Democrat New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez easily won a second term to the House of Representatives Tuesday night, outpolling Republican challenger John Cummings by a more than two-to-one margin.
The self-described socialist who was a vocal supporter of Sen. Bernie Sanders in the race for the Democrat nomination for president and a member of the so-called “squad” of liberal first-term Democrats, received more than 68% of the vote to Cummings’ just under 31% with more than 83% of the vote reported.
Ocasio-Cortez, 31, represents New York’s 14th Congressional District comprising of the Bronx and Queens boroughs of New York City, which has elected only two Republicans, for a total of 10 years, since 1927.
She joins other members of the squad, Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, in being reelected.
Ocasio-Cortez, who touts her economics degree from Boston University, as well as formerly working as a bartender, has become one of the highest-profile members of the Democrat delegation, loudly supporting “Medicare for all” and the “Green New Deal.
She defeated Cummings, a teacher and former police officer, in an overwhelmingly Democrat district.
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