Is One of These Six Progressive Democrats the Next AOC?

For two decades, 99% of House incumbents have won their primaries. These progressives seek to buck that trend.

Andrea González-Ramírez
GEN
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7 min readAug 19, 2019

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Progressive Democrats have tasted victory, and now they want more.

Following a string of stunning victories in the 2018 primaries — most notably Alexandria

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Andrea González-Ramírez
GEN
Writer for

Award-winning Puerto Rican journalist. Senior Writer at New York Magazine’s The Cut. Formerly GEN, Refinery29, and more. Read my work: https://www.thecut.com/