Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has launched her own political action committee to help raise money for challengers in 2020 congressional races. The group has endorsed 7 female candidates.
Ocasio-Cortez touted House and Senate candidates who haven't served in Congress before; five are women of color.
The others — Jessica Cisneros of Texas, Georgette Gomez of California, Samelys Lopez of New York, Kara Eastman of Nebraska, Marie Newman of Illinois and Teresa Leger Fernandez of New Mexico — are running in House races. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee declined to comment on the new PAC. House Democrats are encouraged to pay dues to help support their colleagues to the House Democrats' campaign arm, but Ocasio-Cortez has not paid hers this election cycle.— bringing in $125 million in 2019, a more than $20 million increase than it raised in 2017.so far it has raised $340,000 in the last month.
Ocasio-Cortez gained prominence along with fellow freshman members of the"squad" — Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley, and Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar. President Trump hasThe group has been the focus of several intra-party squabbles about policy priorities and political ideology since they started serving in the House in January 2019.
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