Anti-AIPAC Surgeon Adam Hamawy Likely Headed to Congress

Hamawy won with 28% of the vote, and is widely expected to win the general election in November in this solid Democratic district. He would become the fifth Muslim congressional lawmaker in the House. 

“You will hear many people take credit for this victory, but don’t forget that you, the people in this room, who believed and stayed with us and stayed the course, is what gave us victory,” Hamawy told his supporters following the win.

Hamawy’s campaign, which advocated for Medicare for all, abolishing ICE, and imposing a weapons sale ban on Israel, drew endorsements from progressive lawmakers such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib. 

Here’s what to know about Adam Hamawy. 

Adam Hamawy, 56, was born in Egypt and moved to the U.S. when he was seven months old. He now lives in Princeton, New Jersey, and is a father of four children. Hamawy served in the Army for eight years as a surgeon, including a nine-month deployment to Baghdad during the Iraq War from 2004 to 2005.