NEW YORK (WABC) — Rep. Jamaal Bowman and Westchester County Govt George Latimer each are out with voters on Monday — someday earlier than Election Day within the extremely contentious Democratic main for the NY-16 Home seat.
Bowman is attempting to fend off a problem from Latimer and each will probably be in Mount Vernon — which is floor zero for the battle for voters.
Latimer was with clergy and supporters to Get Out the Vote within the morning whereas Bowman will probably be at Grace Baptist Church within the afternoon, adopted by voter canvassing the Quincy Condo Buildings.
The ugly main within the sixteenth District has uncovered the social gathering’s deep divide over U.S. coverage on Israel, with present and former members of the New York congressional delegation sniping at one another and each candidates right here searching for to color the opposite as out of contact with and unfit for the district.
Bowman, allied with the progressive group of representatives often known as the “squad,” represents the left’s opposition to Israel’s conduct through the Israel-Hamas warfare in Gaza and to the Biden administration’s help for Israel. Latimer is operating on a extra centrist, institution place: His platform affirms Israel’s “rights of existence, stability, self-defense, and peace.”
Gov. Kathy Hochul stated on CNN Sunday that whereas she will not be taking sides within the race, she clearly disagrees with Bowman’s view on the Israel-Hamas warfare.
The race has already seen eyebrow-raising spending in New York Metropolis’s costly media market. The 2 candidates have spent $3.2 million apiece within the race, based on marketing campaign finance filings. Exterior spending has injected a further $14.4 million into the district, with the United Democracy Undertaking — the tremendous PAC related to the pro-Israel American Israel Public Affairs Committee — main these teams with $11.5 million in help of Latimer.
Early voting within the election ended Sunday. Bowman voted on the primary day of early voting and Latimer voted Saturday afternoon.
The winner of the Democratic main of the sixteenth congressional district is favored to win the seat in November.
Polls will probably be open Tuesday in New York Metropolis from 6 a.m. till 9 p.m.
(The Related Press contributed to this report.)
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