries, Jamaal Bowman is a party of one
Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s supporters hunkered down in the back of a local fish and chip shop on a drizzly night in Yonkers to hear a celebrity politician rally the troops for the congressmember’s re-election.
Bowman’s challenge now is convincing enough constituents, many of whom disagree with his crusade against the war, that he can still represent them. Bowman has castigated fellow Democrats, including President Joe Biden, for not being outspoken enough on the atrocities, even those who have modified their stances to call for a temporary cease-fire.“I've been told not to use the word 'blockade,' not to use the word ‘ethnic cleansing,’ not to use the word ‘occupation,’ not to use the word ‘apartheid.
Westchester Unites, which officially launched in January, converted more than 2,000 Republican and undeclared voters to the Democratic Party to help sway the primary. The county Board of Elections, which does not cover the Bronx portion of the district, said more than 2,300 former Republicans and unaffiliated voters registered with the Democratic Party between Dec. 1, 2023 and Feb. 14, 2024, the deadline to participate in the primary.
“The reason this primary is getting so much attention is obviously sort of the underlying issue of Israel and the Middle East and the fact that there is a split within the Democratic Party,” said Peter Kauffmann, a Democratic strategist who served as a top campaign aide to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and as Hillary Clinton’s press secretary when she was a New York senator.“There’s still no evidence of beheaded babies or raped women.
More Democrats who were reluctant to call for a cease-fire have recently changed course. Rep. Jerry Nadler, the dean of the New York delegation, and Rep. Dan Goldman — both of whom have been vocal supporters of Israel amid the war —with 11 other Jewish congressmembers calling for a “mutual, temporary cease-fire agreement” contingent upon Hamas’ return of the Israeli hostages, among other terms.
“I think he’s tone deaf,” Engel said. “Those people who didn’t vote for you, or perhaps don’t like you — you bring them over, you try … He hasn’t tried. He exacerbates the problem.”Latimer was handing out fliers of county events to older residents during a recent lunch at the Mamaroneck Senior Center. A party emcee was goading him to serenade attendees, who were there for a post-Valentine’s Day event. Half of them were dancing to a Barry White cover.
He’s known among Westchester residents for handing out his personal cellphone number and many confirmed that he’s responded to their texts. “I don’t think people should vote for because he’s Black,” said AJ Woodson, editor-in-chief of Black Westchester, a small publication that covers county news. “But he speaks to those issues. He speaks to the issue of, ‘maybe the community needs reparations.’ He speaks to the issues of criminal justice. As a Black man, he can relate to the dangers of being a Black man and having a police confrontation.
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