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With the midterm elections on the horizon, Americans will soon cast their ballots to elect members of Congress.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are elected for two-year terms, meaning all 435 seats are up for grabs in this year's midterms. The 2022 midterm elections will be held on November 8, 2022 and there are plenty of House races to keep an eye on.

With midterms coming up, it may be time to freshen up your knowledge of the sitting members of Congress, particularly those making headlines with legislation. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is one such representative, having been elected with one of the biggest upsets of the 2018 midterms.

Who is AOC?

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a U.S. congresswoman, the representative from New York's 14th Congressional District since 2019. Her district includes parts of Queens and the Bronx, where she was born.

Ocasio-Cortez, who is Puerto Rican, is the youngest woman and Latina to serve in Congress. Now 32, Ocasio-Cortez took office at the age of 29. She is often referred to by her initials, AOC. Before assuming office, Ocasio-Cortez was a waitress and bartender and worked as a volunteer organizer for Bernie Sanders in 2016.

She won the general election in 2018 with over 78% of the vote, but her bigger victory was ousting incumbent Joe Crowley in the Democratic primaries of the deep blue district. Crowley had been the 14th Congressional District's representative since 1999 and was a member of House leadership at the time.
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What is AOC known for?

Ocasio-Cortez, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, is known for her progressive views on health care, income inequality, immigration and combating climate change.

She supports a single-payer health care system and criminal justice reform that ends "over-policing and over-surveilling of Black and brown communities, and to re-imagine public safety," her official site states. She is also a supporter of gun reform, having cosponsored and voted for the Bipartisan Background Checks Act.

Ocasio-Cortez is perhaps most known for her work on the Green New Deal resolution, which she introduced with Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey. The Green New Deal proposes a decade of action to fight climate change through infrastructure changes and reducing pollution and fighting racial and economic injustice.

Ocasio-Cortez and former Senator John Kerry (now the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate) co-chair the Climate Change Unity Task Force.

Ocasio-Cortez is a member of "The Squad," a group of progressive members of Congress. The original four were congresswomen of color elected in 2018: Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman and Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, both elected in 2020, are now also referred to as members of "The Squad." The group ha s made headlines over the past four years for progressive action in Congress as well as having highly publicized racist and Islamophobic comments directed at them.

In 2019, former President Donald Trump told the representatives to "go back" to their own countries. Three of the "Squad" representatives were born in the U.S. and Omar, a naturalized U.S. citizen, came to the U.S. as a refugee from Somalia more than two decades ago.

In early 2021, an altered photo circulated on social media depicted "The Squad" seemingly wearing swastikas on their dresses and masks. USA TODAY determined the image was an edited version of a photo posted of the six representatives.

Ocasio-Cortez has faced other attacks from Republican congressmen. Florida Rep. Ted Yoho confronted Ocasio-Cortez in July 2020, calling her "disgusting," among other things. In November 2021, the House censured Rep. Paul Gosar for posting a video edited to depict him killing Ocasio-Cortez.

"Others may see a person who is admired, but my everyday lived experience here is as a person who is despised," Ocasio-Cortez told GQ in September 2022.

Aside from her legislative work, Ocasio-Cortez is one of the most well known representatives. In 2020, CNN reported that she had the most Twitter followers of any member of the House with a following of 7.8 million (she now has 13.4 million followers). She portrays herself on social media as she is on Capitol Hill - she's live-streamed herself playing "Among Us" ("a party game of teamwork and betrayal," according to creator Innersloth) and her Instagram stories are a Millenial-esque mix of cooking videos, doing laundry and answering questions about policy.

Where is AOC from?

Ocasio-Cortez was born in the Bronx but moved to Yorktown (about 30 minutes north) because her parents were searching for stronger school systems, her official biography states. Her mother was born and raised in Puerto Rico and her father in the Bronx.
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Where did AOC go to college?

Ocasio-Cortez attended Boston University in Massachusetts. She graduated with degrees in economics and international relations. As a student, she interned for the late Senator Ted Kennedy's office.

Who is AOC's fiance?

Ocasio-Cortez is engaged to longtime partner Riley Roberts, confirming in May 2022 that the pair got engaged in her family's hometown in Puerto Rico. The two met over a decade ago as undergraduates at Boston University. Together they own a French bulldog named Deco.

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Who is AOC? Learn more about progressive representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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With the midterm elections on the horizon, Americans will soon cast their ballots to elect members of Congress. Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are elected for two-year terms, meaning all 435 seats are up for grabs in this year's midterms. The 2022 midterm elections will be held on November 8, 2022 and there are plenty of House races to keep an eye on.

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29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez makes history as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 29, defeated Republican Anthony Pappas to become the youngest women ever elected to Congress.

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Fake Accents And Sassy Dance Moves Won't Save AOC

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AOC's tired tricks aren't working anymore, even in New York.

