Into Jamaal Bowman’s Insurgent Run

<p>The votes are still being tallied, but progressive Democrat and political newcomer Jamaal Bowman is poised to beat out sixteen-term Congressman Eliot Engel in the primary race to represent New York’s 16th Congressional district. The district is the second most unequal in the state; it’s majority Black and Hispanic, but also stretches into some very wealthy, mostly white neighborhoods. </p><p>Eliot Engel is white, in his 70s, and chair of the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee. And Bowman - who is Black, in his 40s, and a former middle school principal - is part of a new wave of candidates taking on the establishment of the Democratic party. Bowman’s gotten the backing of progressives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, and the Working Families Party, which recently teamed up with the Movement for Black Lives to form a Political Action Committee. </p><p>On this episode of Into America, Trymaine Lee speaks with Jamaal Bowman about why he decided to enter politics and take on one of the most entrenched Democrats in Congress. </p><p>For a transcript, please visit <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/intoamerica" target="_blank">https://www.msnbc.com/intoamerica</a>.</p><p><strong>Further Reading and Listening:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/new-york-police-under-michael-bloomberg-scarred-me-my-family-ncna1145686" target="_blank">The New York police under Michael Bloomberg scarred me and my family</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/amid-u-s-reckoning-race-black-candidates-harness-voters-fervor-n1232104 " target="_blank">Amid U.S. reckoning on race, Black candidates harness voters' fervor for change </a></li><li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/podcast/into-america/new-generation-black-candidates-n1232132 " target="_blank">Into America: Into a New Generation of Black Candidates</a> </li></ul>