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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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