TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 An Unexpected Victory 5 CHAPTER 2 Early Life 9 CHAPTER 3 A Career in Politics 15 MAKING AN IMPACT Brand New Congress 20 CHAPTER 4 The Path to DC 23 CHAPTER 5 Representative Ocasio-Cortez 29 A DEEPER LOOK Social Media 34 CHAPTER 6 The Green New Deal 37 CHAPTER 7 Looking Ahead 43 Focus on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 46 Glossary 47 To Learn More 48 Index 48
AN UNEXPECTED VICTORY In June 2018 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez waited for the results of a Democratic primary election A crowd of her supporters waited with her The 28-year-old was running to be a Democratic nominee for the US House of Representatives She hoped to represent New York’s 14th District This district included parts of Queens and the Bronx Ocasio-Cortez had lived in the district for much of her life Before the 2018 race for New York’s 14th District Ocasio-Cortez had never run for office 5 CHAPTER 1
