Race to Control New York’s Suburbs Rocked by Money, Insults and Israel

  • Westchester official Latimer challenging ‘Squad’ member Bowman
  • Contest is microcosm of party split over Israel-Hamas conflict
Jamaal BowmanPhotographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
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One of the nastiest, most expensive political campaigns in the US isn’t a general election fight for the soul of the nation.

It’s a mean-spirited, money-fueled Democratic primary in New York’s 16th congressional district, a tract spanning the Bronx’s poorest blocks to some of Westchester County’s richest suburbs.