Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Surprising Win

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, defeated political veteran Joe Crowley, 56, on Tuesday night in their party's congressional primary in New York City.
Mr Crowley, a 10-term Democrat, had been tipped as a future party leader or even Speaker of the House.
Ms Ocasio-Cortez, a former Bernie Sanders volunteer from a Puerto Rican family, won with 57.5% of the vote.
Read it here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44625617  

And then you have Ben Jealous' win. Change is afoot. https://www.thenation.com/article/ben-jealous-shakes-maryland-politics/