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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 HS In Westchester
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…