The funny thing is that $15 million dollars is not a lot of money for some people. There are a hundred billionaires living in New York City and if $15 million could “buy an election” then at least a few of them would be doing it all the time. They don’t do that because it doesn’t work.
Bowman lost because he was genuinely unpopular in his own district. Being a leftist celebrity didn’t help him much since most of the people he was popular with weren’t actually eligible to vote for him.
The funny thing is that $15 million dollars is not a lot of money for some people. There are a hundred billionaires living in New York City and if $15 million could “buy an election” then at least a few of them would be doing it all the time. They don’t do that because it doesn’t work.
Bowman lost because he was genuinely unpopular in his own district. Being a leftist celebrity didn’t help him much since most of the people he was popular with weren’t actually eligible to vote for him.