AOC Backs Progressive Challenger In Race Against The Democratic Establishment

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has given her endorsement to New York state Senator Alessandra Biaggi, a Progressive candidate who is running against corporate Democrat and DCCC chair Sen. Patrick Maloney for New York’s 17th Congressional District. AOC harped on the importance of “building progressive power” in a fundraising email to her supporters urging them to turn their backs on the corporate wing of the Democratic Party.

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"Offering her endorsement to New York state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi on Tuesday in the state's 17th district, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called on her supporters to "continue building progressive power" in Washington by helping Biaggi defeat Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, current chair of the Democrat's congressional fundraising arm.

In a fundraising email, Ocasio-Cortez noted that Biaggi, who has served in state Senate since 2018, "knows what it takes to go up against powerful opponents and win," having unseated former state Sen. Jeffrey Klein of the Republican-aligned Independent Democratic Conference.

Biaggi announced in late May that she would challenge Maloney, who earlier said he would run to represent the 17th district instead of the 18th, which he has represented since 2013.

The boundaries of Maloney's district changed when a court ordered the state's congressional map to be redrawn, with the new 17th district giving him a potential advantage with voters.

The decision of the well-funded Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) chair to run in the 17th district pushed progressive incumbent Rep. Mondaire Jones out of the race and prompted Biaggi to take on Maloney, calling him a "selfish corporate Democrat" who had abdicated his responsibility to ensure the party keeps its House majority."

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