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NY Congressional Candidate, Westchester H.S. Graduate Appears In New Michael Moore Movie NY Congressional Candidate, Westchester H.S. Graduate Appears In New Michael Moore Movie
NY Congressional Candidate, Westchester H.S. Graduate Appears In New Michael Moore Movie Yorktown High School graduate and New York Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is finding her new political stardom skyrocketing this month. The Bronx native is featured is a new documentary by Michael Moore called Fahrenheit 11/9, a look at the fallout from the ascension of Donald Trump to the presidency on Nov. 9, 2016. And on Tuesday, Ocasio-Cortez congratulated her "sister in service" Ayanna Pressley, a progressive who won her Massachusetts primary in an upset over longtime incumbent U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano. Ocasio-Cortez, a Socialist Democrat from t…

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Primary Upset Winner Ocasio Cortez Graduated From Yorktown HS Primary Upset Winner Ocasio Cortez Graduated From Yorktown HS
Primary Upset Winner Ocasio Cortez Graduated From Yorktown HS The 28-year-old seeking to become the youngest woman ever elected to Congress is a graduate of Yorktown High School and has an asteroid named after her.  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated incumbent Joseph Crowley in Tuesday's New York primary race. She now faces Republican Anthony Pappas in the predominantly Democratic 14th District in the November election. Ocasio-Cortez, a native of the Bronx, was about five years old, when her family moved to a modest two-bedroom house on a quiet street in Yorktown Heights, in search of better schools. At Yorktown High, Ocasio-Cortez excelled as a scien…

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