All four members of “The Squad” re-elected to U.S. House of Representatives.

Washington, November 4 (RHC)-- All four progressive freshmen congresswomen of color known as "The Squad" have been reelected, two years after taking Capitol Hill by storm.  

They include the first two Muslim women elected to Congress: Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.  Also holding their seats are Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, co-sponsor of the Green New Deal. 

In other news, in New York’s 16th Congressional District, Jamaal Bowman has defeated Republican challenger Patrick McManus.  Bowman is a former Bronx middle school principal who recently joined protests demanding an end to racism and police brutality.  In June’s Democratic primary, Bowman defeated Congressmember Eliot Engel, the Foreign Affairs Committee chair who has served in Congress for more than 30 years. 

Congressmember-elect Bowman said: “I’m going to Washington to fight for housing as a human right, healthcare as a human right, fully funding our public schools, a federal jobs guarantee, raising the federal minimum wage, a Green New Deal, and humane criminal justice and immigration reform.”