House Committee Chair Eliot Engel Officially Loses to Challenger in Democratic Primary

Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), during a news conference in Mexico City, where Engel and four other congressmen visited with Mexican President Felipe Calderon. Maryland tax officials have revoked the Bronx Congressman's claim to thousands of dollars in tax breaks for a nearly $1 million home in a Washington suburb he's called his primary residence on tax documents for at least ten years. Marco Ugarte/AP Photo

Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), a powerful House committee chair who served more than 30 years in Congress, was defeated in his Democratic primary.

Engel was ousted by Jamaal Bowman, a former principal and first-time candidate who was backed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), about three weeks after the primary election, according to an analysis from The Associated Press.