Chicago – August 15, 2024
Progressives in the House received a much-needed victory Tuesday night with Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) winning her primary one week after her fellow “squad” member Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) lost hers.
Unlike the primaries for Bush and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), who was also ousted recently, Omar’s race did not draw the involvement of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) despite her vocal criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza. But it was still a test of the progressive wing’s strength within the Democratic Party.
The group of progressive House members known as the “squad” received a badly needed win when Omar held off the same primary challenger for the second cycle in a row.
