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On The Record: Latimer wins
Jamaal Bowman was defeated Tuesday night in a stunning rebuke by Wetschester voters
Rye Record
June 26, 2024
George Latimer addresses supporters in White Plains Tuesday night. The Westchester County executive declared victory after the Associated Press called the race at 9:38 p.m.
George Latimer won the highly charged NY-16 Congressional District primary race on Tuesday night, defeating incumbent Jamaal Bowman by a wide margin.
The Associated Press called the race at 9:38 p.m. with Latimer ahead by 10 points. By midnight, the Democratic establishment candidate had strengthened his lead over Bowman to 17 points with 88 percent of the votes counted — unseating the progressive in his bid for a third term in Congress.
The landslide loss for Bowman was a stunning rebuke by Westchester voters.
“What we see tonight is the many of Westchester and the Bronx,” Latimer told a crowd of supporters in White Plains after declaring victory. “Tonight, we turn the page.”
-by Christian Falcone, David Hessekiel and Andi Hessekiel