More evidence is coming from New York City that former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman is a serious Democratic primary threat to 16-term veteran Rep. Eliot Engel (D-Bronx). The pre-primary filing period that closed June 3rd shows Mr. Bowman actually bringing in more money than Rep. Engel during the period, $431,000 to $389,000. Congressman Engel, however, still dominates the cash-on-hand column $826,000 to $345,000.
Both candidates are turning up the heat against their political opponent. Mr. Bowman has released a new digital and cable ad that again shows Engel saying he “wouldn’t care (about speaking to the Bronx Borough meeting) if he wasn’t in a primary,” while the Congressman is now hitting Bowman in mailings to Democrats. The Engel attacks say Bowman wasn’t even a member of the Democratic Party until 2018, and the veteran Representative accuses his opponent of not being a “real Democrat” because he was a member of the Independence Party when the entity supported John McCain over Barack Obama in 2008. Rep. Engel is also attacking Bowman’s record as an educator. The New York City Department of Education test score report found that Bowman’s school proficiency rating for its students reached only 25% in mathematics and 37% for English. It is obvious from the latest attack strategy that internal polling is showing this race as close, though no public polling is available. The New York primary is June 23rd. Comments are closed.
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