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'''Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez''' (/oʊˌkɑːsioʊ kɔːrˈtɛz/ ⓘ oh-KAH-see-oh kor-TEZ, Spanish: [aleɣˈsandɾja oˈkasjo koɾˈtes]; born October 13, 1989), also known by her initials '''AOC''', is an American left-wing activist and [[politician]] from New York. She has served as the Representative from the 14th Congressional district since 2019, as a member of the Democratic Party.
'''Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez''' (/oʊˌkɑːsioʊ kɔːrˈtɛz/ ⓘ oh-KAH-see-oh kor-TEZ, Spanish: [aleɣˈsandɾja oˈkasjo koɾˈtes]; born October 13, 1989), also known by her initials '''AOC''', is an American left-wing activist and [[politician]] from New York. She has served as the Representative from the 14th Congressional district since 2019, as a member of the Democratic Party.


On June 26, 2018, Ocasio-Cortez drew national recognition when she won the [[Wikipedia:Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]'s [[Wikipedia:2018 New York's 14th congressional district election#Primary election|primary election]] for New York's 14th congressional district. She [[Wikipedia:2018 New York's 14th congressional district election|defeated]] [[Wikipedia:Democratic Caucus Chairman of the United States House of Representatives|Democratic Caucus Chair]] [[Joe Crowley]], a 10-term incumbent, in what was widely seen as the biggest [[Wikipedia:Upset (competition)|upset]] victory in the [[Wikipedia:2018 United States elections|2018 midterm election primaries]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Tim |last=Murphy |urlstatus=live |date=June 26, 2018 |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-primary-new-york/ |title=A progressive insurgent just pulled off the biggest Democratic primary upset in years |work=[[Wikipedia:Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627041545/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-primary-new-york/ |archivedate=June 27, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Gregory Krieg CNN">{{cite news |last=Krieg |first=Gregory |date=June 27, 2018 |title=A 28-year-old Democratic Socialist just ousted a powerful, 10-term congressman in New York |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-new-york-14-primary/index.html |publisher=[[Wikipedia:CNN|CNN]]|location=Atlanta, Georgia |accessdate=June 27, 2018 |quote=in the '''most shocking upset''' of a rollicking political season |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627022605/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-new-york-14-primary/index.html |archivedate=June 27, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |lasat=Merica |first=Dan |last2=Bradner |first2=Eric |date=June 27, 2018 |title=The biggest night so far for progressives and other takeaways from Tuesday night's primaries |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/takeaways-tuesday-primaries-crowley/index.html |publisher=CNN|accessdate=June 27, 2018 |quote=It was the '''most shocking result''' of 2018's political season so far... |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627163014/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/takeaways-tuesday-primaries-crowley/index.html |archivedate=June 27, 2018 |urlstatus=live }}</ref> She easily won the [[Wikipedia:2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York|November general election]], defeating [[Wikipedia:Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Anthony Pappas. She was reelected in the [[Wikipedia:2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New York#District 14|2020]] and [[Wikipedia:2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New York#District 14|2022]] elections.
On June 26, 2018, Ocasio-Cortez drew national recognition when she won the [[Wikipedia:Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]'s [[Wikipedia:2018 New York's 14th congressional district election#Primary election|primary election]] for New York's 14th congressional district. She [[Wikipedia:2018 New York's 14th congressional district election|defeated]] [[Wikipedia:Democratic Caucus Chairman of the United States House of Representatives|Democratic Caucus Chair]] [[Wikipedia:Joe Crowley|Joe Crowley]], a 10-term incumbent, in what was widely seen as the biggest [[Wikipedia:Upset (competition)|upset]] victory in the [[Wikipedia:2018 United States elections|2018 midterm election primaries]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Tim |last=Murphy |urlstatus=live |date=June 26, 2018 |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-primary-new-york/ |title=A progressive insurgent just pulled off the biggest Democratic primary upset in years |work=[[Wikipedia:Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |accessdate=June 27, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627041545/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-primary-new-york/ |archivedate=June 27, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Gregory Krieg CNN">{{cite news |last=Krieg |first=Gregory |date=June 27, 2018 |title=A 28-year-old Democratic Socialist just ousted a powerful, 10-term congressman in New York |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-new-york-14-primary/index.html |publisher=[[Wikipedia:CNN|CNN]]|location=Atlanta, Georgia |accessdate=June 27, 2018 |quote=in the '''most shocking upset''' of a rollicking political season |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627022605/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-new-york-14-primary/index.html |archivedate=June 27, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |lasat=Merica |first=Dan |last2=Bradner |first2=Eric |date=June 27, 2018 |title=The biggest night so far for progressives and other takeaways from Tuesday night's primaries |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/takeaways-tuesday-primaries-crowley/index.html |publisher=CNN|accessdate=June 27, 2018 |quote=It was the '''most shocking result''' of 2018's political season so far... |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627163014/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/takeaways-tuesday-primaries-crowley/index.html |archivedate=June 27, 2018 |urlstatus=live }}</ref> She easily won the [[Wikipedia:2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York|November general election]], defeating [[Wikipedia:Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] Anthony Pappas. She was reelected in the [[Wikipedia:2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New York#District 14|2020]] and [[Wikipedia:2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New York#District 14|2022]] elections.


