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November 4, 2020

Jamaal Bowman Wins New York House Seat on Medicare for All, Green New Deal Platform
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In New York's 16th Congressional District, Jamaal Bowman has defeated
Republican challenger Patrick Mc Manus. Bowman is a former Bronx middle
school principal who recently joined protests demanding an end to racism
and police brutality. In June's Democratic primary, Bowman defeated
Congressmember Eliot Engel, the Foreign Affairs Committee chair who has
served in Congress for more than 30 years. Congressmember-elect Bowman
spoke to Democracy Now! on election night.

Rep.-elect Jamaal Bowman: "I'm going to Washington to fight for housing
as a human right, healthcare as a human right, fully funding our public
schools, a federal jobs guarantee, raising the federal minimum wage, a
Green New Deal, and humane criminal justice and immigration reform."



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