Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the US Representative for New York's fourteenth district, faced a well-funded "centrist" challenger in this year's Democratic primary. Though Michelle Caruso-Cabrera couldn't match Ocasio-Cortez's fundraising, she was backed by Wall Street players and some of New York's richest, who thought she had a genuine chance of overcoming the left-leaning congresswoman. AOC absolutely trounced Caruso-Cabrera at the polls in yesterday's voting, leading 73%-19% with all precincts reporting in. It was called within minutes.
Elsewhere, establishment Democrats are struggling to fend off challenges from the left: Rep. Elliot Engel may well lose to Jamaal Bowman, with the count close enough to come down to mail-in ballots yet to be counted.
