What is Jamaal Bowman?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Jamaal Bowman |state= [[New York (state)|New York]] |district = {{ushr|NY|16|16th}} |term_start = January 3, 2021 |term_end = January 3, 2025 |predecessor = [[Eliot Engel]] |successor = [[George Latimer (New York politician)|George Latimer]] |image = Jamaal Bowman 117th U.S Congress.jpg |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|04|01}} |birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = |children = 3 |education = [[University of New Haven]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Mercy College (New York)|Mercy College]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])<br>[[Manhattanville College]] ([[Doctor of Education|EdD]]) |website = {{url|https://www.bowmanforcongress.com|Campaign website}} }} '''Jamaal Bowman''' (born April 1, 1976) is an American educator and political activist. He was the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[New York|New York's]] [[New York's 16th congressional district|16th congressional district]] from 2021 to 2025. He was the Democratic nominee in the [[2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New York|2020 elections]] for the U.S. House, defeating [[incumbent]] [[Eliot Engel]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Progressive newcomer Jamaal Bowman wins upset victory over longtime New York Rep Eliot Engel |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/06/24/progressive-newcomer-jamaal-bowman-wins-upset-victory-over-longtime-new-york-rep-eliot-engel/#4cdf2c2d78b3 |work=[[Forbes]] |date=June 24, 2020}}</ref> He is a former principal and founder of the Cornerstone Academy for Social Action, a public middle school in [[The Bronx]]. His congressional campaign against Engel was compared to [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]]'s primary challenge against [[Joe Crowley]]. Bowman's campaign was supported by Ocasio-Cortez, [[Bernie Sanders]], [[Elizabeth Warren]], and the editorial board of ''[[The New Yo