The New York Democrat won his first congressional election in 1988. In 2020, he lost in the primary to now-former Rep. Jamaal Bowman in a race seen as a progressive upset. Former U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, a New York Democrat who chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee and played an influential role in matters from the Balkans to the Beltway, including President Donald Trump’s first impeachment, has died. He was 79. Engel di... [2623 chars]
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