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When Barack Obama came out of nowhere to win his Senate seat in 2004, it almost felt preordained. As if he was the person we had been waiting for to breathe fresh air into the Democratic Party.

Flash forward to 2018, and the meteoric rise of a 29-year-old bartender from Queens feels eerily similar. She has been unafraid, unapologetic and unwilling to bend to the will of Washington. She is a force to be reckoned with, and in 2024 Democrats are going to need her force to reckon with Republicans.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is less of a personality and more of a movement. Yes, the smart, photogenic congresswoman is the face of the rising progressive movement, but she is also the future of the Democratic Party. AOC has cultivated a following beyond politics. She's an influencer in its purest form. Her ability to relate to her supporters and allow them a glimpse into her private life is a blueprint for Democrats trying to act less like mannequins and more like humans.

She's the voice of a movement that began after the banks were bailed out by the government, while homeowners were left to default. The simplicity with which she talks about everyday struggles hints that she's not just a persona for consumption. She isn't beholden to corporations, is a prodigious small-dollar fundraiser, and could out-Trump Trump like no other politician has been able to.

If Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the Godfather, Ocasio-Cartez is Michael Corleone. As the architect of Medicare for All, a $15 minimum wage and numerous other programs that are now mainstream, Bernie's place in history has already been solidified. While Sanders may disagree with some of the progressives in his caucus, his worth carries major weight. Bernie passing the torch to AOC and recruiting her to run for president would be bold and would strengthen and solidify her base of supporters before she even gets out of the gate.

AOC wields a superpower that is rarely found in Washington: She isn't afraid to lose. Her 2018 victory wasn't just historic, it was shocking, and felt predestined - much like when we first saw a brilliant speaker with a funny name and big ears remind us that through hope and change we could put our country on a new course.

AOC has the ability to tell the story of her generation. She's Barack Obama if Barack Obama was an actual progressive. I love Obama, but he was a moderate who sounded like a progressive.

Ocasio-Cortez represents the possibilities and opportunities that make our country great. Where else could a 29-year-old bartender upset a political heavyweight and become a symbol for her generation? AOC was never supposed to win her race. Few gave her a chance, but a funny thing happened: Voters loved her honesty, youth and humble beginnings. Voters were sick of career politicians who rarely came back to their districts. So they voted Joe Crowley out and AOC in. That wasn't luck, that was fate. In a Democratic Party that looks more like a Golden Girls spin-off than a reflection of our rich diversity, AOC has become the face of a generation.

It would have been easy for her to walk into Congress and hire nothing but communications staff. It would have been easy for her to sell out and do the cash grab. She could have publicly made Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Charles Schumer's (D-N.Y.) lives a living hell just to show off for her supporters.

Instead, she did her homework and tried to fly under the radar while learning the nuances of Congress and the levers of power that run it. She did exactly what you would want your number one draft pick to do: She prepared for the moment. Her tough questioning of corporations and industry leaders has been a viral hit that adds to her credentials. AOC rarely backs down from a fight.

The congresswoman holds no punches when it comes to Sens. Joe Manchin (D- W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.). Echoing my previous calls for Sinema to face a primary challenge, AOC publicly declared that she "should be" primaried and said this of Manchin:

"This idea that one person gets to go on television and provide weak arguments as to why they are blocking the basic civil rights of our Americans, and journalists don't push back, and our party leadership doesn't push back, and the president doesn't push back forcefully - that makes me mad."

A new CNN poll finds that 75 percent of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters want the party to nominate someone other than President Biden in 2024. Should President Biden announce that he will not seek a second term, AOC would represent the bridge that he hoped to create. Much like Barack Obama talked about his student loan debt, AOC can uniquely talk about the struggles of a forgotten generation waiting for someone to speak up for them.

If Jan. 6 was a dry run for what we'll see in 2024, we need an inspirational and generational candidate to fight back. Democrats need AOC to meet this historic moment.

The country needs a fresh start. We need someone who can inspire us but also look to heal some of our wounds. Most importantly, the country needs a president who never wanted to be president. I don't necessarily agree with everything the congresswoman believes, that's called healthy dialogue. But what I believe is that when no one is looking, she'd do what's right for the country, not what's right for her bank account.

There is no denying that AOC would boost GOP turnout as a result of coverage on right wing networks built to scare elderly white voters. But she would electrify the party's base, turn out the youth at record levels and bring the party together by acknowledging the threat posed by electing Trump Republicans.

In the age of social media and quick sound bites, no Democrat is more prepared to embarrass a bully like Donald Trump or Florida governor Ron DeSantis and return some chutzpah to the Democratic Party. There will be no going high when they go low anymore. It appears the only rule is there are no rules, and AOC is ready to enter the cage and fight for our democracy.

