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Ocasio-Cortez defeats Joe Crowley in New York Democratic primary

On 26 June 2018 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat Joe Crowley, a ten-term incumbent and the fourth-ranking House Democrat, in the Democratic primary for New York's 14th district.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 26 June 2018 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat Joe Crowley, a ten-term incumbent and the fourth-ranking House Democrat, in the Democratic primary for New York's 14th district. She campaigned to his left on universal health care, a federal jobs guarantee and abolishing ICE, while Crowley pointed to his own long liberal record.

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  1. 1.theintercept.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: ocasio-cortez+crowley+primary · verified
  2. 2.cnn.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: ocasio-cortez+crowley+primary · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Ocasio-Cortez defeats Joe Crowley in New York Democratic primary. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ocasio-cortez-defeats-crowley-primary-2018-06-26

https://factrail.ai/facts/ocasio-cortez-defeats-crowley-primary-2018-06-26

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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