2020 ELECTIONS: If you talk to residents in Yonkers they either don’t know who Eliot Engel is or can’t describe his ideology in New York’s fourth largest city

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Bronx educator Jamaal Bowman says he’s raised about $190,000 in his bid to topple longtime incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel

POLITICAL NEWCOMER: #JamaalBowman, is a Yonkers resident, who founded a charter school in the North Bronx and was a voice in New York’s movement to opt out of standardized testing.

YONKERS: Jamaal Bowman is attempting to primary Eliot Engel, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs committee, who has been in Congress for 31 years, representing the 16th district since 2013.

Jamaal Bowman sees the same recipe for success as she did with the #AOC campaign

A compelling young leader that reflects the community

A majority, minority district with a plurality of people of color who have been represented by an older career establishment politician that does not reflect the true diversity of that district,

And an establishment democrat that has taken millions from corporate PACs

Jamaal Bowman is not the only progressive candidate of color attempting to unseat Eliot Engel

There’s also #AndomGhebreghiorgis, an Eritrean-American special education teacher, currently third in the polls.