If anyone is prepared to unify the Democratic Party and put the focus back on the working class, it's AOC. Republicans laugh, Democrats fawn, but if voters trust her, we could finally be looking at the first woman president.

It's not just Democrats that need Ocasio-Cortez to electrify a nation and ensure Trump or DeSantis doesn't find his way into the White House. We all need a leader who knows the price of gas, can tell you the cost of milk and still remembers trying to figure out how she could keep the lights on.

America doesn't belong to us, it belongs to the generations that will come after us. It is our obligation, in the face of fascism to put up a candidate who isn't just different than the Republicans, but is disgusted by Republicans and prepared to say why.

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There will never be another Barack Obama, but I have a feeling we'll be saying the same about AOC. When opportunity meets preparation and history creates the moment, the cream of the crop always rises, leaving everyone else behind.

Democrats want a fighter, not a politician. They want someone who punches back and isn't afraid to say what they mean.
Michael Starr Hopkins is a founding partner at Northern Starr Strategies.

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AOC is the Democrats' best shot against Trump in 2024

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When Barack Obama came out of nowhere to win his Senate seat in 2004, it almost felt preordained. As if he was the person we had been waiting for to breathe fresh air into the Democratic Party. Flash forward to 2018, and the meteoric rise of a 29-year-old bartender from Queens feels eerily similar.

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Does AOC Want to Be Anything More Than a Celebrity? | National Review

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No doubt, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is one of the biggest political celebrities. But does she want to be something more than that?

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I’ve got news for President Biden. Come January 22nd, we will have Pro-Life majorities in the House and Senate and we’ll be taking the cause of the right to Life to every state house in America! 🇺🇸

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Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a fiery fit as Republicans prepared to remove Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Ocasio-Cortez made the comments Thursday as lawmakers debated the question prior to the vote that removed Omar. The New York Democrat angrily described Omar's removal as an "attack on women of color."

"There is nothing consistent with the Republican Party's continued attack, except for the racism and incitement of violence against women of color in this body. I had a member of the Republican caucus threaten my life and you all - and the Republican caucus - rewarded him with one of the most prestigious committee assignments in this Congress," she said, referring to GOP Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar.

In Nov. 2021, Gosar posted an edited anime video that depicted Gosar killing her attacking President Joe Biden. He quietly removed the video two days after posting it, but House Democrats still voted to censure him over the post. (RELATED: Jean-Pierre Says Booting Ilhan Omar From Key Committee Is A 'Political Stunt')

"Don't tell me this is about consistency, don't tell me that this is about a condemnation of anti-Semitic remarks when you have a member of the Republican caucus who has talked about Jewish space lasers and an entire amount of tropes, and also elevated her to some of the highest committee assignments in this body," Ocasio-Cortez continued, alluding to Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. "This is about targeting women of color in the United States of America. Don't tell me, because I didn't get a single apology when my life was threatened."

House Republicans removed Omar for suggesting in 2019 that American support for Israel was purchased and that American Jews advocate for "allegiance to a foreign country." House Democrats did not punish Omar for the remarks but did release a resolution soon after in which they condemned bigotry, including anti-Semitism.

Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib broke down in tears on the House floor over the removal of her fellow "Squad" member. She accused House Republicans who voted in favor of her removal of "hypocrisy" and told Omar, an immigrant from Somalia, that the U.S. "is failing" her.

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Ocasio-Cortez Has Fiery Fit On House Floor Over Ilhan Omar's Committee Removal

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Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had a fiery fit as Republicans prepared to remove Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Ocasio-Cortez made the comments Thursday as lawmakers debated the question prior to the vote that removed Omar.

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It’s because none of her ideas are actually her own.

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Ah AOC, political golden girl, former bartender and the dread of all white news readers everywhere - this ones for you.

If you haven't heard of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) then let me give you an introduction to the best person you'll meet in 2020:

She was born in the Bronx to Puerto Rican parents, and excelled in science resulting in her having an asteroid named after her (a premonition of her 'meteoric' rise in politics, perhaps?). She studied International Relations and economics, and then after her father's death became a waitress and bartender to help support her mother and save her house from foreclosure. She was still working this job when she ran for office in 2018, taking on Joe Crowley, the Demoractic Chair (read: very important Democrat within the party), the first Democrat to challenge him for the role since 2004. And she won, becoming the youngest woman ever to enter congress.

I know right? So on with the letter.

Dear AOC,

You don't mind if I call you that, do you? I can pronounce it I promise, although I do think a compilation video of all the old white male newsreaders attempting to say your full name, failing, and interrupting themselves with AOC needs to happen.

You are an absolute beacon of hope at a time of political darkness. You care about real people and real issues, because you have and continue to live them every day. When you make policies about zero-hour contracts and minimum wages you can do it having actually been there, working in the soul-sucking hospitality and retail industries. You stand up for what you believe (a trait I always admire), and what you believe in is the stuff that is really important to everyday people.

