(NPR) Black Progressives Appear To Surge In Primaries, While Trump-Backed Candidates Lose

Black Progressives Appear To Surge In Primaries, While Trump-Backed Candidates Lose








Former middle-school principal Jamaal Bowman, a progressive Democrat, is well ahead of longtime Rep. Eliot Engel in their primary.



Spencer Platt/Getty Images


hide caption





toggle caption




Spencer Platt/Getty Images











Black Progressives Appear To Surge In Primaries, While Trump-Backed Candidates Lose






Voters went to the polls in primaries Tuesday from Kentucky to New York. Black Democrats appeared to have done well, including upending a 30-year House committee chairman.








Loading...