{"id":1180,"date":"2020-06-24T14:28:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T14:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2020-06-24T14:28:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T14:28:05","slug":"ocasio-cortez-wins-democratic-primary-against-challenger-caruso-cabrera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbmv.com\/blog\/?p=1180","title":{"rendered":"Ocasio-Cortez Wins Democratic Primary Against Challenger Caruso-Cabrera"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Isabel Van Brugen<\/a><\/p>\n

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks to the press near a polling station during the New York primaries Election Day in New York City on June 23, 2020<\/i>\"aoc_primary_2020.jpg\"<\/p>\n

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-N.Y.), on Tuesday night won her Democratic primary in New York\u2019s 14th District, defeating challenger Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, a former anchor for CNBC.<\/p>\n

Progressive freshman lawmaker Ocasio-Cortez, who became the youngest woman ever to serve in Congress in the United States in 2018, brought a huge campaign war chest and a national profile to her bid for a second term in her diverse district encompassing parts of the Bronx and Queens in New York City. She won some 70 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n

Democratic challenger Caruso-Cabrera, a former CNBC television anchor, had the backing of the conservative U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which usually supports Republicans.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I won in 2018, many dismissed our victory as a \u2018fluke.\u2019 Our win was treated as an aberration, or because my opponent \u2018didn\u2019t try.\u2019 So from the start, tonight\u2019s race was important to me,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said<\/a> on Twitter Tuesday night. \u201cTonight we are proving that the people\u2019s movement in NY isn\u2019t an accident. It\u2019s a mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n

When I won in 2018, many dismissed our victory as a \u201cfluke.\u201d<\/p>\n

Our win was treated as an aberration, or bc my opponent \u201cdidn\u2019t try.\u201d<\/p>\n

So from the start, tonight\u2019s race was important to me.<\/p>\n

Tonight we are proving that the people\u2019s movement in NY isn\u2019t an accident. It\u2018s a mandate.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\n\u201cNo amount of money can buy a movement,\u201d she said in a video shared on the social media platform, adding that her victory came despite Wall Street opposition. Wall Street executives raised more than $2 million to support the 51-year-old former television anchor Caruso-Cabrera.<\/p>\n

Ocasio-Cortez, 30, raised more than $10.5 million, exceeding the totals collected by her other challengers by far. She rose to political stardom in 2018 after ousting Rep. Joe Crowley in a stunning primary. Crowley overwhelmingly outspent her and appeared to be in line to become House speaker.<\/p>\n

Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s victory came after a Republican candidate challenging the 30-year-old announced on May 25 that she had dropped out of the congressional GOP primary race.<\/p>\n

Scherie Murray, a businesswoman and Jamaican immigrant, on May 25 announced the news citing executive orders issued by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in response to the CCP virus<\/a> pandemic as hindering the electoral process.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernor Cuomo\u2019s undemocratic Executive Orders overthrew New York\u2019s electoral process,\u201d Murray\u2019s campaign said. \u201cThe right to access the ballot, freedom of association as a member of a political party, the exchange of ideas and free speech are so sacred that the Founding Fathers made it the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNotwithstanding, during the coronavirus pandemic, Governor Cuomo\u2019s Executive Orders have gone unchecked, affirming the ability to silence Murray\u2019s First Amendment rights,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs long as avowed socialists are legislators, you can rest assured I will use my platform to advocate for the kitchen table issues of the toughest, hardest working New Yorkers,\u201d Murray said. \u201cThis is not the end for Scherie Murray because I will continue to work hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden won the Democratic presidential primary in New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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