Combat Surgeon Who Saved Duckworth Wins New Jersey Democratic Primary

Adam Hamawy, a retired Army surgeon, won New Jersey's 12th District Democratic primary on June 4, defeating 12 rivals. He performed emergency surgery on then-Major Tammy Duckworth after her helicopter was shot down in Iraq in 2004. Last year, while volunteering in Gaza, Israeli forces trapped him at the border—Duckworth helped evacuate him. He will face Republican Greg Mele in November and could become New Jersey's first Muslim member of Congress.