Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Our Time Is Now: Power

On Principles & Values: Defeated ten-term incumbent via shifting demographics

From the most local to the highest federal offices, candidates are expected to reflect the melange that is America. And voters believe they should be able to make a choice between more than two heterosexual white men. During the 2018 congressional cycle, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Ayanna Pressley became the highest profile examples of this trend. Cortez defeated a ten-term Democratic incumbent in New York City, partly as the result of the shifting demographics in the congressional district. In Massachusetts, Representative Pressley also defeated a ten term Democratic incumbent. Like Cortez, Pressley campaigned on a platform of being more responsive to the increasingly diverse legislative district.

New congressional leaders have each made their mark by advocating for legislative issues that propelled them to victory. For representative Cortez, her promotion of the Green New Deal capitulated the resolution into national discourse.

Source: Our Time Is Now, by Stacey Abrams, p.145-6 Jun 9, 2020

The above quotations are from Our Time Is Now Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America by Stacey Abrams. Click here for other excerpts from Our Time Is Now Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America by Stacey Abrams. Click here for other excerpts by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Click here for a profile of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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