Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old bartender from The Bronx, defeated U.S. Representative and U.S. House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley in one of the most surprising political upsets in U.S. history. With all but nine of the district's 447 precincts reporting, Ocasio held an insurmountable 57.5% to 42.5% lead over Crowley in the Democratic primary in New York state's 14th Congressional District, which is entirely within New York City and includes parts of Queens and The Bronx. Crowley has graciously conceded defeat to Ocasio. As someone who is not a New Yorker, but followed the race for the Democratic nomination in the 14th District of New York on social media, I can explain a number of reasons behind Ocasio's surprise victory: Ocasio did have some political experience prior to running for Congress, specifically, she was an intern for the late U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy while she was a college student at Boston University in Massachusetts. Ocasio, despite ha
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