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CityAndStateNY.com
August 3, 2020
THE
INSURGENT WAVE THAT WASN’T
In past years, members of Congress rarely faced a primary. This year, however, primary challengers came out of the woodwork, inspired by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory over Joe Crowley two years ago. But though 11 congressional Democrats, like Reps. Carolyn Maloney, Jerry Nadler and Nydia Velázquez, above, and Rep. Yvette Clarke, right, faced young progressive opponents, only one lost: Rep. Eliot Engel, to educator Jamaal Bowman.