Taking office at age 29, Ocasio-Cortez is [[Wikipedia:List of youngest members of the United States Congress|the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress]].<ref name="GrigoryanSuetzl190">{{cite book |last1=Grigoryan |first1=Nune |last2=Suetzl |first2=Wolfgang |chapter=Hybridized political participation |editor1-last=Atkinson |editor1-first=Joshua D. |editor2-last=Kenix |editor2-first=Linda |title=Alternative Media Meets Mainstream Politics: Activist Nation Rising |year=2019 |location=Lanham, MD |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781498584357 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D_CYDwAAQBAJ |pages=190 |accessdate=June 22, 2020 |archivedate=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803205039/https://books.google.com/books?id=D_CYDwAAQBAJ |urlstatus=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Watkins |first=Eli |date=November 6, 2018 |title=Ocasio-Cortez to be youngest woman ever elected to Congress |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/politics/ocasio-cortez-youngest-woman-ever/index.html |publisher= CNN |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107064936/https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/politics/ocasio-cortez-youngest-woman-ever/index.html|archivedate=November 7, 2018|urlstatus=live }}</ref> She has been noted for her substantial social media presence relative to her fellow members of Congress.<ref name="axiosnov">{{cite news|url=https://www.axios.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-twitter-followers-house-democrats-d7818025-a1a5-444d-a598-b5983021e92b.html|last=McCammond|first=Alexi|date=November 28, 2018|title="Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has as much social media clout as her fellow freshman Democrats, combined"|publisher=Axios (axios.com)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128220300/https://www.axios.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-twitter-followers-house-democrats-d7818025-a1a5-444d-a598-b5983021e92b.html|archivedate=November 28, 2018|accessdate=December 3, 2018}}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez attended [[Wikipedia:Boston University|Boston University]], where she [[Wikipedia:Double majors in the United States|double-majored]] in international relations and economics, graduating ''[[Wikipedia:Latin honors#Distinctions|cum laude]]''. She was previously an activist and worked as a waitress and bartender before running for Congress in 2018.
Taking office at age 29, Ocasio-Cortez is [[Wikipedia:List of youngest members of the United States Congress|the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress]].<ref name="GrigoryanSuetzl190">{{cite book |last1=Grigoryan |first1=Nune |last2=Suetzl |first2=Wolfgang |chapter=Hybridized political participation |editor1-last=Atkinson |editor1-first=Joshua D. |editor2-last=Kenix |editor2-first=Linda |title=Alternative Media Meets Mainstream Politics: Activist Nation Rising |year=2019 |location=Lanham, MD |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781498584357 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D_CYDwAAQBAJ |pages=190 |accessdate=June 22, 2020 |archivedate=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803205039/https://books.google.com/books?id=D_CYDwAAQBAJ |urlstatus=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Watkins |first=Eli |date=November 6, 2018 |title=Ocasio-Cortez to be youngest woman ever elected to Congress |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/politics/ocasio-cortez-youngest-woman-ever/index.html |publisher= CNN |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107064936/https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/politics/ocasio-cortez-youngest-woman-ever/index.html|archivedate=November 7, 2018|urlstatus=live }}</ref> She has been noted for her substantial social media presence relative to her fellow members of Congress.<ref name="axiosnov">{{cite news|url=https://www.axios.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-twitter-followers-house-democrats-d7818025-a1a5-444d-a598-b5983021e92b.html|last=McCammond|first=Alexi|date=November 28, 2018|title="Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has as much social media clout as her fellow freshman Democrats, combined"|publisher=Axios (axios.com)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128220300/https://www.axios.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-twitter-followers-house-democrats-d7818025-a1a5-444d-a598-b5983021e92b.html|archivedate=November 28, 2018|accessdate=December 3, 2018}}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez attended [[Wikipedia:Boston University|Boston University]], where she [[Wikipedia:Double majors in the United States|double-majored]] in international relations and economics, graduating ''[[Wikipedia:Latin honors#Distinctions|cum laude]]''. She was previously an activist and worked as a waitress and bartender before running for Congress in 2018.

