Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York Wins Second Term

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York Wins Second Term
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 15, 2019. Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) cruised to a win in the elections on Tuesday, securing nearly 70 percent of the vote.

The 31-year-old New Yorker followed up her shocking 2018 upset of longtime Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) with another victory, defeating challengers John Cummings and Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, according to a call from Decision Desk.

As of 11:45 p.m. ET, Ocasio-Cortez had 104,631 votes, or 68.6 percent of the total.

She was well ahead of Cummings, a Republican former police officer who had 46,660 votes, and Caruso-Cabrera, a Democrat who ran as an Independent after losing in the Democratic primary earlier this year.

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) speak at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 15, 2019. (Holly Kellum/NTD)
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) speak at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 15, 2019. Holly Kellum/NTD

Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman to ever serve as a member of Congress, has not yet reacted to the win.

Ocasio-Cortez is part of the far-left wing of the Democratic Party, promoting socialist ideas like the Green New Deal.

Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), two other members of the so-called Squad, also won another term on Tuesday.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), the fourth member of the progressive grouping, was ahead in her race but it has not been called yet.

Ocasio-Cortez, known as AOC, earlier Nov. 3 thanked organizers who registered and educated voters.

“Progress doesn’t happen without the work. You are so deeply appreciated,” she wrote on social media.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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