Bowman Bows Out

Much has been said about Latimer’s lopsided win. Press coverage emphasized how “expensive” the race was, and a lot of ink was spilled over AIPAC’s contribution. (Less was said about Bowman’s fundraising with Muslim extremists, but that is to be expected.)

This election was closely watched around the country — and the world — because of all the narrative threads. It was deemed as a “litmus test” on US-Israel relations, the Squad, and the fate of the Democratic Party. As one of the most high-profile members of the left-wing “Squad,” which includes AOC and Rashida Tlaib, Bowman had doubled, tripled, and quadrupled down on his opposition to Israel with outrageous language unfit to print.

Bowman was considered a master at Democratic social media politics; he had amassed 361,600 followers on Twitter, compared to Latimer’s 8,095.

Latimer was considered a master at Democratic retail politics. We see how that came out: Latimer got 45,170 votes to Bowman’s 31,863.