Jamaal Bowman Loses Primary After AIPAC Poured Record $14.5M Into Race
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AIPAC, Israel’s largest US lobbying group, made this race the most expensive House primary in history.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-New York) lost his primary on Tuesday after Israel’s largest U.S. lobbying group made his race the most expensive House primary in history, pouring nearly $15 million to oust one of the few progressive critics of Israel in Congress as the country carries out a horrific genocidal assault in Gaza. As of Wednesday morning, Bowman had garnered 42 percent of the vote...