John, this just in:
Yet another challenger just announced that he is planning to announce an official challenge to Jamaal in Congress — noting that "Bowman is too far left to get re-elected" and that "Democrats in Westchester don't want a progressive representing them in Washington".
In response, our teams have set an end-of-month goal of raising an additional $20,000 over email by January 31 in order to strengthen our campaign against this challenge to our movement.
This challenge announcement came on the heels of the news around Jamaal's arrest in Washington during a protest — and while we've anticipated a challenger to Jamaal's seat, we're now facing two, with rumblings of more to come. Jamaal may be in a "blue" district — but we can't afford to act like re-election is a given, John. We need to double down on our efforts to ensure that Jamaal is successful come the primary elections.
In 2020, a whopping total of more than $5.2 million was spent to stop Jamaal — more than any other Democratic primary challenger in history. And two years later, we can expect this number to match or grow in the 2022 election cycle. So it's crucial that we continue making critical investments to grow our movement in order to fight back against this new challenger.
While competitive races can't be won on money alone, the truth is 88% of congressional races are won by the candidate who raised the most money. And as a grassroots movement, we won't rely on corporate PACs or special interests to help bankroll our campaign to victory.
Let's do this,
Bowman for Congress
