New Generation of NYC Insurgents Seeks Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fervor
Incumbent New York City Democrats face an unprecedented number of challengers in this year’s primary election, reflecting the party’s ideological divisions and the impact of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s 2018 upset election to Congress.
The outcome of about a dozen races in the June 23 primary will test the power of the party’s county organizations as young and immigrant voters increase their clout.
One of the establishment’s chief rivals, the Democratic Socialists of America, has a stake in some contests after helping Ocasio-Cortez beat former U.S. Representative and Queens Democratic Chairman Joseph Crowley. The DSA has backed six insurgents, and other progressive groups want to build on past success that has ousted conservative Democrats.
“Ocasio-Cortez showed you can mount an insurgent campaign and win even if you don’t come from wealthy donors with the backing of the Democratic establishment,” said Monica Klein, a spokeswoman for the Working Families Party, which helped seven successful state senate challengers in 2018. “Those victories and people’s feelings about Donald Trump’s presidency have energized young and working-class voters and people of color to get.
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