Your Green New Deal? Incredible! Between a target of America creating net-zero carbon emissions by 2030, phasing out fossil fuels and creating a sustainable farming industry it is just the breath of fresh air politics - and the environment - needed. It is ambitious, decisive and no Republican senators have voiced support for it - all reasons it is a fantastic idea.

One of the videos that first got me interested in you and your political lobbying was when you talked to Mark Zuckerbug in Congress, or more accurately, 'decimated' him. Grilling him on his knowledge about the Cambridge Analytica scandal, hauling him over the coals about Facebook's spreading of false news and oh boy it was a real show, as you stayed cool and calm whilst he visibly sweated and his voice just trailed off. When you saw him providing misinformation and obfuscating you TOOK. HIM. DOWN. and it was as awe-inspiring and brutal to watch as a lioness taking down a gazelle.

If I wrote about all the issues you stand up for that have a special place in my heart, it's safe to say we would be here for a long time. Women's rights, the right to healthcare, the rights of people of colour, the right to privacy, action on climate change, calling out those who cause harm to others, the list goes on. Thank you for being one of the only things in politics right now that give me hope!

Yours sincerely,

Bea xx

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You've got mail: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Ah AOC, political golden girl, former bartender and the dread of all white news readers everywhere - this ones for you. If you haven't heard of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) then let me give you an introduction to the best person you'll meet in 2020: She was born in the Bronx to Puerto Rican parents, and excelled in science resulting in her having an asteroid named after her (a premonition of her 'meteoric' rise in politics, perhaps?).

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Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary calls AOC ‘great at killing jobs,’ blasts blue states as ‘uninvestable’

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“Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary slammed blue states in America as “uninvestable” thanks to their “punitive” regulatory practices supported by politicians like AOC.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted House Republicans on Thursday for a passing resolution to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, a fellow progressive lawmaker, from the Foreign Affairs Committee.

"This is about targeting women of color in the United States of America," Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said.

Omar, a Muslim American who has been a critic of Israel and the Jewish lobby, was removed by Republicans on Thursday for what lawmakers from both parties said were antisemitic remarks.

"Consistency? There is nothing consistent with the Republican Party's continued attacks, except for the racism and incitement of violence against women of color in this body," Ocasio-Cortez said.

Before Ocasio-Cortez addressed the House floor, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a New York Republican, said that the resolution to remove Omar was about "consistency."

"I am being consistent here, and I hope my colleagues will do the same to show that this is about consistency and accountability," Malliotakis said. "We should not have an individual with those views on the committee that is tasked with representing our country and our Congress to foreign nations."

Ocasio-Cortez fired back that Republicans have repeatedly elevated members of their caucus to prized committee assignments, including a GOP lawmaker who she said had threatened her life.

In 2021, Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., shared an animation on Twitter that depicted him killing the congresswoman, resulting in his being stripped of his committee assignments. Last month, Gosar was elevated to the Oversight and Accountability and Natural Resources committees, a move that Ocasio-Cortez said "rewarded him."

Ocasio-Cortez also challenged Republicans on inconsistencies related to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who came under scrutiny during her first term in Congress for antisemitic remarks.

In remarks that predated her election, Greene had claimed that the 2018 California wildfires were started by "Jewish space lasers," and she has also suggested that school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, and Parkland, Florida, were staged. While she was removed from committees during her freshman term, Greene has since won "some of the highest committee assignments in this body," Ocasio-Cortez noted, assuming roles on the Oversight and Homeland Security committees.

Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., also criticized what he called the "sheer hypocrisy" of the resolution to remove Omar, while insisting that her perspective as a refugee and the only African-born Muslim member of the Foreign Affairs panel were "invaluable."

The fact that Omar had apologized for the remarks, but was still facing removal, revealed a "double standard," Meeks said, when compared against antisemitic remarks made by Republican members.

"Could it be the way that she looks, could it be her religious practices?" Meeks asked. "Because it's clear if she were on the other side of the aisle, we would not be having this debate today."

Two Jewish House Democrats also rallied in Omar's defense.

"I don't need any of you to defend me against antisemitism," said Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.

Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., who is also Jewish and a member of the Foreign Affairs panel, said that "atonement should be rewarded, not punished."

"This is the very weaponization of antisemitism that I as a Jewish person find repulsive, I find dangerous, and above else, shameful - yes, shameful." Phillips said.

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Rep. Ocasio-Cortez blasts Republicans for vote to oust Ilhan Omar from committee

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted House Republicans on Thursday for a passing resolution to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, a fellow progressive lawmaker, from the Foreign Affairs Committee. "This is about targeting women of color in the United States of America," Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said.