Race to unseat New York progressive ‘most expensive House primary ever’

Aipac breaks its own record to back George Latimer against incumbent fellow Democrat Jamaal Bowman

The primary for New York's 16th congressional district, which takes place on Tuesday, has drawn record-breaking spending, with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) and a crypto-currency Super Pac behind the lion's share of the funding.

AdImpact, a group tracking political advertisements, reported earlier this week that the race between the incumbent progressive representative Jamaal Bowman and his challenger, George Latimer, has become the most expensive House primary ever", with more than $23m spent on ads so far.