Revision as of 02:45, 4 April 2024

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (/oʊˌkɑːsioʊ kɔːrˈtɛz/ ⓘ oh-KAH-see-oh kor-TEZ, Spanish: [aleɣˈsandɾja oˈkasjo koɾˈtes]; born October 13, 1989), also known by her initials AOC, is an American left-wing activist and politician from New York. She has served as the Representative from the 14th Congressional district since 2019, as a member of the Democratic Party.

On June 26, 2018, Ocasio-Cortez drew national recognition when she won the Democratic Party's primary election for New York's 14th congressional district. She defeated Democratic Caucus Chair Joe Crowley, a 10-term incumbent, in what was widely seen as the biggest upset victory in the 2018 midterm election primaries.[2][3][4] She easily won the November general election, defeating Republican Anthony Pappas. She was reelected in the 2020 and 2022 elections.

Taking office at age 29, Ocasio-Cortez is the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress.[5][6] She has been noted for her substantial social media presence relative to her fellow members of Congress.[7] Ocasio-Cortez attended Boston University, where she double-majored in international relations and economics, graduating cum laude. She was previously an activist and worked as a waitress and bartender before running for Congress in 2018.

Alongside Rashida Tlaib, Ocasio-Cortez was the first female member of the Democratic Socialists of America elected to serve in Congress.[8] She advocates a progressive platform that includes support for workplace democracy,[9] Medicare for All, tuition-free public college, a federal jobs guarantee, a Green New Deal, and abolishing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

As of March 2024, she has amassed 8.2 million followers on Instagram, 90,000 subscribers on YouTube and 932,000 followers on her Twitch platform.

References

  1. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Measurements, Bra size, Height, Weight & More. FamousBraSizes.com. Retrieved on April 3, 2024.
  2. Murphy, Tim. "A progressive insurgent just pulled off the biggest Democratic primary upset in years", Mother Jones, June 26, 2018. Retrieved on June 27, 2018.
  3. Krieg, Gregory. "A 28-year-old Democratic Socialist just ousted a powerful, 10-term congressman in New York", CNN, June 27, 2018. Retrieved on June 27, 2018. “in the most shocking upset of a rollicking political season”
  4. "The biggest night so far for progressives and other takeaways from Tuesday night's primaries", CNN, June 27, 2018. Retrieved on June 27, 2018. “It was the most shocking result of 2018's political season so far...”
  5. (2019) "Hybridized political participation", Alternative Media Meets Mainstream Politics: Activist Nation Rising. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 190. ISBN 9781498584357. Retrieved on June 22, 2020. 
  6. Watkins, Eli. "Ocasio-Cortez to be youngest woman ever elected to Congress", CNN, November 6, 2018.
  7. McCammond, Alexi. ""Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has as much social media clout as her fellow freshman Democrats, combined"", Axios (axios.com), November 28, 2018. Retrieved on December 3, 2018.
  8. Isserman, Maurice (November 8, 2018). Socialists in the House: A 100-Year History from Victor Berger to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (en-US). Archived from the original on February 11, 2020. Retrieved on May 11, 2018.
  9. Unlikely Advocates: Worker Co-ops, Grassroots Organizing, and Public Policy (en-US) (2023-08-08). Retrieved on 2023-08-16.

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