Group that backed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez now supporting challenge to 16-term incumbent.
The organization that recruited and helped Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in her rise to victory last year, is now taking on her neighboring congressional district in New York.
With Bowman, Justice Democrats is hoping to recreate Ocasio Cortez’s upset win against long-standing Rep. Joseph Crowley who was the fourth most powerful Democrat in the House at the time. The goal of the organization and other allied groups is to challenge moderate Democrats in safe blue districts instead of winning seats for Democrats in swing districts.
“I started getting inspired, obviously, by a lot of the new, fresh, amazing women in Congress, faces in Congress, talking about new ideas, bold ideas, like the Green New Deal which is needed tremendously.” Bowman is hoping to make the case that Engel is too moderate for their congressional district which is growing increasingly diverse. According to the 2017 American Community Survey, the congressional district is 45.5% white, 33.8% black, 25.2% Hispanic and 5.3% Asian.
“Chuck Schumer just came out ...saying, and showing support. And so I think that Engel is someone that is very core to the Democratic Party leadership and establishment infrastructure in D.C., and Jamaal is very much an outsider,” Rojas said. “I think that contrast is definitely something that we look for.”
Justice Democrats is planning to back far fewer candidates in 2020 than in 2018 where the group endorsed 78 candidates and recruited 12 to run for office.
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