The headlines are right. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old grassroots activist, just pulled off the biggest upset so far in the 2018 election cycle. Her Democratic primary win Tuesday in a race with Congressman Joe Crowley, a veteran party operative and 10-term incumbent who is the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House, may well be the most […]
Inside the Upset That Has the Democratic Establishment Reeling…
Joe Crowley never saw it coming. The stunning defeat of the head of the Queens Democratic machine at the hands of political neophyte and Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, blindsided his team and sent the party establishment into a tizzy. A Crowley insider told Politico that the campaign of the 10-term incumbent — and would-be […]