'AOC effect' put to the test in heated New York primaries
NEW YORK — One of New York City's congressional primaries is among the progressive movement's best hopes for a repeat of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's upset win in 2018. Another could deal a blow to that movement.
In one district that touches the north end of the Bronx, a three-decade incumbent, white congressman will have to fend off a challenge from a progressive, black candidate just weeks after getting caught on a hot mic saying he “wouldn’t care” about speaking on the city's civil unrest if he didn’t have a primary to win.
About a mile away, a conservative Democratic minister with a long history of homophobic remarks appears to have a slight edge in a crowded race with far more liberal contenders, including a young, gay progressive once labeled a "rising star" in Democratic politics.
As the city careens from a crippling pandemic to civil unrest, the events of the past three months have upended — and largely overshadowed — the House primary races that would otherwise have dominated New York’s political calendar and attracted national interest. Democratic voters will cast their ballots on June 23 for the primaries, which often are the deciding contests in this liberal city.
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2020/06/04/new-york-primary-battles-struggle-to-draw-attention-in-a-shaken-city-1290875
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