AP Wonders: Where Did Bowman Go Wrong?

When Jamaal Bowman first ran for Congress, he chastised his opponent — a 16-term Democratic congressman who chaired a powerful House committee — as disconnected from his suburban New York district and too focused on foreign policy.

The message helped Bowman defeat incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel and become the first Black man to represent the 16th Congressional District. But four years later, the case he made against Engel ended in his own political demise in one of the nation’s most closely watched primaries, as he became the first member of the progressive band of liberals known as the “Squad” to lose a reelection bid.