Summer Lee Wins Primary Against Opponent Backed by Billionaire GOP Megadonor
Lee defeated Bhavini Patel, who characterized Lee as "fringe” and actively courted Republican and pro-Israel voters.
Rep. Summer Lee, a member of the progressive “Squad,” won the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District on Tuesday, fending off an opponent whose campaign was backed by a billionaire Republican megadonor and ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Lee, a vocal critic of the Netanyahu government and leading supporter of a cease-fire in Gaza...