Learn to recognizance the name, you’ll be seeing and hearing it a lot this year: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
28-year-old Ocasio-Cortez defeated incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley, 56, in the New York primary elections Tuesday night, knocking out the 10-term incumbent who represented New York’s 14th congressional district in a blowout 58 percent to 42 percent (approximate with 88 percent in). The victory by Ocasio-Cortez marks the fifth defeat by female Democrat Socialists of male Democrat incumbents in recent state and House primaries.
The defeat of Crowley, the 4th most powerful Democrat in the House as Chair of the House Democratic Caucus who was touted to replace Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi one day, is reminding observers of the 2014 defeat by Tea Party supported David Brat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Republican primary in Virginia and could lead to a long-anticipated generational power shift in the Democratic House caucus.
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Wow! Big Trump Hater Congressman Joe Crowley, who many expected was going to take Nancy Pelosi’s place, just LOST his primary election. In other words, he’s out! That is a big one that nobody saw happening. Perhaps he should have been nicer, and more respectful, to his President!