Published 15:58 IST, November 4th 2020
US election 2020: AOC secures 2nd term despite spending $10 mn less than Republican rival
Alexandria is re-elected in US New York’s 14th congressional district in Boroughs, Queens, and Bronx with 40-percentage point lead in just 2/3rd ballot count.
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Dem Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, kwn by initials AOC, cruised to a second term as self-described socialist secured victory in primary competition of ballots casting despite her Republican contender raising $10 million to defeat her in race. On a primary day, incumbent bagged 73 percent support to 20 percent achieved by her thoroughly funded rival Michelle Caruso-Cabrera. former financial news reporter backed by Wall Street Michelle was defeated by congresswoman Alexandria with a significant margin in contentious primary. Alexandria is re-elected in New York’s 14th congressional district in Boroughs, Queens, and Bronx.
Meanwhile, members of New York rep's self-described "Squ" of lawmakers, Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib from Detroit h a sweeping win after Omar defeated Republican representative from Minnesota's fifth congressional district, Lacy Johnson. Meanwhile, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley from Boston defeated Pressley independent candidate Roy Owens. Congresswoman Alexandria beat GOP challenger John Cummings, a former NYPD police officer from Bronx. Ocasio-Cortez was declared winner with a nearly 40-percent point le for blue seat in just 2/3rd of ballot counting. Democratic Rep. Ocasio-Cortez h raised more than $17 million for her second congressional campaign and won nearly 80 percent in 2018.
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Republican opponent 'didn't try'
A pusher of criminal justice reform and a catholic, prominent New York progressive h her ratings climbing to favorable marks according to Gallup polls despite constant Republican attacks me at her. “When I won in 2018, many dismissed our victory as a ‘fluke,'” AOC tweeted. “Our [2016] win was treated as an aberration or because my opponent ‘didn’t try. So from start, tonight’s race was important to me,” she ded. “Tonight we are proving that people’s movement in NY isn’t an accident. It‘s a mandate,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said. former CNBC correspondent Caruso-Cabrera put out a statement thanking supporters and t congratulating AOC.
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15:59 IST, November 4th 2020