New Target for New York’s Ascendant Left: Rep. Carolyn Maloney
Justice Democrats, a left-wing group that fueled the rise of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is backing Rana Abdelhamid’s primary bid.
Rana Abdelhamid, a young activist from Queens, is running to represent New York’s 12th Congressional District in Congress.Credit...Benjamin Norman for The New York Times
April 14, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
Nearly three years ago, a little-known left-wing organization helped engineer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s shock victory over Representative Joseph Crowley in a House primary. Last year, the group, Justice Democrats, aided Jamaal Bowman’s ouster of Representative Eliot Engel in another House primary.