She'll face off against Crowley, who's exactly double her age and has more than 20 times the cash, before getting a shot at the November general election. She's got a steep uphill battle facing her June 26 primary. Now, 20 years later, she's threatening to unseat the man who's represented the district since she was a child. At the time, the area encompassed parts of the Bronx and Queens, but thanks to a redistricting in 2012, the district is now New York's 14th. Ocasio-Cortez had just turned eight when Democrat Joe Crowley was selected to represent New York's 7th district in 1998. 'I started my campaign out of a Trader Joe's bag with a bunch of printed palm cards and an idea,' she tells me in an interview for Elite Daily. While other twenty-somethings might be out grabbing dinner with friends after work, Ocasio-Cortez would change into an extra set of clothes and set out canvassing. She studied economics and international relations, and lists economic reforms, Medicare, health care, immigration rights, and climate change among her priorities should she get to office. In a tweeted statement, Crowley congratulated Ocasio-Cortez on her win, saying that he looks forward to 'supporting her and all Democrats this November.' Ocasio-Cortez will face off against Republican Anthony Pappas in November.ĮARLIER: A community organizer, Ocasio-Cortez's résumé includes working on economic policy, organizing for Bernie Sanders' campaign, and serving as an educational director for high school-age youth. Joe Crowley by a margin of about 15 percent, per The New York Times. UPDATE: Ocasio-Cortez won the Democratic primary to represent New York's 14th District in a landslide upset on June 26, beating long-term incumbent Rep.

As a first-time candidate in the 2018 midterm elections, she's looking to unseat one the nation's most powerful Democratic incumbents. But Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, though only 28 years old, isn't one to be underestimated. And it's not hard to see why: with a vibrant smile and energetic, high-toned voice, her youthfulness is overwhelmingly obvious. For starters, she's probably the only candidate in a House race who still gets carded at bars. There are a host of things that set Alexandria, a native Bronxite, apart from your run-of-the-mill House candidate.

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