Showing posts with label Barack Obama endorses Jamaal Bowman. Show all posts
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Monday, August 03, 2020

Barack Obama endorses Jamaal Bowman for Congress

In a statement on Monday, Obama announced his first wave of support for 118 Democrats running for federal, statewide and state legislative offices from 17 states, including New York, New Jersey, California, Texas, Illinois, Arkansas, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Nebraska and Nevada.

Obama endorsed progressive candidate Jamaal Bowman, a former middle school principal and first-time candidate who toppled longtime Rep. Eliot Engle in New York’s Democratic primary in June.

Bowman posted the following on Twitter in response to Obama's endorsement: