'AOC effect' put to the test in heated New York primaries

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'AOC effect' put to the test in heated New York primaries
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One of NYC's congressional primaries is among the progressive movement's best hopes for a repeat of AOC's upset win in 2018. Another could deal a blow to that movement.

With the virus still spreading, most voters are likely to vote by mail — creating significant uncertainty around turnout as the traditional rituals of in-person campaigning have been abandoned.

In the 16th Congressional District in the north Bronx and part of Westchester, Jamaal Bowman is taking on Rep., the 73-year-old, 16-term incumbent who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Hammered by his primary opponent for holing up outside Washington for much of the pandemic, Engel appeared at a press conference in the Bronx this week, pleading for a chance to speak, saying, “If I didn’t have a primary, I wouldn’t care.”“It’s disgusting. It’s abhorrent.

Bowman said he has retooled his campaign during the pandemic to focus in part on mutual aid, including getting food to seniors who need it. “If you’re not here in the district you cannot feel the pain and the struggle people are going through,” he said. “He’s taken the voters for granted for far too long.”this week, Engel touted his ability to secure health care and education funding for the district and his role in the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

“I have been one of the real pains in the neck to Donald Trump in Washington,” he said. “I’ve now had lots of seniority, being in Congress a long time, and I have the clout. I bring home the bacon. I bring home the money. I can do those kinds of things. That’s not something a freshman can do.”

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