{"id":177,"date":"2018-06-27T10:41:21","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T10:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/herpowernetwork\/28-year-old-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-defeats-the-weak-democratic-machine-to-take-congress-seat-in-queens\/"},"modified":"2018-06-27T10:47:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T10:47:52","slug":"28-year-old-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-defeats-the-weak-democratic-machine-to-take-congress-seat-in-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/herpowernetwork\/28-year-old-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-defeats-the-weak-democratic-machine-to-take-congress-seat-in-queens\/","title":{"rendered":"28 Year Old Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Defeats the Weak Democratic Machine To Take Congress Seat in Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Alexandrai Ocasio-Cortez<\/strong>, a 28 year old Bernie Sanders organizer, stunned the democratic machine and Joseph Crowley, the 10 term Queens Congressman, as she defeated Crowley in the Queens Congressional primary.\u00a0 This was Ocasio&#8217;s first run at political office, and it should be a message to all democrats that the &#8220;machine&#8221; is weak. Newcomers like Ocasio are what the democratic party needs if they want to defeat Trump in the next Presidential race. Continued support of long time incumbents like Crowley is a failing recipe, and this win is proof that the people want change. Crowley outspent Ocasio by a ratio of 10 to 1.<\/p>\n<p>According to CNN &#8220;this was the first time in 14 years a member of his own party has attempted to unseat Crowley, who chairs the Queens County Democrats. 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