Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,
one of Democrats’ biggest stars from this midterm cycle, is now
officially the youngest woman elected to US Congress. Ocasio-Cortez — a
democratic socialist who rose to fame after upsetting Democratic Rep.
Joe Crowley earlier this year — easily won her race for New York’s 14th
Congressional District on Tuesday Nov 06,2018, with over 75 percent of the vote.
Ocasio-Cortez first stunned
many in June when she unseated Crowley — a top leader among House
Democrats — by running a campaign decidedly to the left. She’s since
raised the profile on a number of progressive priorities, including
efforts to abolish ICE, establish a federal jobs guarantee, and promote
Medicare-for-all — not to mention joining a chorus of Democrats who have
withheld their support for Nancy Pelosi as a potential speaker of the
House.
As a 29-year-old Latina, Ocasio-Cortez is part of a
groundbreaking wave of women of color who are set to join Congress this
term, including Sharice Davids and Ilhan Omar.
Additionally, she’s helped campaign for a swath of other
progressive candidates, including Ayanna Pressley, who’s also captured
her Massachusetts district. Ocasio-Cortez is set to shake up everything
from how the Democratic Party approaches campaign finance (she won by
forsaking big-money donors, after all) to its relationship with the
establishment.
“Women like me aren’t supposed to run for office,”
Ocasio-Cortez said in one of her campaign videos. As she’s proven this
cycle, it’s clear they can win.
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