A little over a year ago Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was serving tacos and cocktails at a trendy Manhattan night spot. Today, she is in line to become the youngest woman ever elected to the US Congress.
The 28-year-old left-winger has left Washington reeling after her shock defeat of Joe Crowley, a congressman since 1999 who was seeking renomination in a Democratic primary.
A former organiser for Bernie Sanders, the independent who fought Hillary Clinton for the presidential nomination, Ms Ocasio-Cortez unashamedly based her strategy on grassroots campaigning.
She is the daughter of a Puerto Rican mother, an immigration backstory that chimed with the “majority-minority” 14th congressional district…
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