Ocasio-Cortez’s New York Clout Reflected in Progressive Victories
- Bowman, Jones primary wins bolster Democratic left in House
- But the Squad’s influence ebbs outside large cities, Northeast
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the Bronx borough of New York City.
Photographer: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images
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The Democratic Party’s progressive wing has broadened its foothold in New York with primary wins by two Black House candidates positioning them to join Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in challenging the centrists who gave Nancy Pelosi a majority.
The victories by Jamaal Bowman, 44, over Eliot Engel in a Bronx-Westchester County district, and Mondaire Jones, 33, in New York City’s northern suburbs to succeed retiring Nita Lowey, reflect a changing of the guard, at least generationally. Engel, 73, and Lowey, 83, are both serving their 16th congressional terms.