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Jamaal Bowman declares victory before absentees are counted

Believes his 25-point lead over Eliot Engel can't be overcome

By MICHAEL HINMAN
Posted 6/24/20

Less than 17 percent of potential votes in his district have been counted — with a large number of absentee ballots yet to be tallied — but Jamaal Bowman is ready to put a fork in a long campaign that he says finishes with him overthrowing House Foreign Affairs Committee chair Eliot Engel in the 16th Congressional District.

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