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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. People are sick and tired of the progressive left. This is just the beginning. [/quote]

He was just a weak candidate, for a lot of reasons, but one of which is that he was a kooky conspiracy theorist.  The other candidate was also well-known and well-liked, at least to the voters there.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/30/politics/jamaal-bowman-9-11-blog-post/index.html

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/member-of-house-squad-rep-jamaal-bowman-spread-9-11-conspiracy-theories-as-nyc-principal/ar-BB1huOSN
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No he wasn’t a weak candidate. The corrupt, occupied party redrew his district maps momths before the  primary to shift the demographics. Then they spent $25M on propaganda - that’s more than all candidates in Uk spent for their upcoming parliamentary elections.

We see you. [/quote]

Either you are not from metro NYC or even NYS, or you are but haven't been paying attention for the last 36 months. State Dems redrew CDs after '20 census. Bowman was still in a largely urban CD. State GOP sued. State courts ruled in favor of State GOP and assigned a special master or some similar title to redraw. That individual did a horrible job in redrawing metro NYC districts, but those were the lines candidates had to run under in ' 22. Bowman did win, but most likely b/c his two primary opponents split the suburban vote.

In the sense that "all politics are local," Bowman was a weak candidate in the sense that he didn't adapt to his new CD. He didn't take the time to build connections in the more suburban areas of his CD and he was pretty tone deaf after 10/7. NYC pols, just like any other where there are sizeable demographics of one ethnicity or another in their CD, must tend to those groups in order to be successful. Bowman was not in the wake of 10/7. Jewish constituents were desperate to get news about their families, help ones leave who are US citizens, understand the USG efforts, etc. Bowman seemed to take umbrage that somehow helping his Jewish constituents was disrespecting Palestinians. He could've done both, but he chose not to. Jewish progressives in his CD, previous supporters, tried to help him understand the dynamics. He seemed to get in the meeting, but not much longer than that.

TBH, I wish he was still in his original CD. To win in his new-ish one, however, he needed to adapt and he didn't. That's why he lost.

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