On 26 June 2018, 28-year-old newcomer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [Facebook, Twitter, Website] won a New York primary race against 19-year incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY), a virtually scandal-free Democratic Party congressman. Crowley outspent Ocasio by 18 to 1. This page offers news coverage of her win, and some recent background videos about the issues she is running on. Items are listed with author, source, date, and time in Central Time.

Articles

“4 major lessons from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s titanic upset in New York,” by Chris Cillizza, CNN Politics, 27 Jun 2018 at 6:08 AM
“A 28-year-old Democratic Socialist just ousted a powerful, 10-term congressman in New York,” by Gregory Krieg, CNN Politics, 27 Jun 2018 at 2:34 AM
“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Defeats Joseph Crowley in Major Democratic House Upset,” New York Times, 26 Jun 2018
“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wins as a Democratic Socialist with a 21st-Century Vision,” by John Nichols, The Nation, 27 Jun 2018
“Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? 5 things to know about the New York congressional candidate,” By Kaitlyn Schallhorn, 27 Jun 2018 at ~ 7:00 AM

Audio

“Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?,” Bill Chappell and Scott Neuman, NPR Politics, 27 Jun 2018 at 2:54 AM

Campaign Platform

The winning campaign issues and platform are shown in this flyer.

Twitter News

Here are some recent relevant tweets.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – 28 Jun 2018 at 11:25

We pulled off an enormous upset, against all established power and big money, because of a few groups and people that had the political courage and moral vision to support us early.

I want to shine a light on not just HOW we did things, but WHO did them. ⬇️

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) June 28, 2018

2. The earliest activist groups that were brave enough to sit with me over a year ago, even if it risked their own opportunity:

– Bronx Progressives @bxprogressives
– Queens Barrios Unidos @QueensBarrios
– Movement for Black Lives @BLMGreaterNY

& more

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) June 28, 2018

4. The first journalists to cover my candidacy + treat me seriously a YEAR ago were all independent outlets.

– @TheYoungTurks was the first to interview me
– @villagevoice 1st wrote about me in print (s/o @RossBarkan)
– @WNYC (specifically @brigidbergin) 1st to dig into the race

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) June 28, 2018

7. Our BALLER website and digital team.

Supporters put in long, long nights and endless hours coding our site, developing content, MAKING Ocasio2018 APPS, and analyzing data.

Couldn’t have done it without them.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) June 28, 2018

CNN – 27 Jun 2018 at 9:26 AM

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s win will likely make her the youngest person in Congress in 2019 https://t.co/pMUjLQSfR6 pic.twitter.com/zMoh38VPDb

— CNN (@CNN) June 27, 2018

CSPAN – 27 Jun 2018 at 9:12 AM

From @Netroots_Nation 2017: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) on forcing a primary: “People would say is very destructive and how dare you mount a challenge to someone who’s established. Well, if they’re good enough they’ll win. And if we’re good enough, we’ll win.” pic.twitter.com/SRAFs7sVid

— CSPAN (@cspan) June 27, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Ortiz via Morning Joe / Kyle Griffin – 27 Jun 2018 at 8:55 AM

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “What we need to do is lay out a plan and a vision that people can believe in, and getting into Twitter fights with the president is not exactly, I think, where we’re going to find progress as a nation.” @Morning_Joe

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 27, 2018

Fox News – 27 Jun 2018 at 8:29 AM

Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? 5 things to know about the New York congressional candidate https://t.co/bgoXxqEFxh

— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 27, 2018

NPR – 27 Jun 2018 at 8:25 AM

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told @NPRinskeep she wants to abolish ICE: “What we’re basically saying is that the structure of ICE … is kind of built on a scaffolding of questionable civil liberties infringement and abuse.” https://t.co/kb83HVmGD0

— NPR (@NPR) June 27, 2018

NPR Morning Edition – 27 Jun 2018 at 6:46 AM

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulled off a surprising primary victory over longtime Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) last night.

She says the voters in her district wanted a candidate to speak directly to them and their needs.https://t.co/0RcEsJ9GSX pic.twitter.com/30yFdhSDLX

— Morning Edition (@MorningEdition) June 27, 2018

NPR – 27 Jun 2018 at 6:28 AM

Ocasio-Cortez has called for the abolition of ICE as well as Medicare for all. https://t.co/tJHLvt92Qe

— NPR (@NPR) June 27, 2018

CNN Politics – 27 Jun 2018 at 5:33 AM

4 major lessons from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s titanic upset in New York | Analysis by CNN’s Chris Cillizza https://t.co/SWQOVPuI4I pic.twitter.com/iJ9cYw4Tlf

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 27, 2018

Business Insider – 27 Jun 2018 at 4:41 AM

Meet Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the millennial, socialist political novice who beat her establishment Democrat rival in a huge electoral upset https://t.co/ancsJOxgTY pic.twitter.com/cF87afcDMe

— Business Insider (@businessinsider) June 27, 2018

New York Times – 27 Jun 2018 at 4:30 AM

“It’s surreal,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said as the votes were being tallied https://t.co/9QOMSSi0yQ

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 27, 2018

NYT Politics – 27 Jun 2018 at 1:32 AM

Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? A Democratic Giant Slayer https://t.co/Pqz5YdAy4w

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) June 27, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – 27 Jun 2018 at 12:24 AM

Thank you, @JoeCrowleyNY, for your support and longstanding service to our community.

I look forward to working towards a takeback of the House on a strong platform of economic, social, and racial justice for working class New Yorkers & Americans.

Let’s do this. https://t.co/bhYclAXjiA

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) June 27, 2018