Jamaal Bowman has defeated veteran Rep. Eliot Engel, unseating the powerful chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in a stunning upset, according to the Associated Press.

Bowman, a progressive former middle school principal backed by the Justice Democrats, triumphed over Engel, a 16-term congressman, more than three weeks after the New York Democratic primary took place on June 23.

The AP called the race on Friday morning.

His upstart victory is reminiscent of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s infamous toppling of powerful incumbent Joe Crowley in 2018 in the neighboring Bronx district.

Engel, 73, has been besieged by gaffes and accusations he was missing from his Bronx-Westchester district as the coronavirus pandemic raged.

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