Jamaal Bowman

Freshman U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman announced on Twitter that his mother has died of COVID-19

Progressive candidates say they are answering the call of underserved constituents who want their voices amplified in Washington. News 4’s Andrew Siff reports.

Former middle school principal Jamaal Bowman has toppled 16-term U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel in New York’s Democratic primary in another upset victory for the party’s insurgent wing. A political novice who has never held public office before, Bowman, 44, was a progressive African American challenger who said Engel, the 73-year-old chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, had lost touch with...

Political newcomer Jamaal Bowman defeated 16-term Congressman Eliot Engel, Sarah Wallace reports.

One is the co-founder of a Bronx middle school making his first run for public office. The other is a son of Ugandan refugees with an MBA from Harvard. Both have a shot at toppling veteran Democrats in Congress as New Yorkers cast their votes in a pandemic-disrupted primary election. Jamaal Bowman, a first-time candidate who helped found the Cornerstone…

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is endorsing the Democratic primary challenger of a veteran House committee chairman

Rep. Eliot Engel, a New York Democrat facing a tough primary challenge and questions about his absence from his district, was caught on a hot mic at a district event responding to unrest saying twice that he only wanted press coverage because of an electoral threat.