The Sunrise Movement, described by some as a left-wing extremist environmental group, announced it is targeting two major Democratic US House committee chairmen in their respective party primaries. Both Reps. Richard Neal (D-MA) and Eliot Engel (D-NY) have announced primary opposition. So far, Sunrise supported Democratic primary challengers have won one race, Marie Newman over Rep. Dan Lipinski in Illinois, but failed against Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and Bobby Rush (D-IL).
The Sunrise Movement organization is now backing Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse against Mr. Neal who is chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee. The Massachusetts primary won’t be held until September 1st, so this race has some time to develop. Mr. Morse is Rep. Neal’s only announced Democratic opponent but the candidate filing deadline does not expire until May 5th. Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Engel’s top opponent is local Bronx middle school principal Jamaal Bowman who, in addition to Sunrise Movement’s support, also has the Working Families Party endorsement. The WFP backing is significant because this could give Mr. Bowman the option of advancing into the general election even if he loses the Democratic primary. At this time, four other Democrats are also in the primary race, which is scheduled for June 23rd, and little time still remains for others to file since the New York candidate filing deadline is fast approaching on April 2nd. So far, there is no indication that the New York election calendar will change. Comments are closed.
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