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- whatthefunk9
Millennial Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, former campaign organizer for Bernie Sanders and a card-carrying member of the Democratic Socialists of America, who campaigned on a platform of universal health care, abolishing ICE, and a federal jobs guarantee defeated longtime Queens Congressman Joe Crowley by a whopping 15 percent, capturing 16,000 of just under 28,000 votes.
The current chairman of the House Democratic Caucus and chairman of the Queens County Democratic Party, Crowley, 56, was widely considered a potential successor to current speaker Nancy Pelosi. He served as a member of Congress for two decades, and outspent Ocasio-Cortez—his first primary challenger since 2004—by an 18-1 margin.
After criticizing democrats who accepted corporate PAC money, Ocasio-Cortez managed to raise $300,709, most of it from small donors in and around her district.
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