Rep. Jamaal Bowman and George Latimer present primary voters with a stark contrast. 

Bowman, the incumbent, is one of Washington’s most left-leaning lawmakers, a member of the so-called Squad. On Monday he rallied with two of its other members: New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Massachusetts Rep. Ayana Pressley.


What You Need To Know

  • Rep. Jamaal Bowman rallied Monday with fellow Squad members New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Massachusetts Rep. Ayana Pressley

  • His race against Westchester County Executive George Latimer has attracted national attention and record spending

  • Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Dan Goldman are the only other House members in the city with primary opponents

“This race has gotten national attention because — because — it is the ultimate ‘many versus the money’ race,” Bowman said Monday. “And we are the many.”

Money has indeed poured into the race for the 16th Congressional District, which covers parts of Westchester County and the northeast Bronx.

The pro-Israel group AIPAC has spent more than $14 million on behalf of Latimer, the more moderate Westchester county executive, who enjoys establishment support and portrays Bowman as all show and no substance.

“We agree on a lot of areas of public policy. We may disagree in certain areas of public policy,” Latimer told reporters Monday. “But what’s happened in Washington, and what I’m afraid the incumbent has bought into, is that this is more about the theater of conflict than it is finding common ground.”

Bowman has brought out progressive stars like Ocasio-Cortez and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in recent days, but drew condemnation for his profanity-laced remarks at a rally in the Bronx on Saturday.

In one instance, he proclaimed, “We are going to show [expletive] AIPAC the power of the [expletive] south Bronx.”

Latimer responded Monday.

“I have used bad language from time to time,” he said. “I try not to do it in public settings. But you’ve got to know what you can and can’t say in a public setting. That was inappropriate, period.”

Ocasio-Cortez is facing her own primary challenge from Marty Dolan, a more moderate Democrat who has framed Ocasio-Cortez as too radical. She’s pointed to his official address in Westchester County, outside the Bronx and Queens district, though he’s said he moved to an apartment in Astoria.

“We’re contending with someone who does not live in New York City, who lives in Dobbs Ferry,” she said in a recent interview.

Rep. Dan Goldman, who represents lower Manhattan and much of brownstone Brooklyn, is the only other member of the city’s congressional delegation facing a primary.

He faces Bruno Grandsard, who’s made political reform and climate change his top issues, and Evan Hutchison, who is running to Goldman’s left, pushing for a ceasefire in Gaza.